The silkies with the weird head feathers is peaches, this was just after it rained and her feathers are normal again
The last one is mommy shadow with the kids. Yes she took in eggs from a peaches, which was fertilized by my white rooster koa so thats why none are black chicks but all are white...
All of my silkies dont have beards, I mean they have some feathering but you can still see their eyes and beaks a little. My black ones comb and wattle are so small she just looks combless
Oh I understand, thanks. Is the naked neck genetic? If not and its just by chance, I think 1 of my 4 chicks might be a show silkie, this chick just doesn't seem to wanna grow neck feathers
So I will look for chickens at breeders that are calm but have big wattles is what I will do then. When I breed this mystery chicken with a big wattle with my silkies, will the silkie x mystery chicken chicks have bigger wattles?
Oh. Google told me that orpingtons are the most heat tolerant. Im more than certian that the bigger the wattle, the better the heat tolerance, so I should be looking for bigger wattles right?
Can I mix those 2 breeds to create a more heal-tolerant chicken? I need a heat tolerant silkie because I live in Gilbert AZ and it gets VERY hot this time of year. Climate change makes it worse each year as well...