Debbie's Silkies

[Debbie292d]

I'm waiting to see what the other one is. I may have two roosters. I brought my black satin silkie hen in to keep some wounded pullets company being the blue rooster has been abandoning her during the day. They used to hang together all day long but now he thinks he is hot stuff and was running all over everywhere chasing pullets of all ages. No he sleeps and stays with some young game chicks that are a mix of roos and pullets. He still bosses the little game roos around that are sparring with each other but don't cross Blue.

It sounds like so much fun to figure out who gets along best with whom and to try to keep everyone happy!

I've had a little bad luck with hatching eggs as initially I was trying for buffs and wound up with cuckoos and mottled. It's okay though. As for the more recent shipping eggs, of the 11 chicks, 5 are normal silkie buffs, 3 are NN buffs, 1 black, 2 white. They are 5 weeks old. I'm sure I'll get at least one buff rooster out of those. Watch them all be.

I have Carol, the buff cuckoo frizzle hen, and another younger light buff pullet. I think I'll wind up having buffs coming out of my ears here come spring.

 

[Nomadicus]

I'm pretty sure now that I have a buff pair. One is a lot smaller than the other and lighter in weight. Not near the comb either. They are at least half brother and sister and possible full brother and sister so I will not breed them together. I'll breed the pullet to Blue and the rooster to the black satin pullet I got from you. Need to get the Black satin pullet photographed soon.

 

[Debbie292d]

I'm pretty sure now that I have a buff pair. One is a lot smaller than the other and lighter in weight. Not near the comb either. They are at least half brother and sister and possible full brother and sister so I will not breed them together. I'll breed the pullet to Blue and the rooster to the black satin pullet I got from you. Need to get the Black satin pullet photographed soon.

I thought it was fine to breed one generation directly related, even two, but no more than that. Beats me what the rules are but I know I've had fathers and daughters breeding in the older crowd here. I've always made sure to bring in new chicks every couple of years to get new genes.

But buff bred with any other color is a mystery beauty!

 

[Nomadicus]

I can try and breed them for one hatch and see if they come out strong and not weakly. I think they deserve a chance. The thing is I have not way of knowing how far back they are connected now.

 

[Nomadicus]

I put the little buff pullet in with the buff rooster today. He is on the cute side trying to crow. He only has a slight interest in the girls at this point.

 

[Debbie292d]

When I started wanting to get into breeding higher quality silkies, I sought after getting some buffs. I wasn't so lucky in all those eggs I bought, but here's what I've got.


This is Carol (Burnette). She's a buff cuckoo frizzle, 7 mos old.




Peachy is an anomaly. I hatched a half dozen white silkie eggs I purchased off eBay along with my own eggs, and she was hatched. I have no breedable buffs, and the seller says she has no buffs. If she's not a buff, I'm not sure what she is or how she was created. She is one of the 11 that are three months old. The others in that same batch are 2 white ones that remain of the 6 of those that hatched (sold the rest), and the rest are from my chickens: CC the splash, 1 chocolate, a black, 2 blue, and a few mauves.




But even if Peachy is a buff, she's a pullet for sure, so I still need a buff rooster. I'll eventually breed her with one and we'll see then what we get.

I'm sure there's at least one rooster in this bunch! They are just six weeks old. They live in this screen tent makeshift grow-out pen for another week until we can get them to the aviary. Three are NN's, so I'll probably part with them.

 

[janiedoe]

When I started wanting to get into breeding higher quality silkies, I sought after getting some buffs. I wasn't so lucky in all those eggs I bought, but here's what I've got.


This is Carol (Burnette). She's a buff cuckoo frizzle, 7 mos old.

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Peachy is an anomaly. I hatched a half dozen white silkie eggs I purchased off eBay along with my own eggs, and she was hatched. I have no breedable buffs, and the seller says she has no buffs. If she's not a buff, I'm not sure what she is or how she was created. She is one of the 11 that are three months old. The others in that same batch are 2 white ones that remain of the 6 of those that hatched (sold the rest), and the rest are from my chickens: CC the splash, 1 chocolate, a black, 2 blue, and a few mauves.

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But even if Peachy is a buff, she's a pullet for sure, so I still need a buff rooster. I'll eventually breed her with one and we'll see then what we get.

I'm sure there's at least one rooster in this bunch! They are just six weeks old. They live in this screen tent makeshift grow-out pen for another week until we can get them to the aviary. Three are NN's, so I'll probably part with them.

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They are both gorgeous girls. Could peachy be a red pyle? I can't remember what I've read about them but I know they have dominate white in them. The reason I remember them is because the females are an apricot color. I didn't care for the male's color but the females I saw were stunning.

 

[Debbie292d]

They are both gorgeous girls. Could peachy be a red pyle? I can't remember what I've read about them but I know they have dominate white in them. The reason I remember them is because the females are an apricot color. I didn't care for the male's color but the females I saw were stunning.

Wow, they are cool! I had to look those up. This is quoting an old post on BYC I found.

"To make red pyles will need to cross a partridge silkie with a bird that has dominant white (either a solid white bird you know has dominant white or a red pyle bird). It can be done straightforwardly by mating a bird with white to a pure partridge silkie each generation to fix the type and then when the type is good, cross two white birds together and pure pyles will happen."

I remember when it hatched, it was an oddity. Bad picture, but you can see it in there and there should be 6 white ones too, and the rest are chicks from my fancies.

 

[janiedoe]

Wow, they are cool! I had to look those up. This is quoting an old post on BYC I found.

"To make red pyles will need to cross a partridge silkie with a bird that has dominant white (either a solid white bird you know has dominant white or a red pyle bird). It can be done straightforwardly by mating a bird with white to a pure partridge silkie each generation to fix the type and then when the type is good, cross two white birds together and pure pyles will happen."

I remember when it hatched, it was an oddity. Bad picture, but you can see it in there and there should be 6 white ones too, and the rest are chicks from my fancies.


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She definitely stands out. I'd love to see her offsprings.

 

[Debbie292d]

She definitely stands out. I'd love to see her offsprings.

It will be neat to find out if she's dominant white! Those are hard to come by! I can't imagine if she is, putting her with a paint rooster and getting paints though. That'd be weird lol.