I have a silkie roo the same color as Kyla, but no like colored hens. What color would be acceptable to breed him to? Black? I'd really like more of the same color...
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was intended only as an example to show what is a gyandromorph.
I understand. Thank you for the picture I had never seen an example of one before. I will add that to my list of things learned today
Ok. They were muddy from the rain, but I got pictures...
So, not exactly half...
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Wow. That is an interesting looking bird. Mine is definitely all Silkie type, just not all silkied:idunno
was intended only as an example to show what is a gyandromorph.
I understand. Thank you for the picture I had never seen an example of one before. I will add that to my list...
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It's a fluke of fertilization and very early embryo development called mosiacism or gyandromorph. I'll have to go look up the exact differences. It seems to be a reasonably common rarity. A couple of years ago there was a half frizzled bird at our state fair: frizzled on one side of...
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It's a fluke of fertilization and very early embryo development called mosiacism or gyandromorph. I'll have to go look up the exact differences. It seems to be a reasonably common rarity. A couple of years ago there was a half frizzled bird at our state fair: frizzled on one side of...
I have a question regarding Silkie and non-Silkie feathering in the same bird. I have a young bird-maybe 3 or 4 months old, out of two normal silkie feathered Silkie parents. It has a silkied crest and one half silkied body. The other half is non silkied, normal feathered. Almost as if the...