LF silkies?

[Nikki816]

Is anyone working on LF silkies?
I would love to have some, but not sure how to go about making them. I would love to breed my silkie roo to some standard Cochin hens, but not sure how well that would work.Anyone out there with ideas?

 

[bluenkimchi]

Not working or have any idea how to make LF silkie. I have posted this on a couple of threads about LF silkies already, but just in case you might like to see them anyway

Young pullet with mature beradless and tuftlesss bantam hen


same pair from above pic


Young cockerel with light brahma roo


The same pullet from the first picture with an EE roo

 

[nicalandia]

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This is how I would procede and create Large F Silkies... Cross the largest Silkie rooster you have, to a Welsummer Hen, the welsummer have just about every gene recessive and wildtype(except Id sexlinked dermal inhibitor) this cross will produce a Larger than Silkie Black Skin F1 pullets and white/clear skin Males, you can use the Largest F1 female back to the largest Silkie rooster you have, this will create 50% silkie feathered birds that will look alot like silkies, with black skin, silkie feathers, walnut combs and feathered shanks..this birds should be larger than original silkies

 

[Kev]

haha stuck in the mind set of crossing to wild type, eh?

I think if a general silkie body type is desired, just much bigger, giant cochins would be a good outcross? Not a perfect match however I think cochins have the pluses of short tail, roundish body, very long and soft feathers- probably make it easier to get the "soft silkie fluffiness" back. I would worry the welsumer cross would cause feather quality problems for generations.

also if white is desired, there are white giant cochins.. or use blacks to hopefully prevent red/buff leakage problems.

 

[bluenkimchi]

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haha stuck in the mind set of crossing to wild type, eh?

I think if a general silkie body type is desired, just much bigger, giant cochins would be a good outcross? Not a perfect match however I think cochins have the pluses of short tail, roundish body, very long and soft feathers- probably make it easier to get the "soft silkie fluffiness" back. I would worry the welsumer cross would cause feather quality problems for generations.

also if white is desired, there are white giant cochins.. or use blacks to hopefully prevent red/buff leakage problems.

I hope you two weren't referring to me wanting LF silkie? I was actually referring to the Op's question. But good suggestion on the cross for an even larger silkie. Those silkie in the pics are actually meat type, so they aren't fluffy like the smaller bantam SQ types, but they do have a good body mass compare to their less fluffy body.

The pullet in the pic is about 2x and the cockerel is about 3x as heavy and big as a bantam size silkie would be. They were kinda under fed when I got them yesterday, but with age and good high protein feed choices, i'm sure they can grow a bit more in size too? The cockerel doesn't even look full grown yet?

Noteose two are meat types, not little bantam size one with not much of a body mass.

 

[nicalandia]

haha stuck in the mind set of crossing to wild type, eh?

I think if a general silkie body type is desired, just much bigger, giant cochins would be a good outcross? Not a perfect match however I think cochins have the pluses of short tail, roundish body, very long and soft feathers- probably make it easier to get the "soft silkie fluffiness" back. I would worry the welsumer cross would cause feather quality problems for generations.

also if white is desired, there are white giant cochins.. or use blacks to hopefully prevent red/buff leakage problems.

you are correct, a partridge cochin would be best..