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  1. Teresaann24

    Cuckoo silkie questions for silkie color Guru's :)

    Thanks for the info so I can look for this with mine.
  2. Teresaann24

    Cuckoo silkie questions for silkie color Guru's :)

    Quote: Do these turn cuckoo when they molt? So if this pops up it needs to be band and not placed in a cuckoo breeding pen.
  3. Teresaann24

    Cuckoo silkie questions for silkie color Guru's :)

    Quote: What's your price on him and how much would shipping be?
  4. Teresaann24

    Cuckoo silkie questions for silkie color Guru's :)

    Quote: Correct. If you can't SEE barring, it isn't there - the only exception would be a white bird, in which case, white would COVER (or mask) the barring, as it would any other color/pattern. Quote: Or a blue would work, too. Thanks, I'v been doing some searches on breeders of black and...
  5. Teresaann24

    Cuckoo silkie questions for silkie color Guru's :)

    I'v had a horrible time finding showgirls at all guess I will have to find me a showgirl breeder and buy some eggs.
  6. Teresaann24

    Cuckoo silkie questions for silkie color Guru's :)

    SG OS= Show girl Offspring...LOL So gray a no go... Black showing no barring is not cuckoo or cuckoo mix or carrying cuckoo gene correct? Ok I don't know where I'd be without you good BYC peep's
  7. Teresaann24

    Cuckoo silkie questions for silkie color Guru's :)

    Quote: Still makes no difference--it is black, not cuckoo. My bet is he does not understand. I have heard over the years a number of times of people saying that barring can "hide." Only if all black pigment is turned OFF by white, and then ALL colours hide. I too think he just does not...
  8. Teresaann24

    Cuckoo silkie questions for silkie color Guru's :)

    Quote: A hen cannot be "half" cuckoo. I suppose one could call a male bird with one copy of the gene that, although it would be an unusual wording, but it is not possible for a female to be "half cucko--she either IS or IS NOT. So could it be he is lying or just does not understand how it...
  9. Teresaann24

    Cuckoo silkie questions for silkie color Guru's :)

    Quote: I want a SG cuckoo!
  10. Teresaann24

    Cuckoo silkie questions for silkie color Guru's :)

    Quote: Technically incorrect; a single gene (barring) causes both. So there is honestly no way of making the skin black?
  11. Teresaann24

    Cuckoo silkie questions for silkie color Guru's :)

    Let me go re-read and post what he said about the black. ETA: He said (I have 3 cuckoo hens and a black hen that is half cuckoo in with a cuckoo rooster.)
  12. Teresaann24

    Cuckoo silkie questions for silkie color Guru's :)

    I have 12 cuckoo silkie eggs in the bator. On day 6 so far out of the 12 I see 9 developing. I bought these eggs from a breeder from ebay who got his from a BYC member now sure who it was I'd have to look it up again. He has three cuckoo hens cuckoo cock and 1 cuckoo split black pullet in this...
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