Giant Silkie Project.

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Yep, 100% sure of the parents. I was breeding silkies after having a 2½ week wait with the females to pass the other roosters sperm.

Only two crosses happened, one was a Silkie D'uccle cross. That one was Lavender, & cream. Second was a blue Cuckoo. Father was a Phoenix/OEGB cross. Mother must've been carrying Cuckoo.


Partridge Satin was pure with smooth feathers. I had no partridge silkie pullets at that time, so the only father was the SQ Partridge Silkie. Mother was a white silkie.


There were a few Porcelain D'uccle/Silkie cross chicks that died in their shell, so those aren't counted.

Hens can retain sperm for much longer than two and a half weeks. Also, partridge-looking chicks could result from a number of different crosses. You have many mutts, including ones of unknown origin, so they could actually have partridge genes that aren’t apparent. You can’t be sure the chick was even partridge, not a mixed coloring, if you sold it before it’s adult feathering came it. White silkies usually are partridge under their recessive white, so I don’t see any reason why it couldn’t be one of your other roosters x the white silkie hen.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Hens can retain sperm for much longer than two and a half weeks. Also, partridge-looking chicks could result from a number of different crosses. You have many mutts, including ones of unknown origin, so they could actually have partridge genes that aren’t apparent. You can’t be sure the chick was even partridge, not a mixed coloring, if you sold it before it’s adult feathering came it. White silkies usually are partridge under their recessive white, so I don’t see any reason why it couldn’t be one of your other roosters x the white silkie hen.

Want me to list the Bantams in the Bantam coop? I have both recessive White, & Dominant white Silkies.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Want me to list the Bantams in the Bantam coop? I have both recessive White, & Dominant white Silkies.

It could help figure out the parentage. How many mixes do you have now, anyway?

 

[MysteryChicken]

It could help figure out the parentage. How many mixes do you have now, anyway?

Okay.

 

[MysteryChicken]

List of birds in Bantam coop.

White Silkie Rooster

Black Silkie Rooster

Partridge Silkie Rooster

Blue Partridge Silkie Rooster

Silver Duckwing OEGB Rooster

Mille Fleur D'uccle/OEGB cross Rooster

Phoenix/OEGB cross Rooster

Silver Duckwing OEGB/D'uccle X Silkie Cockerel(He wasn't breeding yet was immature)

Porcelain D'uccle Rooster

2 Porcelain D'uccle hens

OEGB pullet(Wasn't laying yet)

Golden Sebright pullet(Wasn't laying yet)

5 white Silkie hens

2 Mille Fleur D'uccle hens(one quite laying a few years ago)

2 Red JungleFowl hybrids

Red JungleFowl hybrid/Silkie cross pullet(Was not laying yet)

Mille Fleur D'uccle/OEGB X OEGB cross(was still in the brooder hatched with the silkie chicks, that were sold)

Blue Partridge Silkie pullet(Was still in the brooder)

Partridge Silkie pullet(Was still in the brooder)

 

[MysteryChicken]

@RoostersAreAwesome

 

[MysteryChicken]

It could help figure out the parentage. How many mixes do you have now, anyway?

No new bantam crosses.

 

[BleuSaphir]

They exist in the US, but are considered rare. My source is Hoover's Hatchery, for bantam Silkies, & was lucky to have a Standard sized one. I think it's a throw back from their Ancestry.

I'll get pictures of me holding him to give an idea you guys on how big he is.

Would love to see!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Would love to see!

I will do so today if I have time.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Would love to see!

He's the father of my F1 Giant silkie cross.