Hi everyone. I think I may have finally hatched a black chick. It looks much darker than the dark blues I have hatched and in the pic you can see the brown undercoat. Do you think I finally have a black chick?!?!
Thanks! So, it is probably a dark blue, which is fine. I'm separating my blacks in the spring so I will know for sure that those chicks are black. Haha. I bought blacks just for that coop/pen, not from my own breeding.
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If this is the case, that would be a wonderful easy way to tell them apart!! I just read somewhere that the blacks do have lighter bellies though. Ok, here is a pic of the one I am unsure of:
This is what my blues usually look like:
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Okay, BBS silkie experts. How can you tell the difference of black and blue silkie chicks? I was looking through this thread and saw some pics of chicks posted that looked blue to me. Can someone give me a quick lesson or post pics of the differences? I just hatched some chicks and I THINK...