Buff Splash Silkie Pic included

[Julie in Al]

I am working on this color. This little chick is not quite 2 months yet and she is so cute. This is from a buff roo over a buff splash who's color still has a little blue in it. It is going to take me a few years to perfect this.

 

[aran]

very cute! do you have some pics of the parents?

 

[Julie in Al]

Yes Aran, here is her Mother

Not the best pic of him but this is the Daddy

 

[drafthorse39]

Omg i'm so jealous! my silkie is hideous

 

[AtRendeAcres]

I love all of them!

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Interesting color!
I have a similar-colored Silkie chick from eggs I bought. It was a bit of a surprise because I was expecting blue / black / splash.

I've been meaning to get a pic and ask the seller what it might have come from --- guess a buff snuck in the pen (?), lol.

Lisa

 

[Julie in Al]

Dipsy, my hen was supposed to be splash also but I know they use splash to clear the black out of buffs and I guess she was a throw back from that gene. The person I got eggs from was so surprised too. She is very typey though and sweet so I have crossed her with a couple of different scenarios but this cross back to a buff was the best result so far.

 

[aran]

that hen is beautiful for sure!

 

[Smoky73]

Julie,

Your hen looks alot like the one I had that died, also from a splash/buff mix to clear up the buff I think.

Here is a offspring that is probably from her (my hen I had) and a splash cockerel

I have another one that is more like the mother, she is in the background of this pic....you can just see her lower body and see the buff marks in her....

 

[Julie in Al]

Very similar Smokey, I have seen some very pretty buff splash here and there on line but I haven't heard anyone serious about getting this color started. I know it will take a few years but I am determined to keep working on it. I think they are really pretty when you get the gray out and just have the white and buff mix. Someone on here a few days back was showing a beautiful cockeral that was mostly buff with a little white and some black.