Giant Silkie Project.

[LavenderDaFlerf]

Since you're crossing with tall breeds, are you going for long necks and legs?

 

[MysteryChicken]

This project will probably take a large amount of time and patients, but is a wonderful idea, I have always wished silkies were bigger, so they way be better off with predators, and even other flock members, so I think this Idea is an amazing one, that you should definitely pursue.

It won't take super long. Just need to breed the best, & the largest produced together for locking in certain traits, & to keep size.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Since you're crossing with tall breeds, are you going for long necks and legs?

Wide body, long neck, & legs. My first cockerel already has the right features.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

Wide body, long neck, & legs. My first cockerel already has the right features.View attachment 2950895

Right body shape just wrong feathers and size.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Right body shape just wrong feathers and size.

He's silkied, so he has the right feathers. He's abit larger then my LF Sumatra rooster, so bigger then the average silkie.

 

[LavenderDaFlerf]

He's silkied, so he has the right feathers. He's abit larger then my LF Sumatra rooster, so bigger then the average silkie.

I knew he was larger but I remembered you saying you were going for 8 lbs.
I thought silkies had tails that were like their bodies?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I knew he was larger but I remembered you saying you were going for 8 lbs.
I thought silkies had tails that were like their bodies?

I'm staying true Chinese type, which don't have Pom Pom tails, or at least lack it.

I'll have to look back on weight, unless you have the page number.

 

[nicalandia]

I've come across a breeder that breeds 3+ feet Giant Brahma and was able to get a 2 month old cockerel, I always thought how would a full sized brahma with silkie feathers would look, they are massive birds so I just can't breed my new cockerel(when mature) to my Silkies, perhaps Artificial insemination

 

[MysteryChicken]

I've come across a breeder that breeds 3+ feet Giant Brahma and was able to get a 2 month old cockerel, I always thought how would a full sized brahma with silkie feathers would look, they are massive birds so I just can't breed my new cockerel(when mature) to my Silkies, perhaps Artificial insemination

I used Silkie Rooster over Brahma Hens. Natural Breeding.

You may have to use AI, depending on the size of your Silkie hens(Weight wise)

 

[MysteryChicken]

I knew he was larger but I remembered you saying you were going for 8 lbs.
I thought silkies had tails that were like their bodies?

I found the weights of the Brahmas, but I can't find where I stated Giant Silkie weight though.