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From what i have read on here we all agree the dunn/buff/champagne color is an undesirable trait..so in my opinion we should be trying to use offspring with less leakage in this project moving forward. Do we agree?
and hinders accepted varieties as well.
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You are correct. And a good point in comparison is the gray silkie.
Breeding is not as simple as stringing together genetic code. For the simple reason chickens cant read. And second what reguards are being taken to insure proper type first before the color? Its all gray matter until desired results are delivered. Keep muddling up colors and you string all the genetic code together you want, if the birds arent pure neither are results. But what does that matter as if plaid pops out of a shell cash cows will be there to get their slice of the dough with no reguards to type, inbreeding or general health of the birds. IE.... self blue silkies. aka lavenders. They dont breed pure, they dont hatch and if they do they may or not live long and if they do make it to adulthood, better get them a seeing eye dog and a neurologist. So paints... They have issues too, and those wanting to breed pure lines. Better make sure you keep a closed flock because I guarantee you will be hatching surprises.
i agree and nicely put.
I know what my birds cost me a year and have no "delusion" of ever making money off them or even coming close to covering my costs....the time i spend with my birds is my "me" time to enjoy what seems to have become a passion..my wife may call it an obsession..lol...not a care in the world when i'm sitting in a Penn surrounded by fluff, my girls chatting away at me especially if i have a glass of goose with me

through my birds i have met some super people, made some great friends, had a lot of fun and hopefully in return i have helped the breed and will continue to do so through the experiences i have learned and the ongoing knowledge i gain from the folks i have met and will meet. Bottom line for me is trying to do the "right" thing foe the breed that has done the right thing for me!
BTW.. congrats on B.O.B. at the VA show...definitely the nicest silkie there..in my opinion
sorry tend to ramble when i have more than 2 cups of tea in the morning
ETA: yep another straight dude that loves his piles of fluff
hard as heck to be a bad azz biker when a silkies sitting on your lap and ur blow drying her