Bantam chickens.. a friendly discussion about all pure and mixed breeds.

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Anyone have painted Silkie chickens? What's the difference between splash and painted really?..

Paint is heterozygous dominant white and black. Basically it's white (not the usual white that most silkies have) with black spots. When crossed you'll get more white chickens with leakage or black chickens with leakage.
Splash is a dilution of black. It is very light gray with blue and black spots. When crossed it acts like black.

 

[chickens really]

Paint is heterozygous dominant white and black. Basically it's white (not the usual white that most silkies have) with black spots. When crossed you'll get more white chickens with leakage or black chickens with leakage.
Splash is a dilution of black. It is very light gray with blue and black spots. When crossed it acts like black.

Okay so the paints are let's say a white Hen with black splotches randomly..

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

You're probably right. Because my 2, and your Bonnie aren't looking like regular brown Partridges.

Nope...We definitely have Wheaten Partridge Silkie...
That's my last about it....

I think your silkies don't look like regular partridge because they're silkies. They aren't bred for color as much as other breeds since it's kinda hard to even tell what color they are. There's no wheaten variety in silkies as far as I know.

 

[chickens really]

I think your silkies don't look like regular partridge because they're silkies. They aren't bred for color as much as other breeds since it's kinda hard to even tell what color they are. There's no wheaten variety in silkies as far as I know.

I just checked and wheaten Silkies showed up like ours.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Brown Partridge in Silkies is way darker than mine are. Wheaton silkies DO exist, btw.

 

[chickens really]

I just called Shirley the breeder and my Bonnie is a wheaten Silkie.
They have that yellow feathering around the neck

 

[HuffleClaw]

I just called Shirley the breeder and my Bonnie is a wheaten Silkie.
They have theat yellow feathering around the neck

Really? I’ve been wondering... Thanks Shannon!

 

[chickens really]

Really? I’ve been wondering... Thanks Shannon!

Me too so speculation got the best of me..The breeder told me Wheaten Silkie and not Partridge.

 

[HuffleClaw]

3 of my birds in this flock are just what some might call "cruddy auction chickens" anyway. So I don’t know much about some of them. But I do know that I love them the same.

I also know that I won’t be back to another auction.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Wheaten Silkies:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkies-of-a-different-color.410559/page-3#post-4987358
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkies-of-a-different-color.410559/page-77#post-9139715

Partridge Silkies:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/partridge-silkies-nothing-else.526271/


Truth be told, I'd call all of yours Partridge because they seem WAY too dark for Wheaten. Key difference seems to be that Partridge Silkies are dark overall, while Wheatens are light brown colored with dark 'points', ex. wing feathers, hackles, and tail. Males look essentially the same in both varieties, Silkie or not, so this is obviously for females only.


...Sorry for butting in. I'll go back to lurking and quietly admiring all these adorable bantams.