Breeder Setups

[Sprfrk]

Hiya looking for advice regarding the following. I have both Silkies and Pekins for the below scenarios, however this case I'll talk about silkies only.

I have several coloured 'groups' of silkies being a young male roo and a few pullets for each colour - Splash, Black, Blue, White and some silver partridge pullets, currently in one large 12m x 12m (40ftx40ft) enclosure on my section with coop, all under 6mos old. I am looking at separating these guys out in order to breed - NOT for show purposes but general good quality breeding for pets etc. My chooks are from showline breeders so am fairly confident in their genes.

Idea 1 - separate the 4 colours out completely to their own 12m x 3m runs with smaller coops. This would be Splash, Black, Blue and White with 3 silver partridge. This would be ideal for colour purposes, keeping males separate and premium coop space, however very time consuming and finance heavy!

Idea 2 - separate the group into two colours each. Two large coops (they are suitable for 8x 'normal chicken' sized coops with three nesting pens for reference) and larger 12m x 6m runs to share. Thinking, Splash and Blue together, and Black and white with s/p together. This would be a lot easier on my budget and time, and tbh the one i'm leaning towards. Obviously though then the predicted colours would be a mix bag and would have two roos together.

....Would it be ok having 2 roosters with approx 4-5 pullets each, in one shared area?
....What might a white roo and s/p hen produce?
.....WHat might a white and black mating produce?

TIA ;-D

 

[Willawong Hill]

Hi,
I'm new so can't really help, but someone gave me the link to this site: http://kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm#kipcalculator which i have found helpful, you can put your colours in and assuming your roo is recessive white to a SP hen then it says all offspring will be black. I guess unless the hen happens to carry recessive white. Same with your white and black mating- all black chicks. I assume these black chicks will carry recessive white so if mated back to a white would give you 50% white offspring, and the ones bred to an SP hen are likley to carry some other genes in there too that could pop back out later on.

 

[Chooks man]

Hiya looking for advice regarding the following. I have both Silkies and Pekins for the below scenarios, however this case I'll talk about silkies only.

I have several coloured 'groups' of silkies being a young male roo and a few pullets for each colour - Splash, Black, Blue, White and some silver partridge pullets, currently in one large 12m x 12m (40ftx40ft) enclosure on my section with coop, all under 6mos old. I am looking at separating these guys out in order to breed - NOT for show purposes but general good quality breeding for pets etc. My chooks are from showline breeders so am fairly confident in their genes.

Idea 1 - separate the 4 colours out completely to their own 12m x 3m runs with smaller coops. This would be Splash, Black, Blue and White with 3 silver partridge. This would be ideal for colour purposes, keeping males separate and premium coop space, however very time consuming and finance heavy!

Idea 2 - separate the group into two colours each. Two large coops (they are suitable for 8x 'normal chicken' sized coops with three nesting pens for reference) and larger 12m x 6m runs to share. Thinking, Splash and Blue together, and Black and white with s/p together. This would be a lot easier on my budget and time, and tbh the one i'm leaning towards. Obviously though then the predicted colours would be a mix bag and would have two roos together.

....Would it be ok having 2 roosters with approx 4-5 pullets each, in one shared area?
....What might a white roo and s/p hen produce?
.....WHat might a white and black mating produce?

TIA ;-D

Hi there .
if the second option is easier for you than go for it ,here few tricks to breed all the 4 varieties ,keeping them pure without breaking the horse back .
one year breed 2 varieties ,the second year breed the other 2 .
breed the Splash to Splash . the White to white . for those they need to have they own run .breeding rooster don t get along in a small space . you can have 2 small pens and one big run , each day one pen can use the run .

Second year you can breed Black and Blue in a same pen . they work well together ,they will stay pure Blue and black ,

How many hatch you are thinking of doing a year .who long will be your breeding period .Spring? Spring/Summer? .Autumn ? etc.................
Who many chicks you are thinking of hatching?

Good luck
Chooks man