Cuckoo Silkies- Updated Pics Page 4

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

OMG - Those are the cutest little silkies I've ever seen! Do you sale hatching eggs?
Thanks for sharing!

 

[swheat]

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My next step is to stick to my plan, which is to continue to breed back to Black silkies. I may do some test hatches with cuckoo to cuckoo just to see what happens, but to continue to better the Cuckoos(and hopes for mulberry combs and black skin) you have to keep breeding to black. I am happy with the results I am getting now and I hope they just keep getting better.

I am also needing more space, I have a 20 x 40(which is divided into 14 pens) but I think I need another building like it

I don't have any eggs for sale at this time from my cuckoo pens because I have other projects going on with my cuckoos and I can't tell which eggs come from which hens.

 

[Gordonhillfarm]

Thank you .

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

Quick question....Does anyone have pictures of cuckoo silkie chicks between 1 day - 3 weeks old? - I am curious to see - only pics I've found are ones that are 6+ weeks old and they look like silkies - lol. I'd love to see some fuzzy cuckoo babies and just feathering in.

 

[TurtleFeathers]

Although my cuckoos didn't come from my own breeding, mine look about like yours do Steve - I highly doubt the skin/comb/wattles will ever get dark enough tho. The barring gene just interferes too much. In fact, my rooster's name is "Razzberry", because that's what appears to be sitting on top of his nose where a mulberry comb should be...

I'm wondering tho, do you find that your cuckoos turn brownish in the sun? Mine look almost like DUN cuckoos, and then when they molt, their new feathers are black barred, making them look really splotchy, until all the old feathers are gone. Then the whole process starts all over again.

 

[L0rraine]

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Yeah, I was just thinking they looked like someone couldn't keep the camera steady. Quite the optical illusions --

 

[alaskachick]

My goodness! those are fluffy!

 

[Poulets De Cajun]

Nice progress Steve! I see they still have those red combs though. Think you'll ever be able to get rid of those?

 

[swheat]

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Hi Chris,
Who knows if the red combs and mottled skin will ever transfer to Mulberry combs and black skin, but I will keep trying...I do know if cuckoo breeders don't keep trying we will never see it.

I know I am not ready to give up, I am up for the long haul with them. I think it just because I love barred chickens. I keep buff barred, barred, and crele in a variety of breeds

I just love them !

 

[henney penny]

I know nothing about genetics how did you get the barred pattern to start with?