Silkie Combs Week by Week (thread)

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

I too have been searching the world over for pics, stages, etc. for silkiesa I have 3 that are now 6 wks old and just stumbled upon your post! This is an awesome thread and lookon forward to final results and article!!!

 

[PioneerChicks]

I too have been searching the world over for pics, stages, etc. for silkiesa I have 3 that are now 6 wks old and just stumbled upon your post! This is an awesome thread and lookon forward to final results and article!!!

I'm glad you found this! 6 weeks is a little young but you should be able to make a good guess in a few weeks.

 

[PioneerChicks]

Updates:

I'm not even going to try to post more pictures from weeks ago. I'm afraid I made quite a mess of this project! But I've started on the article and it will hopefully be done soon. But I will post pictures here of the grown chicks soon!

Freedom and Judy are sweet little girls! Liberty is a handsome boy and I am keeping him for the time being to see if he can find a home as a breeder. Independence was a boy and not-so-nice quality so he was donated to a reptile zoo several weeks ago.

 

[PioneerChicks]

Freedom at about 4 months! Sorry for the strange unnatural look, I've been experimenting with Lightroom.

 

[silkiemama002]

@PioneerChicks I know it’s a few years late to the party, but really loved this journey and posts! It was so interesting and informative… there are so few resources like this online!

Also great for a new silkie mama like me who is trying to understand a little better

I found it so helpful I actually created my own thread doing the same for my (almost) 5 week old babies… if anyone would like to weigh in or follow along, the links below!!!

https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...rney-with-photos.1640763/page-2#post-28054553