The American Paint Silkie - Page 118

Ok, I know this question has been asked before but here we go again.

I hatched out some chicks from two black hens and a paint roo. I hatched out paints, black and white chicks.

My question is, well there are several.

Are the blacks considered pure blacks? Meaning will I get 100 % blacks if I breed them together ? Or will I get mixed colors or paints if I breed them to each other? Same question about the whites?

Bred together white x white, will I get all whites?

So basically the question would be are they considered split to paint (I know they don't know enough know enough about the paints yet )

And then what about breeding a white offspring to a black offspring from the above chicks? Could you get paints with them ? White back to paint or black back to the paint parent?

So as you can see I'm a bit confused. I don't really have the room to experiment with this since I have only so many cages !! I hatched some very nice blacks and whites out of these pairs and wonder if I could or should ad them to my pure black and white breeding pairs ???? Don't want to do that if I won't get pure black and whites out of them.

Thanks for your input

I was told you should always consider then possible paint carriers and not mix them with other non paints thinking you will get only solids. this is what I am doing. and when you sell them, those people should know they might carry paint as well.
 

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Originally Posted by FrenchToast 

Ok, I know this question has been asked before but here we go again.

 

I hatched out some chicks from two black hens and a paint roo. I hatched out paints, black and white chicks.

 

 

My question is, well there are several.

 

Are the blacks considered pure blacks? Meaning will I get 100 % blacks if I breed them together ? Or will I get mixed colors or paints if I breed them to each other? Same question about the whites?

Bred together white x white, will I get all whites?

 

So basically the question would be are they considered split to paint (I know they don't know enough know enough about the paints yet )

 

And then what about breeding a white offspring to a black offspring from the above chicks? Could you get paints with them ? White back to paint or black back to the paint parent?

 

 

So as you can see I'm a bit confused. I don't really have the room to experiment with this since I have only so many cages !! I hatched some very nice blacks and whites out of these pairs and wonder if I could or should ad them to my pure black and white breeding pairs ???? Don't want to do that if I won't get pure black and whites out of them.

 

Thanks for your input

 

 

i was wondering the same if u breed paint to black wouldnt the offspring black silkies carry the paint gene and could u not rebreed them to a white or black and get some paint offspring?

that is the thought that they could produce paint even in solid to solid breeding.
 

Whether paint can hide or not is not unknown, although there are some who believe it can.  Personally I am very skeptical of it hiding in a black bird; slightly less so of it hiding in a white bird.  Is paint a separate, new gene?  Or is it the same gene that produces exchequers? Is it produced by a single gene, or is it like lacing and needs multiple genes?  We do too much "hatch everything in sight" and too little planned, experimental breeding and documentation.  I am guilty of this, too.

one of my new paint babies I hatched 3 days old

Almost did not post just because last time i did not many people had anything nice to say but these are for those who just love cute chicks