Can I Please Have Your Opinions On These Silkies For Breeding

[PamB]

Hi all! I've recently decided to start breeding some of my silkies. I am purchasing (hopefully from Bobbi Porto) some silkies to get started. I'm thinking if I breed splash I may put these two in the breeding pen....thoughts on these?


Alice:

Daisy:
She actually already had some babies with my current splash roo. I posted pics of them too. The babies all have 5 toes and nice foot feathering

The pics of the babies were taken at about a week old.

Daisy's Chicks (One Week Old):

 

[awesomefowl]

Is it a Splash?

 

[PamB]

Which one? The second is lighter than the first...and my camera is crappy...sorry about that. I'm planning on spending my money on silkies instead of a new camera.

She did make some pretty babies with my splash cockeral...however, maybe she is too light to breed? That is the information I'm looking for from you experts.

 

[muddyhorse]

Alice is Gray. they have a few small issues daisy could use a lot more cushion for example. but I don't see anything that screams don't breed. Daisy has a nice beard

 

[Pyncheon guy]

The first one looks like a Grey (light color pattern)...I've never seen a Splash with an all black head...the second one is a Splash....both have nice type...

 

[PamB]

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Oh, ok. So, what colors could I breed her with??

 

[Pyncheon guy]

I would breed your Grey to another Grey....but a darker grey male. I would breed the Splash to a Splash, Black, or Blue....

 

[Bat Cave Silkies]

I would breed the splash to a blue or a black, in hopes of darkening the splash in her offspring....could just be the pic quality, but she looks a bit diluted

 

[PamB]

Thank you! I'm excited to have a couple of my "pets" that I can put into my breeding flock since I don't have TONS of money to spend immediately, I'll probably only end up with two to three breeder or show quality silkies to start out.