HELP! Silkie colors...

[shhgirl]

So I've been googling and its so confusing and scientific. HAHA. can someone in dumbmans terms tell me what colors + what color = what color? For all possible combinations??

Example:

white + black = 50% xyz, 50% abc
white + white =
white + splash =
white + buff =
white + porcelain =
so on so forth...


black + buff =
black + paint =

blah blah blah


Does anyone know? I'm just trying to make a simple chart like so that has every color option.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

There are really no answers for the mixes you listed; it is/will always be a guessing game, and will vary by individual birds. White always hides what is underneath it. Colour and pattern-wise, two whites can be completely different genetically. Blacks can have a varied genetic recipe as solid black birds can be built on all e-alleles if you add sufficient melanizers, and when you cross to a non-black, you will lose melanizers, so what you get can vary dramatically. Buff is a complicated recipe, and there are several different gene combinations to achieve buff.

Breeding a procelain to anything that does not carry lavender will remove the dilute appearance.

There is one predictable combination you listed. paint X black will give you mostly paints and blacks, plus maybe a few oddities, depending on the specific birds and their genetic ancestry.

The genetics of chicken colours/patterns is very complicated. There is no way to make a simple chart. Your best bet is to use the chicken calculator.

 

[shhgirl]

There are really no answers for the mixes you listed; it is/will always be a guessing game, and will vary by individual birds. White always hides what is underneath it. Colour and pattern-wise, two whites can be completely different genetically. Blacks can have a varied genetic recipe as solid black birds can be built on all e-alleles if you add sufficient melanizers, and when you cross to a non-black, you will lose melanizers, so what you get can vary dramatically. Buff is a complicated recipe, and there are several different gene combinations to achieve buff.

Breeding a procelain to anything that does not carry lavender will remove the dilute appearance.

There is one predictable combination you listed. paint X black will give you mostly paints and blacks, plus maybe a few oddities, depending on the specific birds and their genetic ancestry.

The genetics of chicken colours/patterns is very complicated. There is no way to make a simple chart. Your best bet is to use the chicken calculator.

the chicken calculator link doesn't work??

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

It does for me. Maybe something in your setup prevents links from working? You can try googling "chicken calculator."