Thanks @LadiesAndJane. I usually hatch single comb breeds and i can pick roosters and hens by 4 -6 weeks!! I can see with silkies i am going to have to be very patient!!!
Thank you. I have read that link several times and have been using those details to guess so far. It is very helpful. I loved your broody hatching with pippin thread too. I have only hatched with an incubator and was hoping for a silkie hen to go broody in the next year or two to try a more...
Here they are as a little group. I ended up with 4 white, 2 black and 5 sort of grey/brown ones. I know to sex them i would need individual photos of combs and profile.
After reading this entire thread i decided to incubate silkies. I wanted to see for myself what they were like. I put 13 eggs in incubator, 1 was not fertile and 1 was fully developed but did not pip. I ended up with 11 of the most ridiculous and gorgeous little chickens and i decided i really...