Barred silkie

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

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?

True enough. It would be a very long term, extensive breeding project. But it could be done.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Personally I'd use barred cochins since they already have feathered feet

 

[MysteryChicken]

Personally I'd use barred cochins since they already have feathered feet

Didn't think of them.

 

[nicalandia]

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 more complex than that, so allow me to elaborate on this.


Sex linked barring and Sex linked Dermal Inhibitor are linked close to each other, but not that close(the only research I was able to find said a distance of about 10 map unit/centiMorgan which equates to about 10% chance of cross over) now 10% is something a backyard breeder could work with(10% on females so 5% chance total of chicks hatched).

The sexing of chicks sired by Silkie males over hens with Dermal Inhibitor can be quite high, males having light skin and females having black skin, but this goes out of the windows when you use a Ayam Cemani Rooster over hen with Dermal inhibitor(for example a Cream Legbar Hen) You will see males with dark skin also. So there is something that inhibit sex linked Dermal Inhibitor.

Here is such a chick

Also there are multiple Barring mutations already studied, so it could be a combination of the breaking of the B-Id linkage or the Inhibition of the Id expression by other genes, Heterozygous recessive white is known to boost dermal expression on White Silkie Rooster/Id hen crosses(at least to show Dark Pigments on Shank color)

 

[Amer]

It's more complex than that, so allow me to elaborate on this.


Sex linked barring and Sex linked Dermal Inhibitor are linked close to each other, but not that close(the only research I was able to find said a distance of about 10 map unit/centiMorgan which equates to about 10% chance of cross over) now 10% is something a backyard breeder could work with(10% on females so 5% chance total of chicks hatched).

The sexing of chicks sired by Silkie males over hens with Dermal Inhibitor can be quite high, males having light skin and females having black skin, but this goes out of the windows when you use a Ayam Cemani Rooster over hen with Dermal inhibitor(for example a Cream Legbar Hen) You will see males with dark skin also. So there is something that inhibit sex linked Dermal Inhibitor.

Here is such a chick
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Also there are multiple Barring mutations already studied, so it could be a combination of the breaking of the B-Id linkage or the Inhibition of the Id expression by other genes, Heterozygous recessive white is known to boost dermal expression on White Silkie Rooster/Id hen crosses(at least to show Dark Pigments on Shank color)

Okay I stand corrected.

 

[Crazychickengirl2]

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

It's said the email was invalid ???

 

[Amer]

It's said the email was invalid ???

I don’t know, the breeders directory was years old.

 

[CaliFarmsAR]

This is cool! I’d love to get a barred Silkie!!

 

[EggSighted4Life]

What would I breed to make a barred silkie?

I got cuckoo Silkies from this breeder in Florida.. the combs were indeed red.. that was a couple years ago.. but maybe it's worth looking..

https://indigoegg.us/

 

[Crazychickengirl2]

I got cuckoo Silkies from this breeder in Florida.. the combs were indeed red.. that was a couple years ago.. but maybe it's worth looking..

https://indigoegg.us/

I cant travel that far and shipped eggs most likely wouldn't survive