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3/31/12 at 10:22pm
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Eddie white frame 10 months old.JPG

Eddie and Arthur having a talk.JPG

 

The splash is no longer pure white.  He has a golden glow about him.  This is one day after a bath and blow dry.  The golden hue is either very mutt-ly, or OMG special!

 

His name was Pearl, because he used to irridesce purply blue like a pearl or white opal.  But he became a lttle boy and we call him Eddie Vedder.  His dad is a blue silkie, mom is blue mixed silkie/black rosecomb.  Now he irridesces brassy, yellow, gold.   He has a few golden feathers under the long neck feathers. People say he's a real "looker".  He's 9 months old.

 

Is this "partridge"?

 

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Mom and Dad of 3 boys 14,11,9; live in city in-town by public library and school; Silkie rooster, Silkie hen, EE hen, RoseComb Bantam and 8 of their mixed breed offspring!  And a bunny!
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Mom and Dad of 3 boys 14,11,9; live in city in-town by public library and school; Silkie rooster, Silkie hen, EE hen, RoseComb Bantam and 8 of their mixed breed offspring!  And a bunny!
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post #2 of 3
4/1/12 at 7:16am

He is splash. The color is referred to brassy by chicken fanciers. It happens to birds that are white or silver and in your case splash. I have not read any research on the brassy expression; people have ideas of why it occurs but I have not seen any data that would support the ideas. 

 

It is not partridge. Partridge in the USA refers to a bird that has concentric penciling as a secondary color pattern on a gold ground color. Partridge was also used to refer to a bird that was brown at the E locus. Partridge can refer to other variates in other countries. 

 

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4/1/12 at 8:00am
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Thanks Tim.

Mom and Dad of 3 boys 14,11,9; live in city in-town by public library and school; Silkie rooster, Silkie hen, EE hen, RoseComb Bantam and 8 of their mixed breed offspring!  And a bunny!
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Mom and Dad of 3 boys 14,11,9; live in city in-town by public library and school; Silkie rooster, Silkie hen, EE hen, RoseComb Bantam and 8 of their mixed breed offspring!  And a bunny!
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