Are my Silkies pure?

[EmilySmith2525]

So I have some 5 week old silkies and I only want to keep ones which are pure silkie for breeding purposes with my other flock.
They all have 5 toes and black skin, which is lighter on my red silkies, however I cant seem to see the blue on their face yet.
So i'm wondering if anyone else can tell if they are pure silkie?

Silkie 1

Silkie 2

Silkie 3 (lighter skin)

Silkie 4

Silkie 5


I can get other picture if wanted

 

[cchicks4]

I’m no expert but my silkie babies didn’t get the blue until much older than yours look.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

They don't develop blue earlobes until they are older. Mine starting developing those at around 8 weeks.

 

[EmilySmith2525]

I only see one red, the other is a partridge. It's lighter because the original silkies were white, new colors were introduced by crossing to other breeds with red being one of the rarer, newer colors. Ideal Hatchery is the only place I can think of that sells them- other places that sell them might have gotten them or the parents from Ideal.

The breeder only sells pure silkie eggs. I asked for 6 red silkie eggs but she may have slipped a gold an Partridge egg in there due the low eggs produced. It makes more sense now as I was pretty sure the darker one was not a red silkie however time may tell. Thank you for your help I understand why they have lighter skin now.

 

[Little Jerry Seinfeld]

Where did you get them from? Can you ask the breeder?

 

[EmilySmith2525]

Where did you get them from? Can you ask the breeder?

The breeder I got the hatching eggs off is a top silkie breeder so i'm pretty sure they are pure, however i'm starting to question as are red silkies supposed to have light skin ?

 

[bantamsrmyfav]

Yes, pure, your red one looks like it has black skin, do you mean other ones not pictured?

 

[EmilySmith2525]

Yes, pure, your red one looks like it has black skin, do you mean other ones not pictured?

I meant the ones pictures was a bit unsure as their skin was a lot lighter than my others

 

[drumstick diva]

I thought you might be asking about ear lobes, I couldn't imagine where else they would be blue. Silkies could have other color or wrong comb etc. which means poor breeding but they could be pure bred silkies..

If your breeder shows her birds, I would imagine she would have all purebreds. She may or may not sell poorer quality as pets or cull them.

 

[EmilySmith2525]

I’m no expert but my silkie babies didn’t get the blue until much older than yours look.

I had a feeling it wasn't until they got a bit older as I have another batch which are pure and are not blue yet. I had just read on previous threads that they would be blue but that must be until they are older. IT was more the lighter skin on my red silkie I was wondering about.