Just noticed white silkie has silver in it????

[mandelaykay]

Is this normal??? I bought my birds from a breeder who said that her colors are all seperate. I was bathing them today for the first time and the pullet had a few grayish/black specks about two or three and the male had a bunch of silver strands in his tail. I am no expert so I wanted to post and see what you thought. I was going to breed this pair next year but if that is a fault I want to know so that I can sell/swap them.

Thanks for you help

 

[Moonkit]

Have any pictures you can offer of the birds?

 

[Kaelinstorm]

Maybe they were actually splashes?

 

[mandelaykay]

I can not see it now that they are dry. It was only when they were wet and all of the feathers were down flat. I will try and find it again and post a pic. I am thinking that maybe they are white recisive and some where down the line there was another color in their lineage. Does that make any sense?

 

[SteveH]

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"Silver" could be considered the purest white, as it never yellows due to diet or sun. It sounds like you may be looking at black leakage.