silkie breeding

Does anyone know what the possible colors are if you were to pair a paint silkie rooster to blue partridge or grey silkie hens? There’s very few resources I’ve been able to find on grey and partridge color genes, I have eggs hatching tomorrow and I’m really curious on what colors to expect.

I have a cuckoo silkie hen with light skin and a dominant white silkie roo with dark skin. I know that cuckoo female x non-cuckoo male results in non-cuckoo females and cuckoo males. That would be fine if I bred my hen to a black rooster. But I only have a dominant white rooster. I'm wondering...

Right now I've been learning the USA silkie standards, but I'm in Europe and I wonder if the European standard is different from the American standards. Personally I like the look of the American standard silkies better, since I think European silkies are less fluffy and have slightly different...

I'm thinking about purchasing a book on silkie breeding, genetics, colors and SOP. I've had a lot of people recommended buying a book on this topic to learn more about it. Every single person has suggested a completely different book, so I'm a bit lost. They seem to be quite expensive, so can...

Okay so once again I'm back with my silkie color generics questions. My rooster is dominant white with lots of red leakage. Hes still pretty young though, so maybe he'll change a little as he grows. I will mainly be breeding him with my black hens and my one cuckoo but I do have one blue hen...

My rooster is a dominant white with red leakage on the wings and streamers. I will be breeding him to black (carrying recessive white) hens. I think 1 hen is starting to show silver leakage in the crest now that she's molting. In theory if he passed on dominant white to black, then the chicks...

I first got silkies in summer 2021. I fell in love with the breed so much that I've decided I'm going to start breeding them. I've noticed most silkies in my country (with some exceptions and good breeders) are very off looking. They have smaller crests, very poor foot feathering (it's very rare...

I was wondering, since self blue in breeding breeding acts the same as black (the only difference being that the chicks carry lavender) How would cuckoo act? I have this silkie chick (I desperately hope she's a pullet) and I think she's a cuckoo. But from far away she looks blue. I'm not...

I have two 5 month old silkie roosters (only silkies we got and they're both male 🤦‍♀️lol) They're doing really well in the flock (9 hens) but my questions are: 1- Can they even breed with the normal sized hens? The two biggest hens I have are two buff brahmas, then one austrolorp, a sussex...

Okay, so as far as I know silkies should have a walnut comb. Mine have weird flat and wavy combs or small and bumpy ones. Currently I'm focused more on color and body type, but I'd like to get a clear idea on what to do with the combs. I'll try to find some photos of my silkies combs. I can...

I have 2 chicks that I really want to keep. They come from better lines than mine. Unfortunately I think they're both gonna be cockerels. If one ends up being a pullet than this whole thing won't matter anymore, but assuming they're cockerels which one would be better to keep? They're 4 weeks...

Hi there! I am trying to figure out "breeding pens" for my silkies. I currently have two buff roosters, a mottled roo, and what I believe is a blue rooster. I have several pullets. I will post a picture of. I am wondering from what I have how I would distribute the breeding pens and what...

Hello everyone! I haven’t been on here in awhile so excuse me if I missed something, but I just got 5 paints for breeding. I have 1 rooster and 4 hens at the moment. I do not know what their lineage is but I can ask the breeder if need be. What I need to know is what will happen when I breed my...

So I'm going to start splitting up my silkies to breed next spring and I think I know how I'm going to split them up (by pen) but wanted some input! I'll list all my colors below then list how I think I'm going to separate them. Thanks! I'm really just wanting some pretty colors! Roosters...

I love my white silkie rooster and my big Jersey Giant hen. I believe i have successfully bred the two! (I also have a smooth Sizzle silkie rooster who is in the mix). I'm still trying to figure out who the father is. Has anyone here bred silkies and Jersey giants? This is my first chick at...

Hello everyone! I'm seeking a pair of silkie pullets or hens to add to my flock. I'm located in SE Michigan and would be happy to travel anywhere within maybe an hour driving radius or so to make a pickup. I have a small backyard coop that currently only houses two senior bantam hens (turning...

I don’t know anything about color genetics! My question is....what color silkies would you get from a black roo over a partridge hen?

Ok, so new Breeder and I may not have a lot of experience incubating and hatching baby chicks, but as far I've had incubated last year 2017 started somewhere in October and hatched 17 healthy chickens. I've purchased a lot of chickens for the past 2 years and I decided that I didn't want to...

1) Are you new to chickens, No / when did you first get chickens? 1yr ago (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 6 hens and 10 White Silki eggs hatching any day tomorrow is 21 days (3) What breeds do you have? 3 are Black Sexlinks, 3 are Americanas (4) How did you find out about...

In search of silkie chicks near Cincinnati, OH. Any information would be greatly appreciated, thank you!