(Mini Project #2.) Silver Shadow, breed.

[Fluffy Lambs]

Sounds good.

What types of games?

American

Irish

Old English

Aseel types

Shamo

Malays

Brazilian

I didn't know there was that many different breeds and types! I guess if you can find them there's a lot to choose from.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Other silver colorations I'd probably add would be:

Silver Columbian

LakenVelder pattern

Silver Partridge

Blue Silver Partridge

Salmon

Silver Wheaten

Silver Blue Wheaten

Silver Blue Duckwing

Silver Mottled

Silver Barred

Silver Splash Partridge(Funky)AKA: Calico

Silver Splash

Silver Birchen

 

[MysteryChicken]

I didn't know there was that many different breeds and types! I guess if you can find them there's a lot to choose from.

Surprising isn't it?

 

[MysteryChicken]

I didn't know there was that many different breeds and types! I guess if you can find them there's a lot to choose from.

There's also Peruvians, & Desi, which I forgot to add to the list. There's other game breeds as well.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Back to more details: I'll be culling bay, orange, & brown eyed birds, & any with wrong coloration, or body type.

My silvers do carry Autosomal Red which is something I seem to can't get rid of easily, so I guess salmon's are a good start.

Red, or silver shoulder patches are fine, won't cull those, but any lacking in shoulder patch color will be culled.

Females, uneven patterning, & wrong body type will be culled.


I may hold back a couple brown eyed birds to breed to Red eyed to see if it enhances the red color, or not though.


Egg size I'm wanting is Medium, or large.

Hens 4.5lbs - 5lbs

Roosters 5.5lbs - 6lbs


Debating between multi spurs, or single spurs.

Also debating whether I want spurred hens.

 

[TheCluckyClucker2]

So exciting!

 

[MysteryChicken]

So exciting!

I'll update when I begin. If I don't begin next spring, I'll try to begin the following Spring.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Here's a close up of Bigfoot's saddles. He has tiny barring. Not sure what is the cause, maybe it's linked to Autosomal Red?

 

[MysteryChicken]

@NatJ
@RoostersAreAwesome
@nicalandia

Thoughts?

 

[NatJ]

I do see that the red isn't even all over. I can't decide whether it looks more like stripes or dots or stipling to me, and I don't know what causes it. It could be some gene, or even something as simple as feathers growing at an uneven rate (which can cause the pigment to be distributed unevenly.)