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Nice! Any photos? Are any of them Silkied? Have you noticed any faint white tips on any of the chicks? In my expereince, mottled splits will have white tipped toe feathers, end of wing feathers, and head feathers. Like I said, VERY faint and it goes away at about the 3 to 4 month mark....

Yes I do!! I've been following this one for a long time now, just waiting for my birds to finally start producing!

That is such a bummer about the Aracauna hens! Sorry to hear about that. Quick question, your F2 Gen chicks from your F1 boy, who is their mother? I may have missed it. What is your next step with the F2 boy if he is a mottled carrier?

Looking forward to it! You are definitely dedicated!! If you, or anyone else, is interested in following my own Mottled Silkie project (without blue eggs), the link is below! Tons of photos and potential F1 chicks are hatching now...

Good to here from you! I love that you keep updating. At this point if you add in the Aracauna hens to the mix you are going to be eliminating most if not all of the Silkie features. The recessive ones that you know your F1 boy is going to pass on such as feather type and mottling are going to...

He is a pretty boy! And he is the right color too. That's a bummer about the hen! What I would do personally is cross back to a silkie. Crossing out to a mottled again so early would likely eliminate all Silkie characteristics that are recessive and even many that aren't. Of the Silkie cross...

Looks like it might be a silver partridge! Either way I wouldn't use it to continue on with the project!

Oh gotcha... sorry about that! Humidity is tough!! I've lost many that way

You cracked open a growing egg? I think I'm a little confused...

So sorry to here about your lost chicks!! How can you tell what color the chicks are in the eggs? That's neat! If you F2 generation is crossing the black siblings together, which I am assuming it is, then 75% of them will have straight feathers and only 25% will have silkie. Along the same...

Sorry to hear about that! :hugs

I would avoid it. You will already be having some issues with it popping up in your crossings with the black chicks so I would try to steer clear!

Oregon which may be a little far for shipping eggs! Either way, I wish you luck with the project! :love

Exactly as Cyprus said! Until you have a quality product, preferably when you consistently have a quality product. I am actually starting this project myself, minus the egg color, which is why I've been following so closely. Perhaps we can coordinate one day! Congrats! They look cute! How many...

I would go with option two, repeating the mottled silkie x black silkie cross as many times as necessary. It will take a while, yes, but one of the biggest issues with silkie projects is poor type and quality. Outcrossing to Silkies will always improve your type. You can finally start crossing...

Personally speaking, I wouldn't worry too much about the degree of mottling on your silkies until later. This is a very detailed project and there are a lot of other things that take presidence over the mottling on the feathers. However in the future I would select birds that follow the...