I have a flock of blue, splash, buff, and partridge silkies (plus a lonely black hen) that I hatched eggs from to get some unique mixed colors. I have a blue, buff, and partridge roo in the breeding pen. At first I thought my chicks were partridge, but two out of the three have a silver hackle instead of the gold. They appear to be gray instead of partridge. Is it possible that my partridges may carry a recessive gray gene? I plan on seperating my silkies by colornow so I can see what pairings produce which chicks.
As chicks:
4-5 weeks old:
As chicks:
4-5 weeks old:
