Black silkie roo and Gray(ish) silkie hen created this??

[Farm Party-4-2]

Hello! I was not aware that black and gray silkies could produce a partridge silkie? I adopted my roo at two days old so I was unaware that it was a boy. I’ve only had silkie hens. He got to work quickly spreading his seeds in the flock lol

 

[nuthatched]

Well, he's not black and possibly not purebred. Where'd you get him?

 

[Farm Party-4-2]

Well, he's not black and possibly not purebred. Where'd you get him?

I got him from my cousin, so you could be right about the purebred part. All of my hens I got from a breeder

 

[NatJ]

Hello! I was not aware that black and gray silkies could produce a partridge silkie?

Recessive genes cause all sorts of puzzling chicks

In this case, both parents must have the genes for that color, but they are hidden by the dominant genes that cause the colors you do see. That chick inherited the recessive genes from both parents, with no dominant genes to hide the effects. That leaves you with a chick in a color you didn't expect.

 

[Farm Party-4-2]

I got him from my cousin, so you could be right about the purebred part. All of my hens I got from a breeder

He’s also still a baby here.

 

[Farm Party-4-2]

Updated photo of the roo. He does look like he has some partridge coloring in his feathers