EE Projects?

[crash0330]

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Ok so I don't know much about generics so I have to ask this question, how do you get that gene into the EE without crossing it with silkies?

There are pure Ameraucanas that are silkied, maybe she got one of those for breeding

I think I've seen them, but did people just started hatching them like that out of nowhere or did people with extensive breeding achived the silkied feathering?

 

[Southernbelle]

I have frizzled EEs

I did have one of my EE girls cross with a Showgirl. Yikes! It has black skin, 5 toes, a small crest, a naked neck and frizzled feathers.

 

[blaundee]

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HAHAHA! I bet that was a sight! hehe

Cute Frizzled biddies!

 

[trisha19]

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There are pure Ameraucanas that are silkied, maybe she got one of those for breeding

I think I've seen them, but did people just started hatching them like that out of nowhere or did people with extensive breeding achived the silkied feathering?

It could be a defect or mutation of the gene who knows. I hatched eggs i bought and keep all the chicks when they reached breeding age I started to get some with the silkied feathers, so I thought that would be cool to work on. The silkie gene has popped up in a few breeds luck I guess.

 

[crash0330]

Wow, Thats definatly a project worth working on.
So do you have breeding pairs of silkied EE's right now?

 

[trisha19]

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I have one silkie feathered hen with a normal feather rooster. I am getting about 50/50 silkie/normal feathered chicks.

 

[blaundee]

That is so cool!

 

[rhs7111]

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Ok so I don't know much about generics so I have to ask this question, how do you get that gene into the EE without crossing it with silkies?

There are pure Ameraucanas that are silkied, maybe she got one of those for breeding

Who has the silkied Ameraucanas?

 

[blaundee]

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There are pure Ameraucanas that are silkied, maybe she got one of those for breeding

Who has the silkied Ameraucanas?

I don't remember their names, but there is a big thread about them

 

[crash0330]

Yup here is the thread!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=98335