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Sonoran Silkies, can you answer that question about the cross between my Silkie rooster, Smokey, and a white or black Silkie hen? The offspring is described above.
Need help identifying this breed of banty rooster - photo.
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A black, White cross will give a mostly Black bird. As it grows, It may leak white in some areas. The Chick should still look like a regular black baby. The only way to get grey, is to have blue birds
A black, White cross will give a mostly Black bird. As it grows, It may leak white in some areas. The Chick should still look like a regular black baby. The only way to get grey, is to have blue birds
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No i believe hes a pure breed Crele roo, he looks just like the one we have.
No i believe hes a pure breed Crele roo, he looks just like the one we have.
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No i believe hes a pure breed Crele roo, he looks just like the one we have.
He has a crowwing, not a duckwing. That means it is not true crele.
No i believe hes a pure breed Crele roo, he looks just like the one we have.
He has a crowwing, not a duckwing. That means it is not true crele.
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A black, White cross will give a mostly Black bird. As it grows, It may leak white in some areas. The Chick should still look like a regular black baby. The only way to get grey, is to have blue birds
White X anything is completely unpredictable; it will NOT result in a mostly black bird; at least not as a rule. White silkies are recessive white, which means that whatever colour or pattern genes they have are turned OFF, and thus cannot be bred for or against. With the exception of carrying two recessive white genes, the genes affecting plumage colour and patterns can be, and are different for every bird. Recessive white does not leak. One of the birds would have to carry dominant white for that, and while it can occasionally be found in silkies, it is not at all common. Also, grey and blue are completely unrelated. Grey is a patterned bird; blue is not.
Do you have a photo of the chick in question? And one of Smokey? You said you have a white hen, two black hens and Smokey, but I didn't see where you mentioned his colour. It soulds from your description of the chick that it may be a blue, and that Smokey may be also, but I am not certain from your description. Anyways, if Smokey and the chickelt are blues, then the black hen is mama.
A black, White cross will give a mostly Black bird. As it grows, It may leak white in some areas. The Chick should still look like a regular black baby. The only way to get grey, is to have blue birds
White X anything is completely unpredictable; it will NOT result in a mostly black bird; at least not as a rule. White silkies are recessive white, which means that whatever colour or pattern genes they have are turned OFF, and thus cannot be bred for or against. With the exception of carrying two recessive white genes, the genes affecting plumage colour and patterns can be, and are different for every bird. Recessive white does not leak. One of the birds would have to carry dominant white for that, and while it can occasionally be found in silkies, it is not at all common. Also, grey and blue are completely unrelated. Grey is a patterned bird; blue is not.
Do you have a photo of the chick in question? And one of Smokey? You said you have a white hen, two black hens and Smokey, but I didn't see where you mentioned his colour. It soulds from your description of the chick that it may be a blue, and that Smokey may be also, but I am not certain from your description. Anyways, if Smokey and the chickelt are blues, then the black hen is mama.
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I dont know but hes pretty my guess is a cross
I am going to go out on a limb and say that he is a cross, there were many Creole at the show this past weekend and some of his colors just dont match up
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Sonoran Silkies - thank you for the explanation.
When I bought Smoky, who is the father of the chicklet in question, the lady I got him from said he was a 'blue' Silkie chick. I just call him Smoky because he is a solid grayish color to me. The chicklet is identical in coloring to the father, Smoky. I do have photos of the little chicklet, but they are not very good and he has grown so much since he was hatched. I will take another one of him tonight and attach his photo tomorrow, along with one of the father. The mother of the chicklet most likely was black, as I have two little black Silkie hens, and just because Sugar (the white Silkie) went broody and sat on the eggs doesn't mean they are her eggs, as 3 of the ones that hatched were the OEGB-type chicks and only the one little Silkie hatched. So she was just setting on all the eggs she could find when she happened to go broody. In any case, the chicklet has never been anything but a smoky gray color, even when first hatched, he was not black and if 'grey' is patterned, then Smoky is indeed a 'blue' Silkie, and his chicklet is also 'blue'. Forgive my ignorance about colors.
I was on vacation from Dec. 15 to Jan. 4, and when I returned to work I was so busy working on a daunting project, that I didn't have time to read posts from here at work. That's why it has taken me so long to send this 'thank you' and further explanation reply. Hope you see it along with the photos of Smoky and his chicklet I will post tomorrow.
When I bought Smoky, who is the father of the chicklet in question, the lady I got him from said he was a 'blue' Silkie chick. I just call him Smoky because he is a solid grayish color to me. The chicklet is identical in coloring to the father, Smoky. I do have photos of the little chicklet, but they are not very good and he has grown so much since he was hatched. I will take another one of him tonight and attach his photo tomorrow, along with one of the father. The mother of the chicklet most likely was black, as I have two little black Silkie hens, and just because Sugar (the white Silkie) went broody and sat on the eggs doesn't mean they are her eggs, as 3 of the ones that hatched were the OEGB-type chicks and only the one little Silkie hatched. So she was just setting on all the eggs she could find when she happened to go broody. In any case, the chicklet has never been anything but a smoky gray color, even when first hatched, he was not black and if 'grey' is patterned, then Smoky is indeed a 'blue' Silkie, and his chicklet is also 'blue'. Forgive my ignorance about colors.
I was on vacation from Dec. 15 to Jan. 4, and when I returned to work I was so busy working on a daunting project, that I didn't have time to read posts from here at work. That's why it has taken me so long to send this 'thank you' and further explanation reply. Hope you see it along with the photos of Smoky and his chicklet I will post tomorrow.
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