which chicks are the white silkies, please?

[technodoll]

I hatched some silkie eggs under a broody hen, some were from my white silkies and some from my friend's birds - now I just found out his white hen might be carrying genes for other colors, he's not sure if she's pure white. Plus, one baby in the bunch may be a partridge mix!

In addition, there are two babies in the bunch that are white sultan X white silkie and I need to figure out which two these are, as I am keeping those and most of the pure silkies are going to good homes.

(to recap: 8 pure silkies in the bunch, 2 silkie x sultan mixes)

Please help!

THANK YOU!

 

[Elite Silkies]

White Silkies are generally born yellow. Not sure on your other colors.

 

[monita]

I'm not an expert by any means but I know silkies have black skin. If 8 are pure silkie maybe you can look for white skin or beaks or a break in the black since they are mixed. Just a guess. Hope you figure it out though. They are so cute

 

[technodoll]

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About 4 or 5 chicks have pale legs and feet, mixed with blue - the others have really dark blue legs and feet - so I can't tell!

They all have 5 toes (sultan standard too...) - I'm thinking the ones with more wing feathers are the mixes? Although how can that be, since the darkest chick (almost blue/gray) has the biggest wing feathers! Could the white roo who fathered the sultan x silkie babies have a dark parent in the background?

 

[muddyhorse]

I would wait until they feather out more, since we cant go by toes, or feather legs, or crests. keep in mind white birds can throw colored chicks too. . the primaries on silkies start out hard anyway. In two weeks you'll know for sure

 

[technodoll]

Would a silkie chick's wing feathers develop later than a sultan's, in general?

There are two or three in the bunch that have big wing feathers already compared to the others...

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Mine have never been. I believe that most white silkies are born with whitish down. The differentiator between pure silkies and silkiesultans will be lighter skin on the crosses and non-silkied feathers. The skin you should notice at hatching, but some may well have darkish skin and be difficult to distinguish. Feathering differences will show about a week after hatching.

 

[technodoll]

I think I will have to take individual pics of the chicks and ask for your advice based on that...

They will be one week old on Wednesday.

The new owners are coming this week and I really want to make sure I give them the right babies!

Thank you!