Another what color are these silkies and how do they look.

[Doug the Chicken Man]

Here are two silkies that I am trying to confim what color they are.
They ar 6 weeks old. they have good toe spacing and black legs and the comb is the correct color.


The father for both of them was a red roo as pictured below.

Mother was a white silkie. When the mother was crossed with a Mille Fluer D'Uccle I got black with silver lacing on the hackles.

Mom

Dad

So what color do you think I am?

This one was the above red roo with a blue hen.

Mom

so what color am I

I would like to thank everyone who provides input.

 

[muddyhorse]

I think the top chick might be gray

It is kinda hard to tell at this stage, the second one could be partridge

 

[Doug the Chicken Man]

That is what I was wondering

 

[Doug the Chicken Man]

No other comments ??????

 

[LilPeeps]

They are a grey and a partridge.

 

[Illia]

Top chick - Silver Pencilled/partridge (aka Gray)

Bottom chick - Wildtype partridge

 

[Doug the Chicken Man]

Thanks.

I was wondering about the Silver / Grey one .

So this would confim that the White Silkie has Silver in her?
So what does that mean in the way of breeding?

 

[catwalk]

Silver (actually the gold gene) is sex-linked. This means females only get one copy, and males get two. Therefore, a hen might be silver, S/-, or gold, s+/-. A male can be silver, S/S, gold, s+/s+, or golden, S/s+. A cock passes on one of his gold genes to each offspring, and a hen only gives hers to her sons.

What that means: any all-silver males got a silver gene from each parent, any silvery females got their genes from the sire only. If the silver- gened offspring of the white hen are female, the genotype of the bird is still unknown, and your cock has at least one silver gene (I doubt if he has two, by the looks of him). If you get males of that color, your hen is silver, S/-, and your cock is golden, S/s+

You may need more chicks to find out for sure.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote:
no, not wildtype. e^b (aka multiple laced or penciled) partridge

 

[Doug the Chicken Man]

Thanks for the genetic lessons again. I will be filing it away for future use.

Boy the brain cells are getting used up learning and trying to retain this stuff.