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  1. NNYchick

    Silkie color breeding questions...

    I learned a hard lesson this winter- don't hatch late in the summer and keep grow out into winter. Right now I have 2 roosters and 4 cockerels (4-6 months old). I have resorted to putting them outside, I shovel an area for them and have an extra large igloo dog house with straw for day time then...
  2. NNYchick

    Silkie color breeding questions...

    Lucky you having 2 pens, I need to figure out a good way to divide things up. You could do your set up 2 different ways. Boys in a bachelor pad and girls in there own space or silver base breeding pen (black w/ silver leakage roo with black and white spilt to paint girls, this will most likely...
  3. NNYchick

    Silkie color breeding questions...

    I took a look at your Facebook page you have listed. You have nice birds. You have a lot of boys, which ones are the girls I saw a partridge girl and a black girl. A hen stays fertilized by a rooster for about 3-4 weeks after the last mating, so to get a specific pairing you would separate her...
  4. NNYchick

    Silkie color breeding questions...

    I have never heard of "white or black splits" what is that? The term split is usually in reference to a bird having come from parents with a certain gene for example when paint silkies are bred you can get paint, black and white chicks from this mating the black and white chicks are referred to...
  5. NNYchick

    Silkie color breeding questions...

    This was copied from pine hill Silkie page, it is an excellent resource. “Breeding Responsively: There seems to be a lot of talk about what colors to breed together... or not... As a person who breeds to 'show', I tend to be a bit of a purest... But here's some tips on what happens when...
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