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I bought this guy at a poultry show recently where he was being sold as a “charcoal”. I can’t find anything about charcoal coloured silkies, only the gene that darkens the head of other colours. Would he be a blue or something else? He’s very dark on top, like black but with some lighter parts...

I’ll be interested in joining, assuming still got layers as are in autumn now.

Day 19 and heard some cheeping coming from an egg in the incubator. Not long now!

I’ve got eggs in the incubator due around the 6th. Also my hen went broody a couple nights ago with some Silkie eggs I’ve been swapping hers out for!

My little chicks have been spending our hot days outside now. I can't recall if I said, but I bought another 9, so 19 in total, including Solo, my "big" girl. I have been swapping out my mixed Silkie's eggs for the purebred Silkie eggs and fake eggs when there were no Silkie eggs, as she's a...

Well been hearing power is out in our area from yesterday morning and won’t be restored till around 4 pm this afternoon. Feeling fortunate to be on solar power. Hopefully our internet comes back then though, meant be having a video interview for a job tomorrow morning! Got one bar of cellphone...

Received my Araucana and Speckled Sussex today. My postie made a special Saturday delivery and even was asking if the last lot he delivered was all good and none cracked <3 He's a gem. Unfortunately, everything ships by Aramex takes forever! I've got some eggs I'm waiting on sent 2.5 hours away...

8 Araucana eggs and 7 speckled Sussex in the post. Gonna hatch some from my Silkie x for funsies. May be able to get my hands on mottled Pekin bantams but we’ll see!

They’re a relatively recent thing! I wanted to start the project here but looks like I’ve already got my foundations done for me haha

My Border Collie also is fascinated by the brooder. She sits there tilting her head from side to side. Picked up couple new girls and new chicks today. Looks like I have the start of a chocolate Silkie breeding program. I’ve been getting lucky with Silkie colours lately. Now I have a Mille...

So I may have some araucana and speckled Sussex eggs coming. I’ll prob throw some of my Silkie x hen’s eggs in too for a laugh. So guess I’m still in lol

Mille fleur with the black band is a bit different and a combination of genes. From what I understand you need the pattern gene, the Colombian gene and the mottling gene all in conjunction. So mottling on its own won’t cause the Mille fleur pattern. I have seen black based mottled chooks, but...

So exciting seeing chicks hatch. I maybe picking up some more chicks from someone else tomorrow. Chicken maths is a thing!

I’m wondering whether to get some more Araucana eggs in the meantime… only have two purebreds, Solo and a blue chick, another singleton that hatched with this bunch of Silkies. Gonna have a Silkie complex lol

OH MY GOSH, they are totally adorable! I'm on the lookout for mille fleur Pekin Bantams. If I can find any, I'll have more to join this thread in with, but not holding much hope!

Solo has been back in the brooder since last night and behaving herself. The chicks are fascinated with her and she just ignores them. They think she's the best thing since sliced bread apparently. I put some fresh sawdust in their brooder and she’s been scratching around and the chicks of...

Yes! And we can’t just get day old chicks shipped in the post like in the US

The furthest away. I see there's some roos on TM at the moment in NP, not the best patterned but would've been a start, but logistics are a nightmare lol

Having to ship eggs it’s getting harder and harder to find people willing to do it! I really wanted some Mille fleur pekins but even in December struggled to find a breeder.