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I'm good with Logic, but I can't "see it". Its that intuitive leap from the purely mechanical to the practice where I can't follow. Punnett squares are simple - but I see letters, not plumage, comb, leg and skin color...

I'm just in awe of you both, @MysteryChicken and @NatJ . I'm not wired for that skill, I have enough trouble telling people apart. That you can do it with a completely different species never fails to impress.

NatJ came in and saved us both - but not until after I had the chance to embarass myself. Not only did I show my complete ignorance of existing Silkie varieties, but my brain was trying to figure out how to do autosexxing silkies, not just sex linked... Talk about being out to lunch!

TY for the education on what makes a Silkie a Silkie. I still don't want them - but now know there to be numerous silkie colors and patterns, not just the solid white, solid black, buff, and blue/splash I recall being mentioned. Good luck in your sex linking efforts!

See? I wasn't aware there even were barred Silkies, but that would be a useful gene for this purpose.

I know next to nothing about chicken genetics, and nothing about Silkies. Waiting on Mystery's response, but I suspect the answer is you will have to introduce a sex linked trait from a non-Silkie, then breed to reinforce that trait, resulting in a sex linked bird which has some physical...