Hard Feathered Silkie?

[LilPeeps]

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I know I remember finding the genes for soft and hard feathering somewhere, I just need to try and dig up the link

 

[poultrykeeper08]

I think the blue hen i just got is a hard feathered silkie . Ill have to check for sure todqay . Are they ok to breed or no ?

Lilpeeps I seen a nice little pile of eggs between the 2 metal containers

lol

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Very interesting! Which brings me to a question: If you were to breed a Hard feathered silkie to a soft feathered one, what would the offspring look like? Is hard feathered dominant over soft feathered? vice versa?

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Thats a good question, year of the rooster.

 

[tiki244]

LilPeeps that blue/gray hard feathered one is extremely cute. So is the soft feathered blue one.

 

[happyheart]

Thanks so much for the pics but here is the thing my silkie hen looks like she has hard feathers coming out of her head is this normal after they molt maybe? Or are they just hard feathers and the fluff fills in around them? I will get pics tomorrow during the daylight so you can see what I am exactly trying to get at.
Thanks again