3 Silkie-Mix - NC - Suspected Rooster (3 week old chicks) - In Need of Rehomimg

[MysteryChicken]

@MysteryChicken are you interested in any of them?

Right now I'm down sizing the flocks abit, & I'm pretty sure I can't travel to your location since I don't drive.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I like the partridge colored one. It's color is female specific, which is odd if it were a male.

 

[meepANDpeep]

Hope you have luck finding homes for your extras.
Are you planning to move too the country?

Lots of people want Giant Silkies apparently, actually.

Not sure where we will move but want land and to free range the chickens again

 

[meepANDpeep]

I like the partridge colored one. It's color is female specific, which is odd if it were a male.

Thank you, and if I had to guess that's because of the weird mixture they are. It probably messes up any sex linkage.

But that one is really pretty I am not sure how I would get it up to you actually though, because I'm in North Carolina. Any ideas?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Thank you, and if I had to guess that's because of the weird mixture they are. It probably messes up any sex linkage.

But that one is really pretty I am not sure how I would get it up to you actually though, because I'm in North Carolina. Any ideas?

It's not sex linked. Male partridge colored chickens are black Breasted, females are brown with lacing. It's more of a Sexual Dimorphism type thing.

Not really. I don't really have the space for more birds right now, so I'll keep you in mind if you have anymore.

 

[meepANDpeep]

It's not sex linked. Male partridge colored chickens are black Breasted, females are brown with lacing. It's more of a Sexual Dimorphism type thing.

Not really. I don't really have the space for more birds right now, so I'll keep you in mind if you have anymore.

That's alright, and one of the silkie mix roosters I have is a low expression millefleur, and the other carries mottling from his father and birchen and lacing from his mom, so I imagine it's just all the mixture of different traits that makes it an atypical partridge if I had to guess. I have no idea what patterning my white silkie rooster has buried underneath the white.

these chicks are really exciting to see develop though. I'll attach some pictures of how some of the others have turned out that I have given to people that have gotten older (I always ask for photo updates lol) in case you were interested in their patterning/genetics @MysteryChicken (i.e. if you're a nerd like me haha!)

 

[meepANDpeep]

Oh and @MysteryChicken these are the two likely father candidates at a month or so older

 

[MysteryChicken]

Oh and @MysteryChicken these are the two likely father candidates at a month or so older

All if these look like Mille Fleur D'uccle X Silkie.

 

[MysteryChicken]

That's alright, and one of the silkie mix roosters I have is a low expression millefleur, and the other carries mottling from his father and birchen and lacing from his mom, so I imagine it's just all the mixture of different traits that makes it an atypical partridge if I had to guess. I have no idea what patterning my white silkie rooster has buried underneath the white.

these chicks are really exciting to see develop though. I'll attach some pictures of how some of the others have turned out that I have given to people that have gotten older (I always ask for photo updates lol) in case you were interested in their patterning/genetics @MysteryChicken (i.e. if you're a nerd like me haha!)

Mille Fleur is a partridge based color pattern.

Birchen is pretty dominant over many colors, & the resulting offspring will most likely be of Birchen coloration, or some variation with other genes that are present.

 

[meepANDpeep]

Mille Fleur is a partridge based color pattern.

Birchen is pretty dominant over many colors, & the resulting offspring will most likely be of Birchen coloration, or some variation with other genes that are present.

My millefleur is a buff columbian base with mottling. Is columbian related to partridge? I suppose they do look pretty similar, so that makes a lot of sense.

And about the birchen, yeah some of them did turn out birchen-mixed looking (i.e. the same as him), but maybe he only has one copy so then only half the offspring would receive it. I didn't know birchen was dominant, though. That's neat.