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[hpops]

I sadly had a white silkie that turned out to be a cockerel and had to rehome him. I was VERY sad to see him go as he was such a sweetie. I aslo at the time had a broody hen sitting on some eggs - she then got fed up with sitting on them so I stuck three of them in an incubator. I kept candeling them but could only see through two of them as the third was a blue egg and had a thick shell. the two that I could see through proved to be infertile but as I couldn't see through the blue one (and am inexperienced at candeling) I left them in the incubator.

 

Yesterday I was cooking in my kitchen (where the incubator was) and heard a cheap, cheap and I turned round to see this ball of fluff bobbing about in the incubator!!!!

 

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It's the cutest thing I have ever seen!!!

 

Now here's a conundrum the chick hatched out of a blue egg - the cockerel was white

 

The rest of my clock are -

 

2 x gold brahmas

1 RIR cross

3 pekins 1 gold 1 silver partridge and a lemon buff

1 gold silkie cross

1 black silkie

1 Lavender Araucana

 

Now as far as I am aware the Araucana is the only blue egg layer amongst that list & I only get one blue egg a day.

 

So that in my mind equates to 1 white silkie male mating with 1 blue egg laying lavender Araucana..........

 

Could anyone explain to me why I have a black fluffy chick?????

[quickcluck]

that sounds very complicated!!

 

However, congratulations.... bet that's the best find you've had in ages....

[WitchHazel]

Oh my goodness, what a gorgeous little chick!

 

Will be interesting to see how the colouring develops. Hope it's a girl!

[Egluntyne]

Sweet little thing. I hope it is a girl.

[craftyhunnypie]

Congratulations! It's absolutely beautiful! It has the head of a silkie chick, but like you say Araucanas are the blue egg layers, so Araucana mummy?!

Here's hoping it's a girl & you get lots of blue eggs in the future. What a lovely little chick!

 

Emma.x

[chelsea]

gorgeous chick.

[Cooks]

what a cutie pie

[Snowy]

Ahh, that is gorgeous, and can I see the beginnings of a little top knot already?

 

Regarding the colour, I think it is black and white colour genes that create the lavender and blue colours in chickens, so a certain percentage of the offspring will be black, blue, splash or white (although I'm sure someone out there could explain it far better than me! )

[foreveryoung]

could just be the chick frathers! you'll soon see a resemblence when the proper feathers comes through

 

I have a Araucana I think but with a hair do (thats from the father) Ive not seen what a pure Araucana looks like! I just know that she came out of a beige egg but lays blue eggs (or basil green)

[The Brown Clan]

How cute is that chick

[lisa33]

Gorgeous.

[Chickvic]

Very cute!

[Abbey Road Girl]

Absolutely love it! Keep us posted...