Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Silkies have a specific shape, much like Polishes have their own shape. 5 toes, often dark skin and innards, comb and wattle shape, big ol cushion at the base of the tail.
A silkie mixed may inherit the specifics, but not the silkied feathers, then they're satin. Often they also have traits of other breeds.

Satin silkies are basically just a name for a bird with a specific shape or bloodline, but normal feathers.

Hope this helps, my migraine pills have finally started kicking in.
Some photos of my sillies
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That first hen is lovely - love the colouring.

 

[SimpleJenn]

That first hen is lovely - love the colouring.

Navy Beans is 1/2 splash copper marans, 1/4 silkie, 1/4 cream legbar. And she acts pure silkie

 

[rural mouse]

But, but, but how can a Silkie have normal feathers and still be a Silkie? I mean a Silkie is a Silkie because it has silkie feathers.
If it doesn’t have silkie feathers, surely it isn’t a Silkie?!

You would think. The silkied feathers are recessive while normal feathers are dominant. So a silkie (furry feathers) bred to a normal feathered bird will show normal feathers, but good chance of the 5 toes, black skin (or mulberry which is the black and red comb color mixed together), feathered feet, crest, size. However, those birds will carry the silkied feathers trait.

If bred to another of the same sort of mix, 75% of the offspring will be normal feathered (satin), with 1/3 of those NOT carrying the silkied trait (2/3 will be like the parents: satin, with possibility of throwing silkied babies). The other 25% of the chicks will be silkied. (The other trait mixes can come and go within that too, creating greater variation between offspring from the same parents).

2 silkied feathered birds will produce silkied feathers 100% of the time.

 

[Ponypoor]

Hauled the babies out for a look see, I am worried about the oldest chippy chick. She had a pasty butt so I cleaned it up and put a dab of polysporin in the site as her umbilicus is also located there and looked a bit off to me.

I made sure she had a drink and some food - her crop is empty, the other two are full. In the morning I will make sure she is out eating with the other two.

Who knew having chicks would be as stressful as horses.

 

[ChicoryBlue]

Tedi is sporting a cute Buckeye Fascinator back there