kurby22
Crossing the Road
Oh thank you! That’s good info to knowAww how exciting about the babies!And yeah you would need two chickens carrying blue to get any splash so I'd guess the little splash looking baby probably did have a different dad. Bruno sure is a cutie!
As far as satins go your Bruno x Sia babies could be the start of a satin project and would be considered F1. F1's are technically just mixed breeds but breeding back to silkies for enough generations will give satin offspring that are very near 100% silkie genetically but keep the smooth feathering (50% will keep the smooth feathering when bred back to a silkie since regular feathering is dominant). I think in just 6 generations of breeding the project offspring back to silkies you'd have birds that are over 98% silkie genetically. You'd select for birds each generation that are the most silkie like other than feather type and breed these back to full silkies and eventually you'll have birds that breed true to silkie standards other than feather type (along with getting 50% silkies out of them which since they will be breeding true to standard as well can be considered full silkies). That is basically what a satin is, a project breed (non recognized) that is a non silkie feathered bird that breeds true to silkie standards other than feather type.
It would be simpler to say that a satin is just a silkie without silkie feathering (and that is indeed what they are from a genetic standpoint). But because silkies must have silkie feathering to be eligible to be shown as silkies satins have been designated as another project breed by those working on them.
You'll find there is a lot of differing opinions on satins and a lot of misinformation out there as it is still a relatively new thing. As it is now it is somewhat doubtful satins will be able to be officially recognized as their own breed as they have only 1 non silkie trait where to be eligible to be considered another breed by current standards they'd need more.
That is great Perdy is filling in more like a little pullet! I've definitely had my share of little pullets that acted like little cockerels as youngsters.
You’re so helpful and a wealth of knowledge 
