What's wrong with their feathers?

[jeremy]

Wheaten fluffies would be TO DIE FOR!

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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I sure hope so! I got these pullets as chicks from Jean this fall. They're laying now, so assuming the rooster is feeling manly, I'll have chicks in a few weeks. I only need a handful of their chicks, then a TON of the next generation to get what I'm looking for.

 

[ChooksChick]

I've been staring at mine but they still aren't laying...I'm waiting, ladies!

My calico roo is very short-legged, nearly like a Chabo- it's an interesting look!

 

[KellyHM]

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I sure hope so! I got these pullets as chicks from Jean this fall. They're laying now, so assuming the rooster is feeling manly, I'll have chicks in a few weeks. I only need a handful of their chicks, then a TON of the next generation to get what I'm looking for.

Oooohhh, send me some eggs, PUH-LEASE!

I also got a fluffy roo today!

I am going to put him with my F1 hen and my 1 grown Wheaten girl. I'd love to have some of your eggies to have a second set of bloodlines for this!

 

[KellyHM]

Also, in today's news...I had 3 new F2 babies hatch this morning!

All blue this time....that puts me up to 2 black, 4 blue, and 1 splash F2's.

 

[Jubaby]

Great photo of the rooster with the wheatens, Bailey. Hope he is able to get you started now.

Congrats on your new chicks, Kelly!

Renee, I know how hard it is waiting for them to lay. These hens take FOREVER!!!

 

[flgardengirl]

Bailey those are gonna be so adorable. So will some of the baby chickeys be silkied blue wheatens then? That would be super cute!!

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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If all works as planned, 100% of their chicks will be blue, and smooth feathered. When I mate those siblings together, 75% will be blue/black/splash (with some red leakage, I'm sure), and 25% wheaten/blue wheaten/splash wheaten.

Of all of those colors, 25% will be silkie feathered. So statistically, if I hatch 100 chicks, about 5 or 6 of them will be some version of Silkied Wheaten.

Beyond that, I will cross the silkied wheatens back to pure wheatens a couple of times to improve type and egg color.

 

[Chicken Chaperone]

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Would the saying "a watched pot never boils" apply to chickens too?

 

[ChooksChick]

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Would the saying "a watched pot never boils" apply to chickens too?

Not only that, but they get indignant about the nose smudges on their beaks...