Mottled Silkie with Blue/Green eggs Project.

[luckiestck1]

The normal girl at the front on the pics is one of my favorites and the one with the silkie feathers and giant puff is the other fav. Although as you can see the one at the front has a bluish lased look. Don't know were that can from. She super gorgeous no matter what.

 

[nicalandia]

Start with Mottled Silkies first, then add the blue egg shell gene from Ameraucana, no need for Cochin blood in them.

 

[luckiestck1]

I was thinking of breeding the f1s together to get mottles in the f2 gen?
I should get 25% mottles i think?

 

[16Chickens Keeper]

Watching Thread

 

[nicalandia]

Or better yet, Mottled Silkie x Mottled Ameraucana from the Mottled Ameraucana project https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/project-mottled-ameraucana-eggs.854466/

 

[luckiestck1]

I was thinking i should then breed the f2s mottles together. Or breed the f2s back to there f1 parents. what percentage of mottles should i get from these pairings?

 

[Cyprus]

Orrrrr you could just.... you know... use stock from an already existing line of blue egg laying Silkies....

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkies-that-lay-blue-eggs.1255052/#post-20137987

 

[Cyprus]

I was thinking i should then breed the f2s mottles together. Or breed the f2s back to there f1 parents. what percentage of mottles should i get from these pairings?

Need more detail. Who are the parents in F1? F1 is first gen. F0 is parent stock.

 

[luckiestck1]

No blue egg silkies around here.
F0 - Silkie Male and Mottled Pekin Hen
F1 - Silkie Cross (Carrier of Mottling)
F2 - Mottled Silkie

 

[Cyprus]

No blue egg silkies around here.
F0 - Silkie Male and Mottled Pekin Hen
F1 - Silkie Cross (Carrier of Mottling)
F2 - Mottled Silkie

Uh, you can order the eggs to be shipped