Bearded and non bearded?

[PrinceSandwich]

I bred 2 bearded white silkies together and got a few nonbearded ones. How does that happen? Is the nonbearded gene ressesive?
What would happen if I bred the nonbearded ones to the bearded ones?

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

non bearded X bearded = grab bag you'll get some bearded and some non. I'm not sure how it works, but I'm figuring its like white silkies - they may have another color (or in this case non bearded) parent or grandparent and it pops up in their chicks.

I have bred two non beardeds and gotten nicely bearded chicks this year - so I got no clue for sure, but an educated guess.