This is the loudest..
Meet Bugle
This is the smallest
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Her name is Hetty
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This is the queit one..
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Her name is Sterling
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SOOOOOoooooOOOooooOOOOOOOoooooooOOOOO cute!
Can anyone tell me if they are roos or pullets? I have no clue with silkies.. I can't hardly name them yet.. except for the one with the huge lungs.. LOL
awwwww. They are precious!
What kind of chicks are they? They are so cute. The quiet one looks silver color. They have feather legs as well. I love the babies! Jean
Hello Sewincircle, welcome!
They are silkies. I love them so much.. I've been wanting silkies forever. :) Bugle is a loud one.. The lil quiet one will come sit on my hand.. I love that.
I just got some silkies, too. They are precious! I love the littlest one. I've heard you almost have to wait for the crow/egg to sex them. Maybe someone with more expertise will chime in?
Oh Joyce, you have achieved babydom. So cute. Did you hatch them?
Silkies! They are so cute. They get even cuter. I looked at some pictures of adult ones! My daughter Dominique wanted a silkie or two. I told her we have to wait. We are having integration issues as it is. Maybe next spring. They are beautiful though! Is the smallest one black? I know nothing about sexing them. Only what I have read in books, and it was not a lot of help when I had to do my own. LOL All my boys had girl names!
Thank you for the welcome!!!!
cute babies and welcom sewincircle
They're adorable, Mother Bird ZZ! Can't help you with the sexing - I think silkies are just about the hardest ones to sex.
Have you tried the leg kick thing or the thumb on abdomen thing? Check out the other threads probably 2-3 pages back in the forum... I'll tell you the thumb on abdomen thing did NOT work for me. My two baby silkie/cochin crosses both felt identical, but one most definitely started cockle-doodle-doo'ing and the other was probably a pullet. :'-(
Thank you Shell. I really don't care what sex they are.. they are just fluff balls that are so fun to have!
Hi KELL!!! No, I didn't hatch them.. Catscan did. I can't take the credit. She gave them to me. I'm very thankful. I'm not hatching anymore.. I'm no good at it and it's too sad to fail, not to mention expensive.
Thank you Claire. I love them so much.
Okay.. Where is Silkiechick?
I will try it.. I flip them, but haven't done the thumb thing... I tried to figure that one out and had a hard time. I never felt any difference.. I think I need a LOT more experience for that method.
I just flipped them and just as I thought.. Bugle is a Roo. The other two flip as pullets. I will name the other two accordingly.. (Helps me to remember)
The one thing I notice is... Bugle has real big puffs on his hocks..
So the little one I will name Hetty
The quiet one is Sterling
Can you do it naturally with these girl babies when they grow up and Bugle starts to bugle for real?
LOL Kell.. Yeah.. they are great for that!
What fun that will be!
Thank you for the welcome InnBetween. I have a sister in Bessemer, AL. Its great being a part of this group. Great peeps! LOL I have read so many stories. My daughter and I watched all the incubator videos and read the stories of the hatch in Jan. What fun. We particularly loved the videos of BOB the baby duck. He was so fast!!!!
I have tried to hatch but lost all before. It is heartbreaking. We had two successful hatches with the summer camp kids though. I am so glad they went well. Explaining to the parents why their children where traumatized would not be fun. I know its a part of life though. Well, have a good night. Jean
I will just say that with all my technical knowledge about feathery friends and with deep deliberation: awwwwwwwwwwww. You can quote me on that.
I just love the name bugle for a boy. gunna need to steal that when the time is right. :)
No kiddin lazy_ladies. I'm thinkin my first born child.
HA! That was my 2nd in this household. Family members have been known to call him Foghorn Leghorn.