Name that Silkie Color..................

[chickenzoo]

Silkie #1 from my Cuckoo hen & Black Roo, hard to tell in pic but looks like he is getting light barring in his topknot

Silkie #2 from same parents, lighter than #1 but half the skin is dark and half light...... hehe

One of my Partridge pullets................... just for the heck of it and I love her.... hehe

 

[txcarl1258]

#1 looks like a grey and #2 looks like a partridge.

 

[SilkieTime]

#1 Splash #2 Splash
Cute too

 

[Year of the Rooster]

Ok.. need to rule some things out here:

Assuming that the Cuckoo hen was black cuckoo, then that means all offspring would have to be black or cuckoo/barred; Unless the rooster was actually a dark Blue rooster, then the only possibilities would be Blue and Black offspring with the males have some cuckoo/barring. No splash would be possible from this mating AT ALL.

Is it possible for the parents to be recessive for lavender?

 

[chickenzoo]

The hen is a Cuckoo, the male looks Black but could have some Blue. I don't know about his background... it's possible. They are far different from my splashes, although difficult to see in the pic. You can make out a light barring pattern in areas... it's strange. I have gotten Cuckoo and Black chicks from them before... these two have me confused... hehe

 

[chickenzoo]

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

I got a similarly almost identically colored chick out of a Black X white (recessive blue or lavender (not sure but good guessing) and she/he has been very very pale blue with some dark areas/edges on crest and wings. I tried figuring out the genetics and what you'd call it, but everyone says its just a pale blue...So I have thus started calling Silver (this chick) a Powderpuff Blue

beautiful birds, I love the partridge.

 

[chickenzoo]

Hummmmm interesting.

 

[chickenzoo]

Anyone else know................. ?

 

[ultasol]

#1 extremely light cuckoo with poor barring.

#2 miscolor. I don't think it qualifies as gray.

D you know the genetic background of the parents?