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Oh yeah, that's right, Thanks for pointing that out, I had said that the hens would be black under the assumption that the white roo was masking Black, which is the color that most rec. white breeds are masking, I had forgotten that with all the colors of silkies, there are serveral colors that could be masked under the white.
I think masking black might be common for breeds that are E based, but silkies and a few other breeds tend to be e^b based. While it is always a wild shot at guessing what is hidden by white, partridge seems to be underneath a lot of white silkies.
Oh yeah, that's right, Thanks for pointing that out, I had said that the hens would be black under the assumption that the white roo was masking Black, which is the color that most rec. white breeds are masking, I had forgotten that with all the colors of silkies, there are serveral colors that could be masked under the white.
I think masking black might be common for breeds that are E based, but silkies and a few other breeds tend to be e^b based. While it is always a wild shot at guessing what is hidden by white, partridge seems to be underneath a lot of white silkies.
