The American Paint Silkie

[LilPeeps]

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Does this occur mostly in the hackle area like in the black silkies? I've had to get rid of some otherwise excellent young cockerels this year due to off color appearing in the hackle (in blacks). It is such an issue in the blacks.

Here's a pic of the off coloring that comes up in the paints..

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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The feathers are either entirely black or entirely white, not a mix of the two.

Are the quills/shafts of the feather black? Or are they white?

Black. The entire feather is black on the spots. And on the "non-spots," the entire feather is white. For the spots, a large chuck of black feathers grow in the same area.

 

[roocrazy]

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wow ill be following this thread those are some awesome silkies!!!!

 

[brenTx]

Ok as I promised on the other thread...check this out

http://bidbirdauctions.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=977120184

 

[JenEric Farms]

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You weren't supposed to post this! It was supposed to be a secret PM to me only!

 

[brenTx]

You weren't supposed to post this! It was supposed to be a secret PM to me only

You had to tell me that. LOL and besides...they aren't mine. Mine are still too young.​

 

[JenEric Farms]

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You had to tell me that. LOL and besides...they aren't mine. Mine are still too young.

I'm teasing. I'll keep my eye on that auction that's for sure!

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

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AWWWWW!!!!

 

[Ryu]

I got the same color pattern with Ameraucanas when I crossed a Black roo to a White hen. The little pullet I kep is really cute, I named her Sprinkles.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

Sometimes paint chicks are hatched that are the smokey grayish bluish that you sometimes see on silver based white babies. I just saw a couple of them but didn't notice if they had spots. I'm thinking that they didn't but will check and let you know. My chick in the pic below has some of the bluish/grayish tint. Judy's are solidly that color with no yellow or white until the wing feathers start growing and they are stunningly white! As a comparison, the picture below the chick is of this same chick as a grown pullet.

Judy Lee has not kept those chicks, so there is no way to know at this time if they are recessive or dominant silver based white birds. I know that I will be keeping any that I have that hatch and doing a trial breeding to see what they produce.

Edited to give credit to Cat Dance Silkies as the chicks that I hatched were from her eggs!!