[SilkieGirl]

I got two satin chicks yesterday, and a blue silkie rooster. I forget how old the chicks are exactly but they're only a few days old.

I'll be posting pics here as they grow!

There they are in the brooder. It was 37 F this morning. 😱 Lucky, they're okay! I don't have a heat lamp so I used a light bulb. They're in my dad's shop that's insulated.

 

[SilkieGirl]

Here's the silkie:

 

[robin416]

The rooster is a young guy and has a lot of filling out to do. He's liable to be very very fluffy.

I eager to see the peeps as they grow. The light bulb is fine as long as it's low enough to keep them warm. It's what I used with mine. A red 65 watt bulb.

 

[SilkieGirl]

Yes, he's between 6-9 months. Ooh, yay!

I am, too. Okay! Thanks!

 

[SilkieGirl]

Here's some new pics of the chicks. They're definitely growing!

 

[robin416]

You were getting some serious side eye in the first pic.

I can't wait to see them all feathered out. I imagine you're watching closely to see what they're going to look like too.

 

[SilkieGirl]

LOL, definitely.

Me either! Yes, I totally am! 😃 I hope they're going to look like that satin I showed you earlier.

 

[robin416]

I want to know if they're going to have fuzzy feet or feathered feet. Weird, I know.

 

[SilkieGirl]

Looks like feathered! Nah, that's not weird.

 

[lovely_chooks]

Oooh so cute! My chickens are always so clingy, every time I sit down they just jump on me either my lap sometimes if they can’t they jump on my shoulders or my head.. yeah they don’t get off either. Lol.

 

[SilkieGirl]

Thanks! Aww, how sweet! I wish mine were more sociable.

 

[SilkieGirl]

The chicks are really starting to feather up:

One has grown a comb, and the other one hasn't yet. Maybe the one with a comb is a cockerel and the other is a pullet?

 

[robin416]

Don't look at me asking that question. What kind of comb?

Have you found out what they were crossed with? I don't see Cochin there. Whatever it was was blue.

I hope you do have a pair. I want to see peeps from them.

 

[robin416]

@fuzzies needs to see this. See if she agrees with me that Cochin isn't part of the mix.

 

[SilkieGirl]

Don't look at me asking that question. What kind of comb?

Have you found out what they were crossed with? I don't see Cochin there. Whatever it was was blue.

I hope you do have a pair. I want to see peeps from them.

LOL. Zoom in on the chick to the right on the last pic.

The parents were satin. Silkie x Cochin, apparently isn't called satin until the 6th or 7th generation.

I hope so, too. But if they are satins, I could get silkied and hard feathered from silkie x satin. So I have breeding options.

@fuzzies needs to see this. See if she agrees with me that Cochin isn't part of the mix.

Maybe she'll pop in soon. I don't know, I'll attach a picture of a satin so we can compare.

 

[SilkieGirl]

Here's a blue satin:

 

[SilkieGirl]

I wish I took pictures of the chicks' parents.

 

[fuzzies]

Some of my Silkie x Cochin mixes are shaped similarly, so I think it is a possibility that they're part Cochin. As far as the combs, looks like one didn't inherit rose or pea comb genes and has a single comb, whereas the other has a walnut comb (a combination of rose and pea, genetically) like a Silkie would normally have. I'd guess the one with the single comb is a cockerel just based on the size of the comb already, but the other one could go either way.

 

[robin416]

Here's a blue satin:

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I see Cochin in that pic. I guess your peeps have some filling out to do.

 

[robin416]

Some of my Silkie x Cochin mixes are shaped similarly, so I think it is a possibility that they're part Cochin. As far as the combs, looks like one didn't inherit rose or pea comb genes and has a single comb, whereas the other has a walnut comb (a combination of rose and pea, genetically) like a Silkie would normally have. I'd guess the one with the single comb is a cockerel just based on the size of the comb already, but the other one could go either way.

Pip, I've forgotten. What kind of comb do Cochins have?