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I took pics of my 9 week old black silkies’ combs today. I have nine but must have missed one, oops!! I can say that for sure that #4 is a roo and almost positive #6 is pullet based on a very small comb. Also almost positive that #3 is a boy because he is huge. The rest all seem to fall in the...

I have a mama who hatched a surprise chick this morning. It was a surprise because I thought the egg wasn’t developing because it was brown and I couldn’t see through the shell very well, and it had been 22-23 days of incubation. I had put 3 shipped eggs under the mama and two for sure didn’t...

I have a frizzled satin silkie chick that is sprouting feathers and has a cute pattern - white on the tips of the feather and dark gray in the middle. I know it’s super early to tell (chick is almost 2 weeks old) but just wondering if anyone has seen this pattern in a chick before? When I look...

I have asked 3 local chicken people if I can buy hatching eggs and all 3 have said nope. I also had a horrible experience a few months ago asking someone who would have to ship eggs if they would sell any to me and they got angry and blocked me! This is all very surprising to me. I am being...

I have a few day old chick who has been walking fine but has started kicking backwards when walking which usually results in it tripping. It still zooms around but is slightly slowed down by the kicking. I found this video (below) on another thread and the movement is similar. I think I have...

Hello! I have a chick that was most likely the result of breeding a blue cream (aka porcelain) to a lavender. The chick is black. Does anyone know what this chick is carrying? Would it be considered a lavender split? Or would it be a blue cream split - is that even a thing? I’m not sure how...

I have a sweet little chick whose middle toe appears to be very slightly curved. Actually both middle toes curve slightly inward. I did put a tape boot on both feet for 18 hours or so but the chick hated it and basically refused to walk with them on. So they are off now but just want an opinion...

Hello all! I set some eggs this morning that were shipped to me. I had them sitting at room temp for over 24 hours before setting. I candled before setting them and several have very large air cells. And they are irregular shaped. There are 7 eggs, and one is a tiny egg so I already don’t...

I have been inspired by others on here like @Debbie292d to make a single post talking about my chicken adventures! I’ll warn you this first post is long, but more just for my own records, and I’ll keep track of my hatches and birds here for journaling purposes! My story started a few years ago...

Hello all! I set a batch of eggs on Mar 1! They should be popping out of their eggs sometime around March 22. Seven of the eggs are from a silkied Easter egger hen X silkied EE roo. Both white. Hoping to incorporate these into a project for blue egg laying silkies. The eggs are a gorgeous light...

Hello! I am wondering if it is possible to get lavender (self blue) silkies strictly from blue cream/porcelain breeding stock? From my understanding blue cream is a combination of the lavender gene over buff. So I guess I’m wondering if it’s possible to get chicks without the buff genes so they...

I have a chick that hatched in the middle of the night last night. It hatched on its own but it hatched much later than the rest of the brood. I realized this morning that it can’t stand or walk. Its legs don’t really seem to be splayed out, more just straight in front of it, and it rests with...

Hello all! I just incubated my first batch of eggs since 2020. It is so fun to be back into it! I should have done a hatch-a-long thread from the beginning, but I apologize that I didn’t think to do it. Just wanted to share though, so I hope it’s okay that I posted here! I used the new...

Hello! I just hatched a few ameraucana eggs and I’m not very familiar with their color variations. I don’t know what colors the parents were (the breeder said he has almost every color.) Any idea what color this little one is? Thanks!

Just wondering if anyone is currently working on a blue egg laying silkie project right now? I know in the past Whispering Oaks Farms has been mentioned but they never really post and don’t seem to respond to inquiries. I am considering starting my own project but it would be so much easier to...

Hello all! I purchased one of the new Chickcozy incubators and have my first batch of eggs in it. (And shipped eggs no less - urggg!!) Love the design and everything about the incubator except for the SMELL. It smells like horrible chemicals from offgassing. I’m scared all of my eggs are going...

I have two birds that are 3/4 silkie and 1/4 cream legbar. Wondering if anyone knows what color pattern they are. As babies I thought they would be partridge as they had black stripes on their backs and spots on their head. One is very light cream (almost white) with black striping on wingtips...

I hatched some orpington eggs that were supposed to be lav and black splits (roo lav, hen black split lav) and ended up with all blacks. I only kept one and I am not familiar with orps at all... Does this look like an orpington to you? She is 3.5-4 weeks old. I am wondering if I possibly got...

I have 5 newly hatched Orpington chicks and they are all black with white/yellow bellies and wing tips. The dad I believe has at least one copy of the barring gene. Is there a way that I can tell if these babies will be barred or cuckoo or do I have to wait for them to feather out?

I got 3 new chicks two days ago (they were a few days old when I got them) and one of them is especially vocal. He cheeps loudly when I leave the brooder room, and quiets down when I come back in. The other two chicks seem perfectly fine and content. This chick just seems to want attention...