Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

[seclusionfarms]

has anyone every had a black chick grow up to have black feathers with silver mixed in? The parents produce grey and black but I just noticed that one of my blacks has silver penciling, thanks for any information

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

has anyone every had a black chick grow up to have black feathers with silver mixed in? The parents produce grey and black but I just noticed that one of my blacks has silver penciling, thanks for any information

Yes if the bird is black with silver hackles and even some silver in the wing area - its just called a black with silver leakage. This is not desirable in a black bird, and since your 2 black birds are throwing grey offspring they both carry the silver gene and probably came out of a grey bird possibly.

 

[seclusionfarms]

Do you think he would produce greys if i put him in a pen with a grey hen?

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

I would try it.

 

[seclusionfarms]

Thanks

 

[shelbysilkies]

Hi, I'm a 4-h person and i was looking for some good show quality silkie chickens so if you have any feed back for me please just tell me thank you!

 

[peepblessed]

Hi, I'm a 4-h person and i was looking for some good show quality silkie chickens so if you have any feed back for me please just tell me thank you!

Welcome to BYC, Shelby! Here's another good thread you can check on. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/297632/silkie-thread/14260

 

[seclusionfarms]

Hi!

 

[County Boy]

my neighbor has one and i'm trying to buy it from him. iv' already got a buff silkie. What is the max you would pay for him. he's about 3 years old and was a blue ribbon rooster he bought at a fair.

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

my neighbor has one and i'm trying to buy it from him. iv' already got a buff silkie. What is the max you would pay for him. he's about 3 years old and was a blue ribbon rooster he bought at a fair.

its so hard to say. A fair and a sanctioned poultry show are 2 different things. What wins a blue ribbon at a fair may get disqualified at a sanctioned show....Also without a picture we couldn't say if the bird was worth 5$ or 200$