Is this a silkied Cochin?

[kla37]

She's so pretty, and I want to hug her!

 

[JenEric Farms]

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Maybe I should contact swheat because I have NO IDEA what I can do with her in regards to breeding. I'm considering selling her because I just don't need another Cochin project...I'm already working on blue barred and mille fleur.

SWHEAT breeds these and sells eggs on here as well. He is on the cochin thread a lot and I'm sure he could give you some great tips!

 

[shelleyb1969]

I'm running back and forth trying to get my 5 year old settled down for the night....I'll try to hunt down swheat later on tonight. If anyone see's him, please direct him my way or to this thread.

 

[swheat]

Hey Michelle,
Yes, she is a beautiful silkie cochin. I silkied can happen in just about any breed I guess, or at least that is from my understanding from all the research I did when my barred girl hatched. My cochins do not have any silkie blood either. The silkied gene is recessive so all you have to do is breed to a another cochin, and then breed the offspring back together and\\or breed one of her sons back to her and you will approx. get 50% silkied chicks. She is very beautiful !!!
What I did is bred her to my best black roo and then took one of her best sons back to her and went from there.

ETA= you would get approx. 25% silkied cochins from the siblings mated together.

Here is a pic showing a black & barred silkied cochin

I have a egg auction running on Ebay for Silkied Cochins ending tomorrow night (Friday) if anyone is interested.

 

[shelleyb1969]

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Thanks so much swheat! And double thank you for the breeding info. Maybe I should just keep her in my barred/blue barred pen and see what happens. I'm gonna go take a look at your auction! LOLOL Getting some of your hatching eggs would definitely change my mind about selling her.