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White silke from 2 black silkie parents.

post #1 of 4
7/8/12 at 8:19am
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Im assuming its been some crossbreeding somewhere  but anyhow im open to ideas here i think its cute either way and i dont breed my birds for show there just pets but i will put up some pics and feel free to comment on how this might have happened.

 

First pic is baby.

 

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Momma

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Daddys

 

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One of my silkies at 12 weeks old from a earlier hatch

 

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post #2 of 4
7/8/12 at 10:09am

I have a black silkie, full blooded, so its not a cross breed. This might happen if one of the momma or daddys parents where white.

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My cat is gonna be a mama!

 

Chickens are Best Friends, not pets.

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My cat is gonna be a mama!

 

Chickens are Best Friends, not pets.

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post #3 of 4
7/8/12 at 10:17am
Silkies have a bit of a reputation of not always being genetically pure. And there are a lot of things that can hide under black, genetically.

What I'd guess since that chick looks pure white and both parents are black is that both parents have one Recessive White gene and one not-Recessive White. Since the Reccessive White gene is not dominant, you won't see if unless it pairs up with another recessive white.
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Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought....Abraham Lincoln (Freedom carries responsibility)

The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure that it is right.....Judge Learned Hand  (The more sure your are that your way is the only right way, the more likely you are wrong.)
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post #4 of 4
7/8/12 at 11:40am
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I dont consider this a bad thing at all im actually really excited about getting a white one.

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