Is this a Porcelain (silkie)?

[Sonoran Silkies]

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sorry what is mottle? oh I forgot its the black white painted look

Mottle is a recessive gene that when two copies are present causes a lack of colour (thus white) at the outer tip of feathers. Thus each feather in a black bird looks like the tip was dipped in white paint. If you look at the varieties of mottled or mille fleur you can easily see the white tip. It is a bit more subtle in true porcelain, although it is the same pattern as mille fleur.

 

[AHappychick]

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sorry what is mottle? oh I forgot its the black white painted look

Mottle is a recessive gene that when two copies are present causes a lack of colour (thus white) at the outer tip of feathers. Thus each feather in a black bird looks like the tip was dipped in white paint. If you look at the varieties of mottled or mille fleur you can easily see the white tip. It is a bit more subtle in true porcelain, although it is the same pattern as mille fleur.

thanks Sonoran my brain hurts again. at least I finally figured out a big part of the chicken Calculator, it only took 8 months of playing with it ud

now if I could just get fertile eggs perhaps I would have more PI and that would be wonderful I really like their color and cant wait to see my pullet out in the sun this next spring.

 

[ninny]

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I would start your own thread . So you get more answers.

 

[Funky Feathers]

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Hi Sonoran, I checked and the feather shafts are the same color (light) as the webbing. What does that mean? BTW everyone, she is now listed on eggbid.

 

[ginbart]

Did you say how old she is? If you did, sorry I missed it. Thanks.

 

[Funky Feathers]

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4 months.

 

[Funky Feathers]

Sonoran? You there? The feather shafts are light like the webbing. What does this mean? Porcelain or Splash?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

From http://web.archive.org/web/20071111215827/home.ezweb.com.au/~kazballea/belgians/colour.htm:

It is very easy to identify a Lavender bird by looking at the main tail feathers. If the outer-side feather shaft is pale & the inner feather shaft is dark, it is more than likely Lavender. The inner feather-web has a darker iridescent-like sheen, extending outwards from the shaft.

The andulusian type blue (Bl/bl) usually have dark feather shafts, regardless whether laced or non-laced. No matter how pale in colour, the blues (Bl/bl) don’t have the same tail characteristics (as above), as the lavenders.
the lav/blues have a combination of traits from both varieties. Some signs of lav/lav, Bl/bl (Lavender/Blue) are:

* paler lavender shade
* darker feather shafts
* roos with darker hackles.

It is rather frowned upon in the Belgian Barbu bantam world, mixing lav (Lavender) with Bl (Blue), as the above traits are considered flaws in lavender varieties. Lavenders are to have:

Lavenders (lav/lav)
Both genders: even lavender shade throughout, no sexual dimorphism
* Light feather shafts on outside
* Darker feather colour (web & shafts) on inside. This applies to both Lavender colour & gold/straw colour on Porcelaines.


There is the known feather quality issues with lavenders, eg wing patch in roos, fret marks, etc, although the wing patches are not found in all lavenders. Then there is the trait of darker flecks or darker feathers in the blues, plus the sexual dimorphic traits.

So, you need to check both the top and bottom of the shaft to see whether she carries lav, blue or both.​

 

[Mahonri]

Learn something new here EVERY DAY... you guys are great.

One of these days I'm going to have to drive south and see Sonoran's flock.

... and perhaps talk him into letting me purchase some of his rejects.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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I have lots of extra boys, and a few girls

What are you looking for?