Silkie Color/Genetics

[The Moonshiner]

Is there any truth to the pointed eggs being roos in the Silkie world?

No truth to it in any world.
If you think about it if there was any truth to it then hatcheries would quit hatching pointy eggs and have no issues with so many unwanted male chicks. Which in turn would also save about 50% of their operating costs.

 

[Silkie Jax]

No truth to it in any world.
If you think about it if there was any truth to it then hatcheries would quit hatching pointy eggs and have no issues with so many unwanted male chicks. Which in turn would also save about 50% of their operating costs.

Very true. I was just hoping for a Miracle cuz I already have three.

 

[ev-chicka]

With blue.....About 50% blue and about 50% black.
All the cockerels will carry a chocolate gene but it won't show.

With cuckoo.... All chicks will be cuckoo. All cockerels will carry chocolate gene. If the rooster only has one cuckoo gene instead of two. Half the chicks will be cuckoo and half will be black.

With chocolate.... All will be chocolate.

Jumping on this thread and asking again what to expect when crossing partridge with white silkie? I know the colours won’t be true but what’s the general idea? Or is it really a toss up b/c white can carry any gene or so I’ve read....