how do you get a silky?

[Cornychick]

It's pouring rain this morning so I will wait until after work to get my pics posted.

 

[STEPHANIELAUREN]

it would be a sizzle lol

heres a pic of my pretty little girl

shes the buff one in the front

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

To get a sizzle, you need to breed to a frizzled bird.

 

[LeBlackbird]

A cochin+silkie will give a smooth feathered bird that has 5 toes, and a small top hat. She will also carry hidden silkie feathering genes

 

[LeBlackbird]

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Yeah, I agree

 

[Cornychick]

This is Beaker (what I think is a male silky?)

These are a couple of the banty cochin girls that might be his future "baby mommas"
I don't know what color they are so feel free to educate me

Dusty

Lacey

 

[catwalk]

Beaker! That's adorable! Yep, he's a silkie! His babies will likely have the mamma's feathers, his comb, skin, and toes. The two breeds are similar in type. If you bred the babies back to him or another Silkie, half of them should have silkied feathers.

 

[flowerchicks]

Here's a pic of my girl I got from a feed store. She was supposed to be a cochin, but after my own post questioning her silkieness, she appears to be a cross breed. she is small, very poofy and has very soft feathers. She was also my first layer, at about 18 weeks...

 

[CelticMoon1]

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Ooooh, Lacey is Silver Laced, I didn't even know Cochins came in that colour - gorgeous!

 

[poultrypatch]

What beautiful birds you all have posted !! I got some Banties from Ideal last Sept. Just a grab bag to go with all the girls I had ordered too. Just for fun. I think I have 4 roos out of 7.
One is a little black Cochin frizzle...hoping she's a girl. Also a small white girl that I think is some sort of game hen, and a very pretty silver laced Chochin such as Lacey that was posted. Hope those 3 stay girls. I have 2 very pretty game type roos and 2 Cochins....buff. Need one ??? NOT TO EAT !!! I plan on keeping one of the buff Cohins..or all if I can't rehome them LOL
Liz
Rochester, MA