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    Silkie x Faverolle Large Fowl Project

    This is two of the female wheaten color, with one of the whites. All the same parents.
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    Silkie x Faverolle Large Fowl Project

    So the chick that has no stripes turned out to be white. I also hatched some more and it’s so interesting. Half the chicks are white and the other half are this other color- maybe some kind of wheaten? The wheaten chicks resemble faverolles in that all the males are dark and the females are...
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    Silkie x Faverolle Large Fowl Project

    Both chicks together. They are a good size as of now. The black and white chick next to them is an olive egger that hatched the day before them, for size comparison.
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    Silkie x Faverolle Large Fowl Project

    Chick 2: hatched 3/13/24 is solid yellow with black skin. Muffs and beard are not as pronounced. All these hybrids have perfect feet, unlike my pure silkies I’ve been working so hard on. 🙄😂
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    Silkie x Faverolle Large Fowl Project

    Two more hybrid chicks hatched from the same parents, white silkie rooster over salmon faverolle hens. This is mostly to keep track of the chick color vs adult. Wish I had taken photos of the older hybrid as a baby chick! I’ll post updates as they grow. Chick 1: has black stripes down back and...
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    Can satin be bred out of my silkie flock?

    Ooh he’s so nice! So puffy and the color is actually beautiful. I love the body type too. Sturdy! 👍
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    Can satin be bred out of my silkie flock?

    Lol that’s a perfect description of it! 😂 I am sort of excited to see what color she’ll end up, if I don’t sell her as a silkie mix.
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    Can satin be bred out of my silkie flock?

    Yeah the blue one is just so puffy and bigger than the rest. 😊 I’ve paired down to only 3 breeders right now. My rooster is from a good line but it was really hard to get him. I live in Hawaii and it’s almost impossible to get silkies here unless from a big hatchery, and shipping ruins most of...
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    Can satin be bred out of my silkie flock?

    Yeah I think you’re right. Thank you for reminding me about that- I’ve been culling so hard for that in my existing flock, and weird toes still pops up even though my current breeders all have 5 distinct toes. 😭 I agree that it’s important to make sure these basic traits are preserved in...
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    Should I breed my silkie rooster? Pet quality? Advice appreciated!

    Thank you for the feedback! I ended up getting a better looking roo over the last year, from an egg from a breeder who shows. The difference is really great to see- he isn’t perfect but much closer to sop than this white rooster is. I still have my white rooster and am now using him for my...
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    Can satin be bred out of my silkie flock?

    Chick 5 (cream? no clue what color this one is)
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    Can satin be bred out of my silkie flock?

    Chicks 3 and 4 (partridges?) these wing feathers look more like what I’d expect from a silkie.
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    Can satin be bred out of my silkie flock?

    Chick 2 (black)
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    Can satin be bred out of my silkie flock?

    Thank you all for the advice and for sharing your knowledge about the silkie genes. 😍 Here’s the silkies and satins and their wings. I was most excited about the little blue one (chick 1) but pretty sure it has the satin feathers. The good news is, I think all of them have black skin! Feet...
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    Can satin be bred out of my silkie flock?

    Ok good to know! I’ll definitely keep an eye on them as they grow and see how they turn out.
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