Blue Silkie Babies?

[Hi_imlaurenn]

Hi everyone! So I have a few questions and I hope I'm in the right place!

So recently I've been hatching out babies like crazy. Most of the time I either end up with satin/smooth silkies OR pure white silkies. But now I've noticed that two black little poofs who I thought would be satin/smooth silkies are actually getting silkie hair and they are blue?

Mama is a black silkie. Daddy is either a black satin/smooth silkie (he's the one in my picture) OR a white silkie roo. I've never seen my white roo anywhere near this hen and I also didn't think mixing a black hen with a white roo would get blue babies.

So could the dad be my black satin? Or would the babies of a silkie hen and a black satin roo have smooth feathers?

I am a bit confused and those are the only two "silkie" Roos I have.

Thank you!

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

Can you take photos of the possible parents and upload them here? : D

 

[Hi_imlaurenn]

Satin/smooth Roo

White Hatchery Roo

Mom Black silkie hen

 

[Hi_imlaurenn]

Can you take photos of the possible parents and upload them here? : D

I have attached some photos

 

[Hi_imlaurenn]

Here's one of two babies.

 

[Northwest_Wannabe]

Sounds like you've probably got a blue under the white then! Without knowing the grandparents it's tricky to be sure. But I can tell you;

1. That chick looks blue
2. It's entirely possible for one of the white birds to be blue underneath

I'm not sure how well you know genetics and how they work (it's a forum who knows haha) but white is sort of like a marking. Think of it as pouring a layer of white paint over them, they still have other colors underneath but the white covers it up!

 

[Chicalina]

There could be a whole load of hidden phenotypes under that black rooster because he is a mix.

And as just said, white can hide a lot of other colours.

Post some pics when they grow. Will be interesting to see how they feather out.

 

[Hi_imlaurenn]

There could be a whole load of hidden phenotypes under that black rooster because he is a mix.

And as just said, white can hide a lot of other colours.

Post some pics when they grow. Will be interesting to see how they feather out.

Okay so with the smooth satins... if mixed with a silkie with silkie feathers can they produce silkie feathered chicks? For some reason I thought they could only produce other satins....

Ill keep you guys updated with pics! The other baby is a little bigger and outside under a broody.

 

[Hi_imlaurenn]

Sounds like you've probably got a blue under the white then! Without knowing the grandparents it's tricky to be sure. But I can tell you;

1. That chick looks blue
2. It's entirely possible for one of the white birds to be blue underneath

I'm not sure how well you know genetics and how they work (it's a forum who knows haha) but white is sort of like a marking. Think of it as pouring a layer of white paint over them, they still have other colors underneath but the white covers it up!

Thank you!!! I was pretty sure white could cover up anything. But I've never seen Big Papa (white silkie roo) anywhere near that black Hen. It's usually my Handsome smooth satin Roo that's always with her and they usually keep to themselves.

About the baby being blue..... I've been keeping a close eye on the one hatched outside AND the one hatched inside. Usually they end up being satins and I'm fine with that, the only silkies I've been hatching with silkie feathers are white x white. So when they started to feather out like silkie hair I got a bit confused and the fact that they are blue..... the mama HAS to be my black hen because she was the only silkie laying at the time all of my others were broody. So my first thought was daddy was the black satin..... except....

can a satin roo x silkie hen produce silkie feathered babies?

For some reason I thought they would only produce more satins....

or is this like a 25% chance of producing other silkie feathered babies?

 

[Chicalina]

You need 2 silkie feathered genes to produce silkie feathers. If your smoothies are part silkie then they will carry the silkie feather gene and can pass it on if they mate with another silkie feather gene carrier. At least that is my understanding.