Okay, same old stuff... Breed and Gender?

[micah wotring]

Thanks in advance!

MW

Oh, and I have no idea of it's age but I do know that it's grown a lot since a few months ago. Sorry I can't be more specific.

Thanks again!

 

[DancingWthDucks]

It looks like a Silkie x ?

 

[donrae]

Puts me in mind of a Silkie/D'uccle mix.

 

[micah wotring]

It looks like a Silkie x ?

Thank you! What about it do you think is like a silkie? It'd be nice to know another silkie trait.

Puts me in mind of a Silkie/D'uccle mix.

Thanks. That does make sense because of the feet feathers and the cheaks. What about it makes you think of a silkie?


Anybody have any guesses on the sex of my beautiful bird?

 

[Kev]

Yeah it looks perfect for a silkie- d'uccle mix.

My reasoning- she is showing the fibromelanotic trait of the silkie- black skin. Her buff coloring is due to genes that dilute color, it also tends to dilute the black skin.

She has a small crest, very typical of crest crossed to non crest.

Her leg feathering is not typical of feather leg bred to clean leg, which tends to be a lot skimpier. She has a fair amount.

Both silkies and d'uccles are pretty common backyard breeds, especially in bantam assortments.

Her even buff coloring would work out of a d'uccle x buff silkie in particular.

 

[junebuggena]

Definitely a pullet.

 

[micah wotring]

Yeah it looks perfect for a silkie- d'uccle mix.

Thank you. Now that I think of it, the man I got it from did have a D'uccle rooster and several silkies.

 

[drumstick diva]

silkie cross - beautiful - love the coloring etc.

 

[micah wotring]

Definitely a pullet.

Awesome! That's what I'd hoped. Thanks!

 

[donrae]

Yeah it looks perfect for a silkie- d'uccle mix.

My reasoning- she is showing the fibromelanotic trait of the silkie- black skin. Her buff coloring is due to genes that dilute color, it also tends to dilute the black skin.

She has a small crest, very typical of crest crossed to non crest.

Her leg feathering is not typical of feather leg bred to clean leg, which tends to be a lot skimpier. She has a fair amount.

Both silkies and d'uccles are pretty common backyard breeds, especially in bantam assortments.

Her even buff coloring would work out of a d'uccle x buff silkie in particular.

This.

She's a cute little thing!