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  1. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Just be sure that you don’t create chicks with MB that would make it so you can’t see the mottle pattern on those chicks (like if MB produces cuckoo chicks, could the white on the head be confused with the mottled look?) And you may want to band the hen you are keeping in the chocolate pen, just...
  2. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    You certainly could breed one of them back to her to get fully mottled chicks, if you want to do mottled again! Or if you simply want to figure out which hen it is, just move one of the black hens into a pen with no other layers so that you know you are getting her eggs (or find some other way...
  3. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Also maybe your young buff ladies are avoiding the boys? I feel like it is much more common to have an error with the mating happening correctly rather than having an actual fertility issue in a young cockerel. Have you seen those other buff boys successfully mating the hens? I’d be inclined to...
  4. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Possibly one of your blacks in the chocolate pen is a mottled carrier - the carriers hatch out with less mottled coloring than a full mottle, and as they mature, the white goes away and they look solid black. So if you have a mottled carrier, then 1/2 of her babies will get one mottled gene and...
  5. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    I would just test it out. I only think it’s the rare bird that needs it, but it could definitely make a difference in some cases!
  6. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Did you try giving vent trims?? Thats the only thing I can think may help?
  7. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Congrats Debbie!!! That is so exciting!!!
  8. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Oh Debbie they are gorgeous!!!! Both the chicks you have been hatching AND the awesome chickens from Bobbi!!! Your lemon cuckoo boy reminds me of my lemon cuckoo girl that I hatched from Bobbi 💛💛💛
  9. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Debbie, I’ve been away for a bit but just saw about your beautiful babies!! I am so glad you got some very beautiful looking buffs in there! And I had to laugh about them being so fluffy that a 3rd NN managed to appear for you. I am excited to see how these babies grow out!!!
  10. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Ahhhhhh so exciting! 👏👏👏
  11. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    You will end up with many beautiful babies out of your Bobbi eggs! I seriously can’t wait to see them!! And yes, haha the sex link feature would only be useful in babies I would like to keep for myself 😂 I now have a lavender silkie baby and I’m crossing my fingers he can be a boy so that I can...
  12. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Here are a few more pics of my lemon girl! I don’t know why but she is more on the shy side, not cuddly. But such a beautiful girl! I am hoping that I can breed her to a solid roo (I don’t have a single other cuckoo chicken) and get sex linked babies! Her cuckoo patterning is very light but I do...
  13. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Ahhhhhh I just saw the news about the Bobbi eggs!!! So so so excited :pop Can’t wait to see how your hatch goes!!!! Hoping for lots of blue creams :fl
  14. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Gorgeous babies!!! And so glad you were able to figure out and dispatch the murderous roo before he took another victim! That’s really scary, I’ve never heard of that happening before. I will have to keep a close eye out. I have one pullet with so much fluff that she is practically blind. I...
  15. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    So sorry Debbie!!! It is so hard when something like this happens! I hope you can figure it out to prevent further attacks :hugs
  16. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Any update this week on the Bobbi eggs?? Hoping for good news and that she had enough to ship to you :fl
  17. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Gorgeous babies 😍😍😍
  18. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    If you get lemon cuckoos and buffs from Bobbi you can expect more of the same! This baby didn’t have a vault but she already has a very floofy head! She is really beautiful - I think Bobbi offers some of the nicest looking silkies that I’ve seen!
  19. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    Debbie, thanks for the reference to that thread! I have a hen that is black with a brown head and neck (I call her a gold birchen though I actually have no idea what she is - she was born solid black, not partridge) anyways I was thinking maybe I would end up with chicks in a similar pattern or...
  20. Slothinc

    Debbie's Silkies

    @janiedoe Sorry this is not the best photo but you can kind of see the faint “stripe” pattern on her. Or is it just my eyes playing tricks on me?? She also has a hint of red to her comb which makes me think cuckoo. She’s about 8-9 weeks old (and hopefully she is a she!! Her comb is tiny which is...
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