I have also read posts on BYC from several different people working on getting Silkied chickens of breeds. So this means that they have also have had silkied chickens show up in the breed of birds they have and none of those have used Silkies in their breeding programs either? Sorry, I am just...
OK!! I didn't realize that a "silkied" chicken was a pure bred of whatever breed (in your case...silkied AM's) that just had recessive genes for hookless feathers. I thought "silkied" chicks were bred from crossing a Silkie into the bloodline of your chickens to get the h gene incorporated...
I currently have Silkies x eggs hatching whereas the roo in most cases is a Salmon Faverolles LF. I also have a Dark Cornish roo but he pretty much ignores the Silkies because they just run out between his long legs!!! My Silkie hens that are sitting are buff, black, painted, a blue buff and a...