do all show girls have black skin Paging dipsy doodle

[Bock_Bock]

i just picked up a couple chicks NN crosses from a fellow bycer who hatch eggs from dipsy doodle, so i was wondering if all show girls have black skin or can they have white skin too?

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I think that showgirls are supposed to have black skin.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

naked necks have pick skin, showgirls have black skin. So if they are crossed, the chick could have either black or pink skin. I think

 

[Bock_Bock]

i thought so i need to figure out what mine is mixed with then
if you go here to post 762
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=42632&p=77

these are the 2 i got not the barred rock just the nn are they show girls?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Showgirls should have black skin. That is one thing that I believe all the breeders would agree with for standardization.

Black skin is caused by Fm, which is a dominant gene. In a 1st generation cross, if the silkie has two copies of Fm (fairly likely), all the offspring will recieve a copy and have dark skin. However, from their NakedNeck parent they will have received a copy of fm.

If the F1 offspring are crossed back to a silkie, chances are very low that any light skinned birds will occur--for that to happen, the silkie would have to be Fm fm rather than Fm Fm.

If those same F1 offspring are bred together, about 25% will end up fm fm, and have light skin.

As with all dominant genes, as the generations progress, an occasional mating between two birds with one copy each of fm will result in light skinned birds.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

You have showgirls--they just need to be bred to silkies to bring back dark skin and improve silkie traits.

 

[Bock_Bock]

ok thanks so much for answering now all that is left is telling the sex of them