Apr 24, 2010 #1 Puresilk Songster 9 Years Joined Apr 23, 2010 Messages 406 Reaction score 2 Points 119 Location Yale I have found the chart telling how to get blacks, blue and splashes by breeding those three...but where do grays come into the picture? Can grays be bred to splashes, blues and blacks, or ir not, what can grays be bred to? Thanks
I have found the chart telling how to get blacks, blue and splashes by breeding those three...but where do grays come into the picture? Can grays be bred to splashes, blues and blacks, or ir not, what can grays be bred to? Thanks
Apr 24, 2010 #2 joe17 Songster 11 Years Joined Nov 25, 2009 Messages 1,565 Reaction score 19 Points 234 Location Louisiana where is the chart? I would like to see it cause I have all those color chicks.
Apr 24, 2010 Thread starter #3 Puresilk Songster 9 Years Joined Apr 23, 2010 Messages 406 Reaction score 2 Points 119 Location Yale http://www.hattricksilkies.net/blue.html you will find it at the bottom of this page...
Apr 25, 2010 #4 Sonoran Silkies Flock Mistress 11 Years Educator Joined Jan 4, 2009 Messages 20,149 Reaction score 523 Points 421 Location Tempe, Arizona Grey bred to those colours will create mixed coloured chicks in the first generation.
Apr 25, 2010 Thread starter #5 Puresilk Songster 9 Years Joined Apr 23, 2010 Messages 406 Reaction score 2 Points 119 Location Yale what can you breed a gray to, only another gray?
Apr 25, 2010 Thread starter #6 Puresilk Songster 9 Years Joined Apr 23, 2010 Messages 406 Reaction score 2 Points 119 Location Yale anyone? What does gray get bred to to stay within standard? Does anyone have any pictures of what a gray should look like?
anyone? What does gray get bred to to stay within standard? Does anyone have any pictures of what a gray should look like?
Apr 25, 2010 #7 Sonoran Silkies Flock Mistress 11 Years Educator Joined Jan 4, 2009 Messages 20,149 Reaction score 523 Points 421 Location Tempe, Arizona This is a grey hen. Grey is the same as partridge, with silver substituting for gold.
Apr 25, 2010 Thread starter #8 Puresilk Songster 9 Years Joined Apr 23, 2010 Messages 406 Reaction score 2 Points 119 Location Yale so you can breed grays to partridges, and be within standard with the chicks? Btw, that gray is preeeeety Last edited: Apr 25, 2010
so you can breed grays to partridges, and be within standard with the chicks? Btw, that gray is preeeeety
Apr 26, 2010 #9 muddyhorse Songster 10 Years Joined Aug 11, 2009 Messages 2,447 Reaction score 59 Points 181 Location Bloomsdale, MO this hen is gray, I bought her early in the morning at a swap she was in a trio of splash. later in daylight I realized she was gray. oh, well anybody have a gray roo ? right now she is in with my cuckoo
this hen is gray, I bought her early in the morning at a swap she was in a trio of splash. later in daylight I realized she was gray. oh, well anybody have a gray roo ? right now she is in with my cuckoo
Apr 27, 2010 Thread starter #10 Puresilk Songster 9 Years Joined Apr 23, 2010 Messages 406 Reaction score 2 Points 119 Location Yale So can you only breed grays to other grays?