Paint Silkie

[B_Chickle01]

I have a question! I don't know a lot about breeding and genetics I’ve only read a little about it.. but I have 3 8month old paint silkies. My Roo just started to show Khaki leakage(which I read is more likely to happen with males if I remember correctly) is it normal at this age for it to suddenly appear? At first I thought it was dirtuntil recently when it became rather pronounced. The two pullets don’t have any leakage.

 

[Amer]

Any gold based light colored birds can suddenly turn brassy from the sun.

 

[B_Chickle01]

I read that and that was what I thought initially. Until someone else said its leakage. The sun I thought can turn white colored birds more yellowish than brassy like him? Is there any way to get rid of this brassy color if it is from the sun and not leakage? Other than keeping him out of the sun.

Any gold based light colored birds can suddenly turn brassy from the sun.

 

[Amer]

I read that and that was what I thought initially. Until someone else said its leakage. The sun I thought can turn white colored birds more yellowish than brassy like him? Is there any way to get rid of this brassy color if it is from the sun and not leakage? Other than keeping him out of the sun.

No
It’s *kinda* leakage because if he was silver based it wouldn’t happen
Also feeding yellow corn as opposed to white corn can cause this coloring.

 

[Calichicks23]

Yours looks very similar to mine. I saw a thread someone else started. It was asking about Champagne leakage in paint Silkies. Didn’t look like they found an answer either.
I just started incubating some egg from my girls. My paint roo is covering 7 at the moment. I will update as my experiment evolves or if I’m able to find any solid information on it.
Good luck !

 

[Clodill4rel]

Mine I was told is red leakage ….and if I want it out to breed them to the cleanest pure black or white