Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

[Debbi]

Thank you Pennie and Beth! When I went out to look at him, the Redneck, this morning, I am now torn in my thinking. He may very well be a dark blue instead of black, and his hackles are more of a gold color than a red. I guess when I get the breeding pens set up, I will just switch the roos around and see what pops up. I do have a nice Partridge boy that I will use over the pullets first. Experiments are part of the chicken fun any way, right??

 

[pennie1]

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Just so you aren't totally confused (like me) what we call rednecks are actually gold leakage.... Make sense? Of course not. I kinda came up with that name hence my screen name. That just means that he carries the gold gene and not the silver gene. And that's about all I know of genetics.... Very 101. Special bus, short bus, whatever you want to call it.

 

[pennie1]

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Just so you aren't totally confused (like me) what we call rednecks are actually gold leakage.... Make sense? Of course not. I kinda came up with that name hence my screen name. That just means that he carries the gold gene and not the silver gene. And that's about all I know of genetics.... Very 101. Special bus, short bus, whatever you want to call it.

But the important thing is that I breed some very nice partridge Silkies.

 

[peepblessed]

Before you get totally off the suject of blue, I thought you might be interested in this situation. I purchased a parti chick last week from a breeder here in CA. She raises blue/splash. About one in a hundred chicks hatch out chipmonk and look like this girl. She hasn't bred any of them yet. I'll post photos of the chick later this AM.

 

[Beth G.]

You got it!!! Chicken Fun all the time

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[Beth G.]

OooOOoHHHhhh I'm excited!!! Very Very Nice

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[peepblessed]

Here's the blue chick I mentioned earlier this AM. It's three wks. I wish I had photographed it before it lost all its vivid markings .

 

[Beth G.]

It's so interesting how defined their markings are when first born and then they slowly fade when they feather in

Very cute!!

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[peepblessed]

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LOVE the pictures!!!! I wish it was nice enough to put mine outside... I plan on moving south to may Georgia. I have some friends down there and the weather is far more conducive tp SIlkies. I can't handle this winter stuff all by myself.

Hope you find a really great home, Pennie!

California has nice weather!

 

[pennie1]

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I'm not sure where the blue/splash comes in but that just a very very dark partridge. I had one almost just like her - a friend has her now.... Interesting case scenario for all of us genetic flops. Ask April, she'll know...