agold23
Songster
- May 25, 2021
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I am new to chicken keeping and we were given a flock by family friends to keep as pets over the summer and we’re returning them in the fall. Our white silkie hen went broody so we gave her eggs back so she could hatch them but she has a history of hatching chicks with lighter coloured skin which happened again. Our rooster is what I thought was called a gold partridge silkie as I found pictures of birds that look just like him on the internet but I’m not so sure anymore. The chick is 14 days old and now developing grey feathers on the bottom of its wings and tail so we think it may turn into a lavender silkie BUT are it’s genes “corrupted” by the leakage that it’s father may have? The baby won’t be show/breeding worthy either just for the fact it’s skin is lighter but Im not worried about that. They’ll live a happy life as pet birds.
TL;DR:
Is the rooster I once thought was a gold partridge silkie actually a black silkie with a ton of brown leakage? How will this affect his offspring? I also added a picture of the chick for good measure.
TL;DR:
Is the rooster I once thought was a gold partridge silkie actually a black silkie with a ton of brown leakage? How will this affect his offspring? I also added a picture of the chick for good measure.