White silkie with pink skin.

[Tiredchick]

I had a silkie hatch from my paint pen all white with pink skin…. I’m not even sure what to make from this in the last three years breeding from this pen I’ve never had this happen.

 

[Saveria]

Wow. Maybe a super recessive gene?

 

[Tiredchick]

Maybe. It just totally shocked me when I pulled it out of the Hatcher

 

[Saveria]

I'll bet, after that many. Here are two other posts about it. No one seems to know why, but I guess it does happen.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/can-silkies-have-white-skin-update-have-a-picture.276368/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/white-skin-silkies.1499883/

 

[Selgar]

That’s so interesting that the white skin came through as offspring from standard black skinned silkies. I’ve been breeding for this trait along with the blue egg gene for the last several years and finally got a batch of pure white birds that hatched form a small blue egg with the walnut comb and 5 toes. One has satin feathers, one silky, and one is a white skinned showgirl. I suppose it needs a new name (like what has been done with the Satins/Sultans/Turkens/etc…).

 

[LoveOfFeathers]

Any recent photos? I had a few hatch with light colored skin