Cuckoo Maran x White Silkie...What will I get?

[Chicken0Boy]

I am getting a Cuckoo Maran roo, and I already have a few white Silkie hens. What will the outcome of the chicks be? Will I be able to get some Cuckoo Silkies? (I love them!)like...

Cuckoo Maran Roo x white Silkie hen?

white Silkie roo x Cuckoo Maran hen?



Thanks in advance!

 

[acid_chipmunk]

No you will not get cuckoo silkies out of either of those crosses. You will wind up with a bird that had regular feathers, a small top knot, five toes, and dark skin. As for colors, that all depends on if your white is dominate or recessive white.

 

[Chicken0Boy]

Ok

...I'm sad, but how would I go about getting a Cuckoo or barred silkie chicken? Without buying the actual bird or hatching eggs. I am really wanting to get into a project and this is what I was hoping to do...lol.

 

[blackdotte]

You never will get good Cuckoo/barred Silkies because Silkies are required to have dark/black combs/wattles/skin & the barring gene removes this pigment and gives you birds with reddish combs/wattles/skin. The females will be better than the males but neither will ever be really good.
David

 

[Chicken0Boy]

I am not looking for like a perfect barred/cuckoo Silkie. (I would only keep the hens...I already have a roo!

) I just want something like this... (BTW: This is not mine, I just wanted to show an exp. of what I am looking for.)

 

[phasianidae]

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you would be much better off to start with black silkie hens. If you breed the cuckoo roo to a black silkie you will get all barred offspring. then just keep breeding back the cuckoos with the best silkie type and in 4 or so generations you should get something that looks like a hatchery quality silkie. it may be a fun project and one that was obviously done in the past but it would be much more practical to buy some cuckoo silkies.

 

[al6517]

I am sure the result would be one rather uhhh ????? awkward looking bird.

AL

 

[Chicken0Boy]

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you would be much better off to start with black silkie hens. If you breed the cuckoo roo to a black silkie you will get all barred offspring. then just keep breeding back the cuckoos with the best silkie type and in 4 or so generations you should get something that looks like a hatchery quality silkie. it may be a fun project and one that was obviously done in the past but it would be much more practical to buy some cuckoo silkies.

Lol, I am excited but the only thing is I don't have enough room in my coop to get some black silkies hens! I think I might try next year...If I do I will post some pics!

 

[Chicken0Boy]

I just thought of this...I have a black cochin frizzle. Could I make Cuckoo/Barred Cochin Frizzles. Not for show, just for the uniqueness... any advice on how to do it if possible?

 

[phasianidae]

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just do the same thing as you would do for silkies, breed the barred ones with the best Cochin type back to Black Cochins and you will evensually get there. I have both Black Silkies and Barred Rocks so i might do some crossbreeding. here is a chicken calcutator you can experiment with: http://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html