Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[PaintedFeathers]

Jingle and Jangle with mama Icelynn

 

[2seth2]

When is the qualifying meet for Showgirls?

 

[BelleFarm]

Jingle and Jangle with mama Icelynn

How cute!

 

[stlcards]

This seems to be the place where all the Silkie experts hang out so I figured I'd ask here rather than start a new thread. I accidentally acquired 11 Silkies and they're all different colors. There's some obvious blacks, but some I have no idea. There is a roo in the bunch so if I shouldn't breed them please let me know. Sorry for the crappy pics, they were running around like crazy!

#1

#2

#3

Roo

Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

[Jharper]

This seems to be the place where all the Silkie experts hang out so I figured I'd ask here rather than start a new thread. I accidentally acquired 11 Silkies and they're all different colors. There's some obvious blacks, but some I have no idea. There is a roo in the bunch so if I shouldn't breed them please let me know. Sorry for the crappy pics, they were running around like crazy!

#1

#2

#3

Roo

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Looks like some partridges to me.

 

[stlcards]

Looks like some partridges to me.

I hope so, there are also some that are very brown. Are there chocolate Silkies?

 

[Jharper]

I hope so, there are also some that are very brown. Are there chocolate Silkies?

Yes but they are a true solid color.

 

[stlcards]

I'll get some better pics, some of these are really crazy looking. There are a few that look really good though. One looks blue with very light splotches and a little brown. Not that I have a lot of experience, but I have no clue on some of these colors.

 

[stlcards]

Here are some better pics of the 2 I'm most interested in. Any advice on the actual color name and if possible can you tell the sex?

#1 if you zoom in on the wings you can see some sort of penciling/patterns at the tips.

#2 light blue undercoat with darker outside, there's also brown/tan mixed throughout. The head is dark though.

Here are a couple of pics with both of them in them.
Facing each other.

From the back at the top of the photo.

Also, is this the comb of a cockerel, or small enough to be a pullet?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Here are some better pics of the 2 I'm most interested in. Any advice on the actual color name and if possible can you tell the sex?

#1 if you zoom in on the wings you can see some sort of penciling/patterns at the tips.

#2 light blue undercoat with darker outside, there's also brown/tan mixed throughout. The head is dark though.

This one is blue; the brown i almost certainly sunburned feathers



Here are a couple of pics with both of them in them.
Facing each other.

From the back at the top of the photo.


Also, is this the comb of a cockerel, or small enough to be a pullet?