I love how nice they look so far. I'm a sucker for silkie feathering and want to do something with my pheonixes later on, so I'll be watching this to see how it goes for you. Did you male the initial cross or did you buy them as silkied cochins?
Breeding silkied Cochin bantams to the Standard
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Silkied Phoenix? I think the tail feathers will just break due to the poor structure.
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I purchased them as silkied. From what I've read, the trait actually popped up as a random mutation in Cochin bantams, as it did in Ameraucanas some years back. 
I remember seeing silkied Phoenixes at one point, as I added it to my 'want list' under the silkied feathering subset. I hope you're able to progress with them as I'd love to work with those as well! Ideally, I'd like to preserve every non-Silkie breed that can be found in silkied feathering... but we're sticking with just the Cochins for now.
I remember seeing silkied Phoenixes at one point, as I added it to my 'want list' under the silkied feathering subset. I hope you're able to progress with them as I'd love to work with those as well! Ideally, I'd like to preserve every non-Silkie breed that can be found in silkied feathering... but we're sticking with just the Cochins for now.
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I did not as it was a forum post I saw them in, I believe here on BYC. Let me do some searching and see if I can find the thread!
Edit, here it is: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkied-phoenix-bantam-hatching-eggs.1463730/ The original poster hasn't been onsite in over a year now, though, unfortunately. I do notice that the silkied male pictured does not have a very long tail.
Edit, here it is: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkied-phoenix-bantam-hatching-eggs.1463730/ The original poster hasn't been onsite in over a year now, though, unfortunately. I do notice that the silkied male pictured does not have a very long tail.
Guess I'll find out. Worst case scenario it doesn't work out.
Those don't look like pheonixes
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Thanks.
Okay? Not sure what that has to do with the pheonixes or cochins being silkied.
That's neat. I love when things pop up, of course then I panic and have to figure out what the cluck is going on with my flock when it does happen. I've had that happen twice now with my pheonixes. Well, I guess the mutations didn't originate in my flock, but they suddenly popped up one day in a hatch amd kept popping up laterI purchased them as silkied. From what I've read, the trait actually popped up as a random mutation in Cochin bantams, as it did in Ameraucanas some years back.
I remember seeing silkied Phoenixes at one point, as I added it to my 'want list' under the silkied feathering subset. I hope you're able to progress with them as I'd love to work with those as well! Ideally, I'd like to preserve every non-Silkie breed that can be found in silkied feathering... but we're sticking with just the Cochins for now.
I will show myself out then....
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