Giant Silkie Project.

[MysteryChicken]

Pretty cool idea! Can't wait to see as you go!

Thanks. I'll be back here to update on breeding when I start, & hatching.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Took some more pictures of my F1 Giant Silkie cross.

 

[MysteryChicken]

What should the first color variety should I introduce into my first round of Giant Silkies?

Color choices:

Columbian: Gold, or silver.

Buff

Partridge: Blue, silver, buff

Blue, Black, Splash

Splash Partridge/Calico

Barred/Cuckoo

Mottled

Pied Most people will probably tell me this doesn't exist in chickens, but just wait, & watch?

Paint

Black Copper

Wheaten

Wheaten Crele

Crele

Barred Columbian

Red Pyle

Silver Duckwing

BB Red

Albino

Red Pyle With Barring

Splash Pyle

Blue Cream

Lavender

Gold Laced, silver, or gold

Pencilled, silver, or gold


Have any other color suggestions, go ahead, & share?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I love the barred ones, as well as partridge and buff and what IDEAL called grey

Albino tend to have eyesight problems

 

[MysteryChicken]

I love the barred ones, as well as partridge and buff and what IDEAL called grey

Albino tend to have eyesight problems

I have a sex-linked albino rooster, just not in silkie form. He gets closer to the ground to peck unlike my other birds, so I suspect he does have eye problems.

I'll try to get a picture of him pecking. Sometimes he just doesn't quite see what I'm giving him.

I believe the Grey are Silver Partridge.

I have Heritage Plymouth Barred Rocks I can use to introduce barring with.

I also have Buff Orpingtons I can introduce the Buff coloration with, or I can get Buff Brahmas.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Maybe they're silver partridge? This is the picture they have

 

[MysteryChicken]

Maybe they're silver partridge? This is the picture they have

That's a silver partridge. I've hatched a few out of my Gold Partridge Silkie crossed with White Silkie.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

That's a silver partridge. I've hatched a few out of my Gold Partridge Silkie crossed with White Silkie.

Ah, okay. Still pretty

 

[MysteryChicken]

Ah, okay. Still pretty

Yep, I just didn't keep any of my Silver Partridge silkies. Just a Gold, & Blue partridge.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I'll go the Barred/Cuckoo route first, but before I put barring on my Giant silkies, I need to produce blacks.