Online CRAZY EGG CHAIN lets play

[draye]

I just PM'd you my address. Now we just wait for someone to claim my eggs.

 

[rbaker0345]

Do you cross naked necks with silkies to get showgirls or is it more complicated than that?

 

[chiqita]

Do you cross naked necks with silkies to get showgirls or is it more complicated than that?

It takes 5-10 generations to get it looking really silkie like. But I find showgirls are better layers ( or silkies with sg parents) because of the outcross.

 

[Penny Hen]

Do you cross naked necks with silkies to get showgirls or is it more complicated than that?

The Naked Neck gene is dominant so you can get the heterozyous expression of it right away. They are called Bowties because of a spot of fluff on the neck. Sometimes you need to repeat a breeding with a Silkie to get the crest and fluff to improve. And most work toward getting the homogenous NN gene for a completely bare neck. They are Showgirls right off but obviously F5 Showgirls are going to tend to be more refined than F1's.

 

[WallabyOfChaos]

The Naked Neck gene is dominant so you can get the heterozyous expression of it right away. They are called Bowties because of a spot of fluff on the neck. Sometimes you need to repeat a breeding with a Silkie to get the crest and fluff to improve. And most work toward getting the homogenous NN gene for a completely bare neck. They are Showgirls right off but obviously F5 Showgirls are going to tend to be more refined than F1's.

Except that the Silky gene is recessive, which means no silky-feathered birds in the F1 generation. Just Silky gene carriers.



Current offer:

Offer: 6 Naked Naked
6 Easter Egger (I have 2 roosters in the run with 15 hens, this pen also includes a few crested {part Polish} hens which are the best layers of the EE).
or Combo of NN and EE.

 

[chiqita]

Except that the Silky gene is recessive, which means no silky-feathered birds in the F1 generation.  Just Silky gene carriers.



Current offer:

Plus they have straight combs and a variety of problems. There is a picture of some recent silkie/turken crosses on the showgirl thread. They look like turkens that have a bit more volume. Cute but not anything like a sg.

 

[rbaker0345]

That's funny, I though I was the only one who called my single combs "straight combs". I can't help it, I usually catch myself but sometimes not.

 

[SilkieSensation]

That's funny, I though I was the only one who called my single combs "straight combs".  I can't help it, I usually catch myself but sometimes not.

I do it too, especially when trying to explain which bird I want out of the pen when my kids are catching for me...lol

 

[draye]

not sure how this works but I will claim the 6 RiR Pure and offer 6 BBS Marans.

PS. someone give me a headsup on how this works
THANKS!!!

Rolling back to this offer.
I'm having to unclaim them.

 

[mikkles]

Rolling back to this offer.
I'm having to unclaim them.

a little confused... whats the offer?