Oegb and silkie cross?

[kandrews]

Does anyone have any pictures I think it would be cute

 

[nicalandia]

Does anyone have any pictures I think it would be cute

well the cuteness of the silkie feathering would be gone.

depending on the type of cross(Silkie male over OEG hen, or OEG male over a Silkie Hen).

a Male silkie over a OEG hen would give you Black skined pullets and white skined males, they would be sex links, you would be able to tell them apart at hatch..

a Male OEG over a silkie hen would not give you sex links, all of them would have white skin

 

[kandrews]

Oh that's cool I have a silkie roo so when they have babies it will be easy to tell apart thanks!

 

[nicalandia]

Oh that's cool I have a silkie roo so when they have babies it will be easy to tell apart thanks!

yeah. sex links, the hens will have black skin(easy to see at hatch) and the males will have white skin

 

[penthesillia]

I don't have a pic on my phone but I ended up with a smooth silkie with a black poofy head partridge feathers and a giant ( bigger than my silkies) bbred, smooth, 5 toes stubby tail. Two white silkie, slightly smaller than mom. Not something I would do again. Silkie mom's, bbred dad

 

[penthesillia]

I don't have a pic on my phone but I ended up with a smooth silkie with a black poofy head partridge feathers and a giant ( bigger than my silkies) bbred, smooth, 5 toes stubby tail. Two white silkie, slightly smaller than mom. Not something I would do again. Silkie mom's, bbred dad

Silkies had black skin.

 

[penthesillia]

I don't have a pic on my phone but I ended up with a smooth silkie with a black poofy head partridge feathers and a giant ( bigger than my silkies) bbred, smooth, 5 toes stubby tail. Two white silkie, slightly smaller than mom. Not something I would do again. Silkie mom's, bbred dad

Giant bbred roo, smooth hen, not sure of silkies, they wet rehomed but nest guess pullets.

 

[Ruby Rogue]

yeah. sex links, the hens will have black skin(easy to see at hatch) and the males will have white skin

Does this just go for oegb silkie cross, or would another silkie roo cross produce sex links as well?

 

[nicalandia]

Does this just go for oegb silkie cross, or would another silkie roo cross produce sex links as well?

SilkiexSilkie Will not produce sex linked chicks

 

[OhZark Biddies]

a Male silkie over a OEG hen would give you Black skined pullets and white skined males, they would be sex links, you would be able to tell them apart at hatch..

a Male OEG over a silkie hen would not give you sex links, all of them would have white skin

Hi @nicalandia,

I just stumbled on to this, and I’m curious about it, I have never read that there was sex linking involved with the dark skin gene(s).

Can you clarify this or explain it a bit further?
Thank you!