How to make cukoo silkies

[Bator Babies]

it would be like childs play compared to getting id+/id+ B/ Recombinants...

how would you do it?

 

[sager:)silkies]

What will the f1 cuckoo silkies look like

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

What will the f1 cuckoo silkies look like

Black with a small to tiny white spot atop their head.

 

[sager:)silkies]

but will they be silkied fetherd i am starting from scratch black silkie roo x plymouth barred rock hens

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

but will they be silkied fetherd i am starting from scratch black silkie roo x plymouth barred rock hens

No, the F1s will not have silkie feathering. Breed back to a silkie or to each other for silkie feathering. In the first case, ~50%; in the second, ~25%.

 

[nicalandia]

how would you do it?

how would I go about it? the Only possible way... get about 4 F1 Males(they will be Id/id+ B/b+ Fm/fm+) and mate them to about 10 black silkie hens per rooster and hatch as many as I could(about 100) and hope for the best. if you are lucky then you should get a few id+ Barred recombinants... how would you know if they had id+? well Fm can only be express on the skin of the chicks if id+/id+ or id+/-(for hens).. if any of the chicks have Id/id+ they will not have dark skin at all...

 

[sager:)silkies]

No, the F1s will not have silkie feathering. Breed back to a silkie or to each other for silkie feathering. In the first case, ~50%; in the second, ~25%.

so ur saying the F1 roos breed them to black silkie hens and that will bring in the silkie feathering but will the be silkied with the barred look
just a note these fs and maybe f2s are pretty much mix breeds corect

 

[sager:)silkies]

No, the F1s will not have silkie feathering. Breed back to a silkie or to each other for silkie feathering. In the first case, ~50%; in the second, ~25%.

if i breed the brothers to the sisters thats the 50% that will come out silkied featherd correct

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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No, breed back to a silkie for 50% silkie feathered offspring. Breeding brothers to sisters will give 25% that are silkie feathered. Of the remaining 75% non-silkie feathered birds, you willl not be able to tell who inherited silkie feathering in one copy and who did not inherit the gene at all. If you select the F1s who are barred, they will supply it to their offspring: fathers to about half their offspring, irrespective of gender, mothers to sons. If you cull F1 females from the program, as Marvin suggests, then you will get barred F2s of both genders. However, barring itself lightens skin; it isn't just Id that is at issue. But getting rid of the Id problem will certainly help.

 

[sager:)silkies]

No, breed back to a silkie for 50% silkie feathered offspring. Breeding brothers to sisters will give 25% that are silkie feathered. Of the remaining 75% non-silkie feathered birds, you willl not be able to tell who inherited silkie feathering in one copy and who did not inherit the gene at all. If you select the F1s who are barred, they will supply it to their offspring: fathers to about half their offspring, irrespective of gender, mothers to sons. If you cull F1 females from the program, as Marvin suggests, then you will get barred F2s of both genders. However, barring itself lightens skin; it isn't just Id that is at issue. But getting rid of the Id problem will certainly help.

o ok i see so if i take all the f1 females out most of the f2s will be bared and silkie feathring since the roos carry a double dose of the bar gene also is there anyway that someone someday will have a cuckoo with dark skin and mulberry comb