Chicken Breeding Projects, For 2020!

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Breeding the Partridges first might be a good start, is that good?

That's what I'm kinda leaning towards!

The partridges are laying the best at the moment too.

 

[MysteryChicken]

That's what I'm kinda leaning towards!

The partridges are laying the best at the moment too.

That's great. So, with the Partridge Silkies, are you gonna be working on color quality, or overall body structure?

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

That's great. So, with the Partridge Silkies, are you gonna be working on color quality, or overall body structure?

I'm hoping I do get a few nice coloured partridges, slightly more improved. However, when showing it's the overall type and structure that gets the most points and is what judges prefer. Surprisingly they are not overly fussed on the colour as such if it's lacking a little.

Type on my birds needs to get better, particularly with the whites though, the partridges aren't too bad.

It'll be a fun one to focus on!

 

[MysteryChicken]

I'm hoping I do get a few nice coloured partridges, slightly more improved. However, when showing it's the overall type and structure that gets the most points and is what judges prefer. Surprisingly they are not overly fussed on the colour as such if it's lacking a little.

Type on my birds needs to get better, particularly with the whites though, the partridges aren't too bad.

It'll be a fun one to focus on!

I'm gonna attempt, to try improving Partridge Silkie color by using my Partridge silkie cockerel, & my Red JungleFowl.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

I'm gonna attempt, to try improving Partridge Silkie color by using my Partridge silkie cockerel, & my Red JungleFowl.

Worth a try! You'll have to post the results of what you get

One of my partridge hens is pretty much the correct colour except her crest. It's not an all black crest but the brown that's in it could be a bit lighter ideally.

 

[chickenenthusiasts5698]

They do, most of them don't live to the point of lay, for some reason.

If my girl is a dwarf she’s outlived the odds because she lays she a small egg almost every day it hasn’t the same color/speckles as a turkey egg!

 

[chickenenthusiasts5698]

beautiful birds

Thank you!

 

[chickenenthusiasts5698]

Here they are, my main focus...

The breeding pens:
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The partridges:
There is three all together, one new one which I purchased recently, a hen which I bought a while back and then one of her home bred chicks.
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The pure whites:
Three of these also (not including the male) one which I recently purchased, another which I've had a while and then a Pullet I hatched that's from a different mother.
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The male:
This male here is a new one I bought along with two females (one being his daughter) he will be bred with both the partridges and the whites.
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Now I've got to decide...

Do I breed partridges first or whites first?

Beautiful!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Worth a try! You'll have to post the results of what you get

One of my partridge hens is pretty much the correct colour except her crest. It's not an all black crest but the brown that's in it could be a bit lighter ideally.

I will post results when I get to it.
So, Moorhead is what you're looking for, or is that the correct head coloration Partridge Silkie hens supposed have?

 

[MysteryChicken]

If my girl is a dwarf she’s outlived the odds because she lays she a small egg almost every day it hasn’t the same color/speckles as a turkey egg!

She's a very lucky one to live passed that stage as a dwarf which is amazing.