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| 31/03/09
- Day 6 in the incubator, the 6 eggs on left hand side are
Pekin bantams, the others are from an assortment of Silkie
bantams. |
05/04/09
- Silkie chick loves going outside into the little run where
s/he scratches around and copies the big hens. |
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| 05/04/09
- Silkie chick is now a month old and we still cannot decide
what colour it is. The crest is now coming in red |
05/04/09
- Looking windswept and interesting with a little red mohican
hair style. This is one funny looking chick, possibly partridge
x red colour. |
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| 17/04/09
- Silkie chick is now 6 weeks old and it's the first big adventure
free ranging in the garden with the others, except they got
ignored. |
17/04/09
- Silkie chick blending in the with wood chips - good camouflage!
I think it's spying on the others! |
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| 17/04/09
- I don't do digging in dirt and I don't do scratching in
the garden, I prefer clean paths! And I certainty don't eat
worms! Commoners! |
17/04/09
- We have 5 more Silkie chicks among this lot. I think there
are 2 blues, a white, a cuckoo and a partridge. The others
are Pekins |
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| 23/04/09
- One week old Silkie chicks. These are what I think will
be blue (they turned white) |
23/04/09
- One week old Silkie chicks. These are what I think will
be white (they stayed white) |
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| 23/04/09
- One week old Silkie chicks. This little chappie is partridge. |
This
is the original Silkie chick - it has more red and no black
on it at all, so it isn't partridge. |
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| 25/04/09
- Our first Silkie chick is now almost 8 weeks old. It was
about to sit down here. |
30/04/09
- Silkiechick now gets to free range on good days and has
discovered Docken leaves! |
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| 02/05/09
- I suspect that all 4 of the light coloured Silkie chicks
may be white, albeit dirty white today! |
02/05/09
-There are no signs of blue in the feathers, they're all growing
in white. |
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| 08/05/09
- Our lonesome Silkie chick finds a new friend at last! She
looks a bit shocked to find out she's a Silkie, though! |
15/05/09
- Silkiechick and Fluffyfriend now get out to wander about
as they please but tend to hang about the shed during inclement
weather |
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| 22/05/09
- The Silkie chicks are now big enough to go outside when
it's dry. |
04/06/09
- Silkiechick continues to grow and is now getting much braver. |
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| 04/06/09
- The babies have now been allowed out for short spells. One
has already gone to its new home. |
04/06/09
- Del Boy, on the right, keeps an eye on the others out in
the garden. They are 7 weeks old today. |
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| 07/06/09
- Introducing the Silkies to one another. |
22/06/09
Silkie and Fluffy still stick together |
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| 22/06/09
Hopefully, this lovely little bearded chappie has been selected
to stay as the resident Silkie cockeral (assuming it's a cockeral). |
22/06/09
Bearded chicks left and back, non-bearded on right. The one
on the right will be going soon as I haven't the space for
them all. |
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| 22/06/09
Partridge chick at the back has been named 'Del Boy' by neighbours
who want to keep him, (although it could be a her). |
September
2009 - Our home hatched Silkie cockerel freeranging in the
garden. He's a bit of a cocky cockerel! |
