Silkie thread! - Page 1686

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Originally Posted by peepblessed 

 

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Originally Posted by Sonoran Silkies 

 

 

Silkie genetics are not different than the genetics of other chickens 

 

A couple of good starting points are Genetics of Chickencolors and Basics and Poultry Genetics for the Non-professional.  Depending on what you already know about genetics in general, there are others that are more in-depth.

 Sonoran, do you know anything about this book? Such a reasonable price. http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-BOOK-21st-Century-Poultry-Breeding-Chicken-Genetics-/270732340875?pt=UK_Magazines&hash=item3f08e7ae8b

 

It should be pretty good; Grant definitely knows his genetics, and this is not his first book.

HORRBLE!  I ordered 6 brahmas and a silkie and they arrived today.  The silkie was dead, 2 of the brahmas, and another brahma looks like it won't make it!  

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Originally Posted by Nikkipar 

HORRBLE!  I ordered 6 brahmas and a silkie and they arrived today.  The silkie was dead, 2 of the brahmas, and another brahma looks like it won't make it!  

 OMG!!!! That is sooooo horrible!!!! Just heartbreaking! I am sooo sorry!

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Originally Posted by Nikkipar 

HORRBLE!  I ordered 6 brahmas and a silkie and they arrived today.  The silkie was dead, 2 of the brahmas, and another brahma looks like it won't make it!  

I dealt with a late death-- 4 days later and they refunded me.  ( I dealt with Meyer)  I called them the very next day after they arrived to tell them the one chick didn't look good.  Good thing I called, because he ended up living past the time alloted for healthy chicks.  He died the next day-- he was barely hanging in there the whole time.  But because I had called earlier to tell them he wasn't doing good, they refunded him.  Shipping is hard on them, but most of them do usually make it.  Sorry about your chicks!

 I am sorry that happened to you...that is a horrible experience, especially when you been patiently waiting!

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Originally Posted by Nikkipar 

HORRBLE!  I ordered 6 brahmas and a silkie and they arrived today.  The silkie was dead, 2 of the brahmas, and another brahma looks like it won't make it!  

The seller will refund me the money, and was very understanding about it.... but I feel horrible that I now am left with NO silkie 

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Originally Posted by TheChicknGarden 

so i see so much talk about genetics...and  it has me wondering where you all get the information from... this might sound like a dumb question but is there a big book on silkie  breeding genetics??? currently not breeding, not really sure if i want to .... but i would like to be sooo informed like the rest of you  which books, or what should i be reading up on ?

As has already been stated, Silkies work like any other chicken as far as genetics are concerned.   I've been using "Genetics of Chicken Colours: The Basics" by Sigrid van Dort in Holland. http://www.chickencolours.com/ She also wrote a book on Silkies. Loads of pictures in both books. Makes this stuff VERY much easier to understand but it's expensive. I have several other books on poultry genetics as well but I found I really couldn't understand them until I had Sigrid's book. It is SO true what they say - a picture is worth a thousand words ....

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Originally Posted by Nikkipar 

HORRBLE!  I ordered 6 brahmas and a silkie and they arrived today.  The silkie was dead, 2 of the brahmas, and another brahma looks like it won't make it!  

oh no! I am so sorry!!

 So adorable!

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Originally Posted by kbreak 

This is a picture of my partridge chicks. I got these eggs after I sold my partridge rooster.