Way back when..... a test breeding was done with silkies. With dominant genes present in that cross - several generations of selective breeding would have to occur to remove the traces.
I would not go unnoticed nor likely to be arrived at by "accident". AMs are also a selectively bred breed. So Am birds they are derived from were known to spontaneously produce silkied feathers.
Not quoting sources here as they were contained in the origional posts way back when.
Chickens evolved from dinos eons ago. They are all related. What defines a chicken breed is what it looks like and ability to reproduce true to self. Even with specificly individual registered pedigreed animals like dogs, cats, horses - after so many generations - even with a woods colt so many generations back, is considered "pure-bred" and registerable. So even in the unlikley even that some cross, and the breeders behind the silkieds were traced back several generations without that surfacing - it would be no different than introducing color genes upteen generations back.
Since there are still tons of genes let alone interactions as yet undefined, often the most direct route to the root of things is test breedings - and those were done.
Thanks Jean for reiterating that acceptance is a process and not a simple matter of aye or nay. Silkieds have a long row to hoe how ever we move forward. But since nothing about this/these projects has ever been easy - no biggie. It's understood that the process is in place for a reason. What is less understood is how a Q&D tag line linking to a posted BIN that CLEARLY defines them as a PROJECT warrants such virolence. Granted it was an individual incident and should be viewed as such rather than representation of the ABC. It can be expected to be an ongoing subject of discussion, even disagreement, for a looooong time - respecful observence goes both ways and serves us all far better. As always, thank you for your input.
