Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Hinotori]

I’m already smitten with this baby!

View attachment 3727568

Hoping she’s a she, but if she is she’s the chattiest little baby Silkie I’ve ever met! So much noise and chatter and cooing. It’s super adorable but has me suspicious The girls I’ve owned are so quiet I’m getting rooster inklings haha. Those familiar with blue cream in silkies…will there be male feather color differences? Or is it more diffuse on both? I will love having one of each but I reallllly didn’t need a Silkie boy!

Ive only had 3 hens so i can't give any idea.

My really sweet ones are always boys. I've kept bad looking boys as pets just because they were super sweet.

 

[kurby22]

Ive only had 3 hens so i can't give any idea.

My really sweet ones are always boys. I've kept bad looking boys as pets just because they were super sweet.

Haha, that is what my fear is...I already have an affinity for the boys...I really wanted a breed where I could love the girls more, but alas my heart always chooses the boys. Oh well, if it's a boy, I will at least get some cute babies!

 

[chickengr]

I'have got a red silkie roo and a redish/orange partrige girl. I have total 12 silkies.

 

[LoveOfFeathers]

I have this chick that came from a paint and black pair. I know it’s partridge colored. I’ve seen something about dominant white gene having mutations. So both my paint and my black have carry the eb (partridge) gene. This chick looks grey? Blue? Is this Smokey? I’ll post pictures of parents. Has light colored skin and tan toenails.
Hen is on the left. On the right is a dominant white polish paint for color comparison.

No idea what’s stuck to the rooster’s face

Hen

Hen’s feathers up close
Rooster top right ( black one) Hen at bottom of photo.

Rooster carries both silver and gene shown in his hackles.

Chick pictures

Butt fluff and bottom of feet



Showing down feathers

Feet
Weird toenail color

Chick photo

Full Paint sibling: feathers up close

 

[chickengr]

I have this chick that came from a paint and black pair. I know it’s partridge colored. I’ve seen something about dominant white gene having mutations. So both my paint and my black have carry the eb (partridge) gene. This chick looks grey? Blue? Is this Smokey? I’ll post pictures of parents. Has light colored skin and tan toenails. View attachment 3730694
Hen is on the left. On the right is a dominant white polish paint for color comparison.
View attachment 3730697
No idea what’s stuck to the rooster’s face
View attachment 3730696
Hen
View attachment 3730702
Hen’s feathers up close View attachment 3730698
Rooster top right ( black one) Hen at bottom of photo.
View attachment 3730704
Rooster carries both silver and gene shown in his hackles.

Chick pictures
View attachment 3730712 View attachment 3730705View attachment 3730706View attachment 3730709View attachment 3730710View attachment 3730711
Butt fluff and bottom of feet
View attachment 3730712

View attachment 3730713View attachment 3730714View attachment 3730715
Showing down feathers
View attachment 3730716
FeetView attachment 3730718
Weird toenail color

Chick photoView attachment 3730734

Full Paint sibling: feathers up close

View attachment 3730721
View attachment 3730722
View attachment 3730723

I have never seen silkies with orange eyes.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

I have this chick that came from a paint and black pair. I know it’s partridge colored. I’ve seen something about dominant white gene having mutations. So both my paint and my black have carry the eb (partridge) gene. This chick looks grey? Blue? Is this Smokey? I’ll post pictures of parents. Has light colored skin and tan toenails. View attachment 3730694
Hen is on the left. On the right is a dominant white polish paint for color comparison.
View attachment 3730697
No idea what’s stuck to the rooster’s face
View attachment 3730696
Hen
View attachment 3730702
Hen’s feathers up close View attachment 3730698
Rooster top right ( black one) Hen at bottom of photo.
View attachment 3730704
Rooster carries both silver and gene shown in his hackles.

Chick pictures
View attachment 3730712 View attachment 3730705View attachment 3730706View attachment 3730709View attachment 3730710View attachment 3730711
Butt fluff and bottom of feet
View attachment 3730712

View attachment 3730713View attachment 3730714View attachment 3730715
Showing down feathers
View attachment 3730716
FeetView attachment 3730718
Weird toenail color

Chick photoView attachment 3730734

Full Paint sibling: feathers up close

View attachment 3730721
View attachment 3730722
View attachment 3730723

Are the parents purebred?

 

[LoveOfFeathers]

I know the cock bird is but not sure what generation of paint my showgirl hen might be.

 

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

Hi all! I'm looking at getting blue egg laying silkie cross Araucana eggs, hatch them, then cross back a hen to silkie rooster, would they still lay blue eggs but have more silkie fluffy feathering?

 

[chickengr]

Hi all! I'm looking at getting blue egg laying silkie cross Araucana eggs, hatch them, then cross back a hen to silkie rooster, would they still lay blue eggs but have more silkie fluffy feathering?

I guess it would be better to cross first those chicks. then cross back to silkies. it takes years.

 

[Hinotori]

Hi all! I'm looking at getting blue egg laying silkie cross Araucana eggs, hatch them, then cross back a hen to silkie rooster, would they still lay blue eggs but have more silkie fluffy feathering?

Silkied feathering is recessive. First cross would have normal feathers and carry 1 copy of the silkied feathers. Crossed to a silkie you'd get about half the chicks with silkied feathers and half would have blue eggs. Blue egg gene is dominant so one copy and you'll get blue eggs.


Ive been working on it for many years. I used wheaten ameraucana so started with known hens with two blue egg genes. I Havent had a good male from a blue egg yet. So my hens only carry 1 copy of the gene at best. The 5th gen look like the rest of my silkies now so they are all leg banded. Here's hoping for a good rooster this year. Then I can work to getting two copies of the blue egg gene.