In about 2-3 years, I'll be creating a new Breed of chicken called the Emerald Dragon.(Discussion)

[MysteryChicken]

I hope you have silkie as big as brahamas! My daughter has begged me for years to find her a giant red silkie!

I do have a Giant Silkie Project thread, & I recently posted an update.

 

[QSCFT6]

View attachment 2236757My sketch for comparison.

I can’t understand why you used silkie breed ! In this project! What you want to take from it !?In your pic nothing from silkie breed !
Or you want to take the Feathers type only ? Mmm I think will awesome
Good Luck

wish you continue with pictures

 

[QSCFT6]

I’m working on something smeller to your pic

He is 41% Yokohama bantam 9% Arabian 25% sumatra 25% aseel and his age 5 months .. I wish he will be good in 1 year

 

[MysteryChicken]

I can’t understand why you used silkie breed ! In this project! What you want to take from it !?In your pic nothing from silkie breed !
Or you want to take the Feathers type only ? Mmm I think will awesome
Good Luck

wish you continue with pictures

The walnut comb is a feature I want from the silkie, & black skin. The picture I wasn't sure how to color it without smudging details.

 

[MysteryChicken]

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I’m working on something smeller to your pic

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He is 41% Yokohama bantam 9% Arabian 25% sumatra 25% aseel and his age 5 months .. I wish he will be good in 1 year

He doesn't look like he's gonna be very big. The Emerald Dragon is gonna be a giant, meaty, good egg producer, & showy type bird, about the size of a Turkey.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I got my Sumatra pullets a few days ago .

 

[Bigfish502]

I can’t understand why you used silkie breed ! In this project! What you want to take from it !?In your pic nothing from silkie breed !
Or you want to take the Feathers type only ? Mmm I think will awesome
Good Luck

wish you continue with pictures

The silkie is supposedly for the walnut comb and black skin. I suggested Russian Orloff for the walnut comb and gamebird body build but MysteryChicken didn't like the idea of the beard and muffs (even though those traits can be bred out).

 

[MysteryChicken]

The silkie is supposedly for the walnut comb and black skin. I suggested Russian Orloff for the walnut comb and gamebird body build but MysteryChicken didn't like the idea of the beard and muffs (even though those traits can be bred out).

It's actually hard to breed out beards, it's a dominant trait that shows up in unbearded silkies, that have been bred to bearded silkies sometime in their ancestry for example. I want to avoid beards as much as possible for this project, & maybe add a bearded variety later on.

 

[Bigfish502]

It's actually hard to breed out beards, it's a dominant trait that shows up in unbearded silkies, that have been bred to bearded silkies sometime in their ancestry for example. I want to avoid beards as much as possible for this project, & maybe add a bearded variety later on.

How are you going to avoid beards when you plan on using easter eggers for green egg color?

 

[JacinLarkwell]

It's actually hard to breed out beards, it's a dominant trait that shows up in unbearded silkies, that have been bred to bearded silkies sometime in their ancestry for example. I want to avoid beards as much as possible for this project, & maybe add a bearded variety later on.

It doesn't help with the combs, but perhaps Ayam cemani would help size wise and meat color. Their skin somehow is pretty dominant breeding so almost all their chicks should have dark if not black skin