Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

[Momma 2 silkies]

This is one of my chicks. It was loving the sun early this morning.

 

[miquwid]

This is one of my chicks. It was loving the sun early this morning.

so cute!

 

[AppleJackAcres]

Hey guys.
I posted this chick on the silkies breeding, genetics and showing thread awhile ago.. Thinking it might be a silver partridge or gray partridge .. Or something close to it..I do not know the parentage on them but kinda came up with this on the calculator

Splash E/e^b male and white rec E/e^b female
I get
Pullets: blue patterned gold partridge/brown
Ratio = 1/8 = 12.5%, minimum of animals to breed: 8
Pullets: blue unicolor•E
Ratio = 3/8 = 37.5%, minimum of animals to breed: 3
Cockerels: blue patterned gold partridge/brown
Ratio = 1/8 = 12.5%, minimum of animals to breed: 8
Cockerels: blue unicolor•E
Ratio = 3/8 = 37.5%, minimum of animals to breed: 3

And this is one of the guys I got from that breeding. Not sure what title I should give
on this color..

It looked like this when it was a chick

And now I have this new little one and has a very pretty color not sure what it will be.. Any thoughts? (From same breeding splash male and white rec. female)

I am breeding blue and splash silkies but I rescued the white silkie and she's in with the bunch.. I only have 1 silkie pen so it's not like I can separate her. I'm just trying to work out what color they produce (mutt color most likely)

 

[ChickNmamma]

Hey guys.
I posted this chick on the silkies breeding, genetics and showing thread awhile ago.. Thinking it might be a silver partridge or gray partridge .. Or something close to it..I do not know the parentage on them but kinda came up with this on the calculator

Splash E/e^b male and white rec E/e^b female
I get
Pullets: blue patterned gold partridge/brown
Ratio = 1/8 = 12.5%, minimum of animals to breed: 8
Pullets: blue unicolor•E
Ratio = 3/8 = 37.5%, minimum of animals to breed: 3
Cockerels: blue patterned gold partridge/brown
Ratio = 1/8 = 12.5%, minimum of animals to breed: 8
Cockerels: blue unicolor•E
Ratio = 3/8 = 37.5%, minimum of animals to breed: 3

And this is one of the guys I got from that breeding. Not sure what title I should give
on this color..





It looked like this when it was a chick


And now I have this new little one and has a very pretty color not sure what it will be.. Any thoughts? (From same breeding splash male and white rec. female)



I am breeding blue and splash silkies but I rescued the white silkie and she's in with the bunch.. I only have 1 silkie pen so it's not like I can separate her. I'm just trying to work out what color they produce (mutt color most likely)

No clue on the colors, I would guess Blue Partridge with serious leakage.

One thing you might want to note - all of them carry one copy of recessive white (split to white) - so bred to each other or to their mother (if a boy) will give you white birds again. If you sell them - make sure to tell the people you sell them to if they ever decide to breed. That one copy can do strange things to the coloring even though it is not supposed to show with one copy... I just was reading about a breed that it requires one copy of the recessive white to give light golden hackles for the UK breedings - without that copy the hackles are too dark.. weird...

 

[AppleJackAcres]

No clue on the colors, I would guess Blue Partridge with serious leakage.

One thing you might want to note - all of them carry one copy of recessive white (split to white) - so bred to each other or to their mother (if a boy) will give you white birds again.  If you sell them - make sure to tell the people you sell them to if they ever decide to breed.  That one copy can do strange things to the coloring even though it is not supposed to show with one copy...  I just was reading about a breed that it requires one copy of the recessive white to give light golden hackles for the UK breedings - without that copy the hackles are too dark.. weird...

Yeah that's a good thought.. Didn't think about the split to rec white..
I figured I would just sell them cheaper then the splash or blue and say pet/egg quality.
The last little one has cute coloring.. I'm thinking of keeping it to see what it turns out to be.
Thank again ChickNmamma!

 

[ChickNmamma]

Quote:
You are welcome.

Yes, it is a cutie. I had one that I thought was a light cream color - its turning out solid white! Please do keep us updated on what color it ends up being - very interesting!

 

[blessedchick]

Perhaps calico? Not a true color, but people are working on it. I agree with selling them as PQ if you are wanting to breed BQ or better - which would also mean separating your white girl, of course. I had a few of those when I first started with partridges and finally isolated the hen that was responsible. She is now living a very happy life as a pet with one of my friends (along with a couple of other strange colored chicks that came out of my first few hatches!)

It is fun to see what color these littles turn out to be as they mature! I keep in contact with people I sell them to so I can see what they look like down the road. Always fun!

 

[smmalls]

Hi I'm new to keeping silkies and just wondered can someone tell me please if my roo is a partridge?

Thanks

 

[blessedchick]

Hi I'm new to keeping silkies and just wondered can someone tell me please if my roo is a partridge?

Thanks

Yup! Looks partridge to me! He's beautiful!

 

[ChickNmamma]

Hi I'm new to keeping silkies and just wondered can someone tell me please if my roo is a partridge?

Thanks

Yes he is, very handsome!