What kind of banty?

[chickenlips]

I don't know how to post a pic, but maybe someone can tell me what kind of banty I came home from the feed store with today. It's all light gray and looks like a tiny dust bunny with legs. Very very fluffy, too. Any guesses would be appreciated, as I haven't had a banty before, only full size chickens. Thank you!

 

[speckledhen]

I have no idea, but I love your description-dust bunny with legs!

 

[fowlweatherfriends]

Hello,
My guess would be a Bantam Silkie. Look those up online using google. It sounds like you are exactly describing a silkie. They are more like a fuzzy fur thing than feathers. They come in all different colors and have five toes with fur on the feet.

What area are you in? I am in CHas. SC and could not for the life of me find a chick or pullet silkie, so I mail ordered the eggs to hatch myself.

 

[Frizzledhen]

Chickenlips,
If you rule out the silky, you may want to look at the porcelain. They are very tiny with the adult weights being 26 oz and 22 oz. I call it a smokey gray coloring. Let us know what you find out.
Gayle

 

[CarriBrown]

Here are pics of my silkies... Do they look similar to this? You can also check out www.feathersite.com

 

[soonerdog]

Yep! Those look like nice dust bunnies to me. How cute!

 

[fowlweatherfriends]

Hi CarriBrown,

A bit off topic but... I have a new to me used computer. It's 2005 emachine. I can't seen to "see" the posted pictures (the ones in the messages). Is there something I need to do or download in order to see these missing images? Thanks!

 

[chickenlips]

I have figured out my little dust bunny is not a silkie since it only has 4 toes and it's legs and feet are bare of any fuzz, although it looks like a picture of your blue silkie chick, Carrie. Thank you for your website, by the way. Very helpful! And the search goes on...!

 

[CarriBrown]

Oh, Silkies can have four toes but you wouldn't be able to show it. But it doesn't have feathers on it's feet, huh? I wonder if it's a cross....
Do you have a picture of it? Load a pic onto www.photobucket.com and we can walk you through the rest. Posting pics is really easy.
And Fowl- I know nothing about computers!

Do you have high speed Internet? The only thing I can think of is if you have dial up, the pictures are too much for the computer to load in a decent amount of time. The pictures are high res.
And as far as Daisy and Gwen, they had their puffs trimed today. I forgot those litte boogers even had eyeballs!!!

 

[chickenlips]

Carri, I'll get a pic of my baby tomorrow and try my hand at posting a pic then. I'm not too computer savy, but I'll give it a go! Thank you for your encouragement. By the way, your little silkies are gorgeous! I hope my little one looks half as pretty as yours!