Buff Silkie Thread!

[chickendales]

 

[chickendales]

 

[Chicken Crazy12]

Love that showgirl

So pretty.

 

[chicmom]

She's a cutie, nonetheless!

Thank you!

 

[peepblessed]

That train track photo is so clever! You should make a calendar of your best shots!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

yes ur going better resalts with splash then lavender

Maybe I am misunderstanding the desired goal. IMO, you should avoid mixing patterned birds (partridge) with non-patterned ones unless there is a specific goal that requires that specific genes be bred in. It can create a mess. Not always in the first generation, but in subsequent ones.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Is blue/partridge alright? I really want to focus on the blue/splash pen and then get buff and porcelain. But I don't want to get rid of my two partridge ( one is a showgirl). Howeve,r my husband isn't fond of building coops and runs and said I can only have one more for now.

How easy/difficult is it to partition the pens and coops into separate areas? Simple wire fencing formed into circles or running from wall to wall should be adequate at keeping birds separated into separate breeding groups. I've built most of my coops myself, and I am by no means a carpenter.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

the first ones good 2nd dosent deal with silkies

Well, it partially does and partially does not. However, it is good for pointing out that variable genetic combinations can give the same appearance; that buff is not A gene, but a combination of genes plus gold ground and that silkies do not yet completely fit the standardized variety description for porcelain.

 

[chickendales]

blue under tones are better then black undertones

Here's my little buff Silkie...She's from Vanessabuffnsilkies....Vanessa sold her to me because she's got some (I would call them blue undertones) in her feathers.....I think she's beautiful!

 

[chickendales]

rember type is more important then color a smutty buff breed to clear buff well produce you come nice babies smutt is a important part of buff it keep the comb and eyes darker

So how do you get the smutt out of buff silkies?

I started with a trio. hens were very clean except a few tail feathers no biggy, roo had a bit of smutt in the wings but not much and then some tail smutt. hatched out of them and kept a lot of babies some have tail smutt and look fairly clean others have wing smutt and tail smutt

so I decided to get some hatching eggs from a different line. They were supposed to be show quality buffs and I was less than impressed come hatch day.

They were smuttier than any of the chicks I had hatched and one had a crooked beak and the toe spacing was not bad, but closer than my line. I'm not naming any names on where I got them from, but the few adults in the picture looked clean so I thought I was adding good blood into my buff program. These chicks have grown out, some have smutt in their crests, several have smutt in their leg feathering and then of course in the wings and tail feathers