Introduction and my woolly little miniature mutts ‘Serama’

[IdealisticRoo]

Silkied feathering is recessive; first generation cross will carry the gene but not express it, and depending on how you cross for the second generation you may lose it from there. Cross silkied split (those carrying the gene without expressing it) to silkied and you get about 50-50 silkied and silkied split in the offspring. Breed the splits to one another, though, and you only get about 1 in 4 silkied, and 1 in 4 don't inherit the gene at all in the offspring...

I have the white silkied serama over the gen 3 splits that are soft edged but mostly flat. Their feathers break easily. I lost the loner gen 4 chick but it was a silkied feathered w muffs and a beard but I have 14 more (7in each mrinsea mini) tiny blue-green eggs due 1/5 and 1/16!!