Barred silkie

[Crazychickengirl2]

What would I breed to make a barred silkie?

I want them to look like this.

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

@MysteryChicken @LadiesAndJane

 

[MysteryChicken]

Barred/Cuckoo silkies can be made with Barred Rock, standard, or Bantam, doesn't matter.

1st F1 crossing, Male Barred Rock X Black Silkie = 100% Barred Offspring

F1 Barred Rock/Silkie X F1 Barred Rock Silkie = F2 cross. 100% Barred Offspring, 50% Silkied, 50% Smooth, 25% Black skinned, 25% White Skinned

(Not great at percentages, correct me if I'm wrong)

F2 Male X Black Silkie Female = 100% Barred, Silkied, Black Skinned offspring.
From here, you can select the best for breeding, & breed to get better offspring, pattern, etc.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I myself wanna create my own line of Cuckoo Silkies, but of Standard size.

 

[Amer]

Here’s the thing. Barring almost always prevents dermal melanin from being expressed because it is so far on the chromosome. The dark skin has a 1 percent chance of being passed on. Cuckoo Silkie breeders have managed to get birds with the 1 percent.
So my recommendation is just buy cuckoo Silkies. It will save you a lot of trouble in the long run.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Here’s the thing. Barring almost always prevents dermal melanin from being expressed because it is so far on the chromosome. The dark skin has a 1 percent chance of being passed on. Cuckoo Silkie breeders have managed to get birds with the 1 percent.
So my recommendation is just buy cuckoo Silkies. It will save you a lot of trouble in the long run.

It's worth a shot. Though Cuckoo Silkies are hard too come by. Been searching for some for quite awhile.

 

[T-R-O-U-B-L-E]

Here’s the thing. Barring almost always prevents dermal melanin from being expressed because it is so far on the chromosome. The dark skin has a 1 percent chance of being passed on. Cuckoo Silkie breeders have managed to get birds with the 1 percent.
So my recommendation is just buy cuckoo Silkies. It will save you a lot of trouble in the long run.

So you could do the crosses that @MysteryChicken suggested, get the one percent, and cross those.

 

[Amer]

So you could do the crosses that @MysteryChicken suggested, get the one percent, and cross those.

Yeah, but it’s actually less than that because you need both a male and a female, and what are the chances of getting that?

 

[Crazychickengirl2]

Here’s the thing. Barring almost always prevents dermal melanin from being expressed because it is so far on the chromosome. The dark skin has a 1 percent chance of being passed on. Cuckoo Silkie breeders have managed to get birds with the 1 percent.
So my recommendation is just buy cuckoo Silkies. It will save you a lot of trouble in the long run.

Where do I find them?

 

[Amer]

Ask 43-934 Evie Finley 816-606-5303

1799 Bitteisweet Lane E-mail: [email protected]

From her offering however, it looks like what she has she couldn’t get anything better than what you could produce, but you could ask for breeder recommendations in Missouri.

https://m.facebook.com/freindshipoakcreamery/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0 Also this, but the skin color is dubious.

Or if you don’t care about the skin color, I guess breeding them yourself is fine.

I don’t know anything about Cuckoo Silkies or breeders in Missouri so you can find them better than I can on the internet