Breeding Game Silkies, Super Silkies

[007Sean]

Howdy, and Welcome to Backyard Chickens.

Happy to have you here with us. Enjoy your time here at BYC!

Thanks for joining our community!

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC. Good luck with your project. Have plans for the cockerels as they will most likely exhibit game tendencies and start fighting around puberty.

 

[Bsmac]

Hello! Welcome to BYC! Good luck with your project!

 

[pnw_urban_chix]

Welcome to BYC! I'm afraid I don't have any experience with that type of stuff, but I'm sure that someone can help.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Hi, and welcome to BYC! We're so glad you decided to join us! Make yourself at home!

 

[Eloyster]

Welcome to BYC!

Planning to cross a Malay rooster with a Silkie hen in give or take 4 years. Will be a while, but I will get there.

I do know Mysterychicken has a thread on giant Silkies in which she crossed Malay with Silkies and had photo's. It's the last few pages of that thread.

Awesome! I always wanted giant silkies

 

[MysteryChicken]

Hello world! I came across a breeder of powerful game chickens, bred for combat, and decided to save them. I always admired how strong they were and how amazing and sharp their survival, foraging skills were.

On the opposite side of the spectrum is the humble silkie, which are comparatively delicate and have the survival instincts of a cardboard box. I figured with their broodiness, they'd make excellent hybrids with game chickens: Super Silkies.

Thus I am set on the journey of Mendelian breeding: I got the game rooster [Kelso] with the female silkies and the silkie rooster with the female game hens [Mel Sims, Black Jab Asil Pumpkin Husley Cross, Grey Toppy, and others] in two respective clans. I happened upon a Sussex × Silkie Cross + White Leghorn × Silkie Cross pair, so I bought them - this is my third clan.

I can't wait to engage with anyone interested in learning more. Anyone do this type of thing?

If you have American Silkie Bantams, then those are pretty dumb, I've got a couple.

If you get Chinese Silkies they lean more in the way of a kind of an Aseel, & can get upto 5lbs, also are smarter.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Welcome to BYC!

Planning to cross a Malay rooster with a Silkie hen in give or take 4 years. Will be a while, but I will get there.

I do know Mysterychicken has a thread on giant Silkies in which she crossed Malay with Silkies and had photo's. It's the last few pages of that thread.

My new Crosses are Silkie/Malay. My original cross is Silkie/Brahma, then back crossed to silkie.

 

[sdm111]

This should go well

 

[sdm111]

Also that's your definition of "saving"? Stealing?