Is this silkie a red, partridge or just a dark buff?

[BBK]

Is it a pullet, also? awfully BIG comb and reddish...not good. But I see the coloring on the comb is pretty common, at least the pics I keep seeing on BYC.

What is the correct coloring for a buff? Lighter? No streaking of darker color?
Melinda

 

[BBK]

I forgot to say that I fed the Silkies watermelon the other day and that's what making their tops slick back. I see they all have that look, kinda like Elvis....

melinda

 

[redhen]

I think buff..but i'm no expert by any means. Cute bird!! Love the hair doo...

 

[blackdotte]

In colour it's a poor Buff, but it is not a pure bred Silkie with that red comb
David

 

[melissa508]

Thats a buff..that raspberry colored comb is what you see on most buffs..even in shows..I dont know why ..but they seem to accept that color comb in a buff.

 

[19hhbelgian]

Buff roo would be my guess (just going by the comb - it's pretty big, but then again, I'm by no means a silkie expert

). I'd also say that he is all silkie too... On a different colored silkie you'd want a dark colored comb, not red.

 

[robin416]

Yes, that's a buff roo.

Seeing black in buffs in pretty common and what breeders work very hard to get out. It takes time and careful breeding to remove it.

And as stated that comb color is pretty common with them. At least it doesn't clash with the buff color.

 

[BBK]

So, you all think it's it's a roo too??? Oh man...

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So not a good bird either... hum... maybe he's going to the tailgate/sale too then, b/c that means i have 3 roos instead of 2, which I was becoming ok with... but NOT 3 of'em.

Melinda

 

[greenfamilyfarms]

I would consider that red. The buffs I have seen are a very light, pastel shade. And, yes, it is a roo.

 

[walkswithdog]

That's a buff, probably male, with smut - that darker black gray. That color comb you will see at shows in buffs.

No, that color comb doesn't make it a mixed breed. In another color that light a comb is more of a fault but STILL doesn't indicate a mixed breed.

Watermelon may make slicked back birds - but it doesn't make the comb that size, or the darker streamers beginning on that birds head.

Buffs come in varying shades, from pale to almost red. Because buff is a color of several possible genetic origins there is no "one" buff color.