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post #1 of 8
5/9/12 at 6:24pm
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So my silkie finally started laying eggs, YAY!!!! She's been in with my silkie rooster too. I took the first 7 home to incubate and 6 hatched.  However, I think there might be a problem...

 

I'm not a genetics expert, but I'm fairly certain that you can't take this:

 

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And combine it with this:

 

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And get this???

 

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Both black ones look just like a silkie should.
 

All 4 yellow and black spotted ones have 5 toes, furry feet, but their skin isn't a true black, more yellow-gray ish... 

 

I think my other rooster snuck in at some point... ???

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post #2 of 8
5/9/12 at 6:59pm

When i had my hen hatch eggs she had 5...and they don't look a thing like her,or the rooster! She is A completely white hen and the roo is also mainly white.Yet we have 2 brown,1black and white,and 2 red!smile.png

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For i am convinced that neither death nor life,neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future,nor any powers,neither height depth,nor anything else in all creation,will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

                           

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Romans 8:38-39

For i am convinced that neither death nor life,neither angels nor demons,neither the present nor the future,nor any powers,neither height depth,nor anything else in all creation,will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

                           

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post #3 of 8
5/10/12 at 12:01pm
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I know, that's how my goats always are with their babies. :)

 

But still... 4 yellows???? It HAS to be my other rooster, unless one of my silkies has a white of buff ancestor somewhere...

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post #4 of 8
5/11/12 at 4:30am
Did your silkies come from a hatchery? If so, that's probably the reason for the odd colored chicks....
Nikki
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post #5 of 8
5/11/12 at 5:46am

MY WHITES STARTED OUT LIGHT YELLOW FIRST

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post #6 of 8
5/11/12 at 1:15pm
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yes they did, idk which one though.

 

I guess when their feathers come in i'll be finding out who the daddy is... since the other option is my mutt rooster who must have snuck in...??? He's orange...

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post #7 of 8
5/11/12 at 6:19pm

recessive gene might of come thru, i know it happens alot with button quails, they don't really breed true.

 Wife, 2 sons, 2 dogs, 2 Coturnix Quails, and  4 Black & Mottled Bantam Cochins. Getting ready to move to France, pm me if you live over there!

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 Wife, 2 sons, 2 dogs, 2 Coturnix Quails, and  4 Black & Mottled Bantam Cochins. Getting ready to move to France, pm me if you live over there!

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post #8 of 8
5/13/12 at 11:35am

I'm not sure, but they are adorable.  :)  Congrats....

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