Two babies have hatched! One is a white Bow Tie Silkie, the other is a Silkie mix. The white one hatched last night, the other this morning or early afternoon. So tiny and cute.
Babies are hatching
SO CUTE
Black with some yellow and it has 5 toes.
The white one.
Thanks green, we think so too. mama still has two eggs under her.
Aaawwwww! Baby chicks are so irresistible.
Those are soooo cute! Keep us posted on how they get along and what they look like as they grow up.
Those babies are really darling, talk about fluffy butts...LOL...Way to go Smedge...Hay
A Showgirl!!! I love Showgirls!!! OMG it is sooo cute! So is the black one, but I'm so partial to showgirls.. Especially babiez!! Congratulations!! Boo Boo Babiez!!
Getting a much needed drink of water, it's in the 90's here, ugh!
Breakfast! yay, we're getting a bit hungry.
They are so cute!
That drinking picture is priceless! So cute!!!
Smedge, what is the food in that last picture? Looks like scrambled eggs and corn kernels?? Can we feed chicks corn kernels??
No corn in their feed, only scrambled eggs.
Oh. Thanks.
They are just precious Smedge! Now ...Im a little lost here ( NOT unusual) You said a Bowtie Silkie , then ZZ called it a Showgirl, so they are one in the same? A Bowtie isnt a bearded Silkie? Im still gettin' educated!
They might have started calling Showgirls something else.. but a naked neck Silkie is a Showgirl.. the bowtie is a puff of feathers on her throat.. Some Showgirls don't have a bowtie.. some do. :) I just love em! Best of both worlds.. silkie and naked necks in one! :)
Smedge you are having too much fun with those babies! :)
Yep, that's it, she is a bowtie Silkie showgirl. We have a roo and a hen and now a baby. Hopefully the other eggs will hatch soon, they are a little behind these two. I think maybe tomorrow we should start seeing some action on those.
By the way, the mama hen isn't the mama, she is just a Silkie Cochin that went broody and we slipped a couple of showgirl eggs under her with her eggs.
LFJ they are too adorable arn't they. So so so tiny and hard to resist.
Nothing cuter than fuzzy butts
Oh Im Hyped now on these little darlings! I think Id like to have a couple too! So I have to have a Naked Neck (Turken) to breed with My Silkie? ( please I missed the Lesson elsewhere) I know no question is a dumb question but I really feel dumb about this!
You can get Showgirl eggs easy.. I think trying to make that cross could take you generations to perfect..
http://cgi.ebay.com/8-Silkie-Show-Girl-Hatching-Eggs-/230618579757?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b1f0432d
Just did a search for Showgirl hatching eggs.. :)
You can also get them from showmesilkies in Missouri.
Ahhh! OK!
Well the other two eggs turned out not to be good. We candled them today and they look like they started to develop but died. So, these are the only two babies.
Duck babies are due to hatch this weekend sometime, I'll post pictures when they do.