Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

[ChickNmamma]

Couple of photos of Gidget. She is 9 months old and was broody for the last 6 weeks. (well she and 2 sisters were broody together...I locked them out of the coop yesterday and so far today not one of them attempted to set.)

I love that hat! She looks like my Partridge x Buff cross is going to turn out like.. I hope!

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

I was surprised to find some little blue with brown tips on my White/Splash breeding. Someone said they are blue partridge! So cool!



I always avoided Partridge, thinking the genetics would be too complicated.

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

I was surprised to find some little blue with brown tips on my White/Splash breeding. Someone said they are blue partridge! So cool!



I always avoided Partridge, thinking the genetics would be too complicated.

Stupid question- if I breed blue partridge to blue partridge- what colors with I get? Any chance of the other varieties of partridge> Hope one is a boy and the other a girl. Thanks! Pam

 

[ChickNmamma]

Quote: Your one "Partridge" might grow up to be Blue. White to Splash breeding will throw all sorts of odd "colors".

Partridge is a color that is not well defined in Silkies. We can't see their feather patterns to make sure we have the right genetics behind them - so any bird that is off colored or "Chipmunk" as a chick is lumped into Partridge. There are three "bases" that cause Chipmunk Patterned chicks - only one is actually correct for Partridge.

If you have two Blue Partridge - and they STAY looking like Partridge (one looks like it may, the other may not) - the Blue Partridge crossing will get you Blue, Regular and Splash Partridge. However... since those two came out of WHITE - you will also get White chicks (both chicks carry one copy of Recessive White).

Either way, they sure are cute!

The hard part about breeding the Partridge is getting the colors right - and correct where they belong. Males are supposed to have black chests (or blue for Blue Partridge) but I do not see that very often. They are supposed to have RED on the boys, but that is also rare...

 

[chickens 4 me]

wow luv the pics wish i had a camera to post some pics of are birds... im new to the silkie do you have exp with this breed??

 

[Momma 2 silkies]

Can anyone tell me what you would call the coloring on this silkie. I hatched her from my on flock but she was the first one to hatch with this coloring. I have 2 regular partridge from the same hatching. one of my roos is a partridge and he is in with white, blue, black and buff hens. I don't know what to call it but love it.


These chick is 4 months old. It could be a boy or a girl at this point and I have no clue. Does anyone have a guess on sex and color on this baby?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: They are both pullets--unless one or the other is henny feathered, and then the crests would look feminine, too.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Hi! I need some opinions. This boy is 4 months old (hatched 3/20) and I was wondering if this is a proper partridge color or would he be considered a dark blue partridge or a partridge at all? I think he is showing some potential but his undercoat is almost a dark blue splash??? You can see this in the wind blowing his cushion. Is his back a little long, and how about his wings? His posture is getting better almost daily. (it was partly cloudy and the sun and auto flash would take turns - he is pretty dark).

His back is too long and he doesn't hold his tail up enough, but his partridge colouring is excellent!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Once you figure out the organization, finding information is pretty easy.

In the Bantam Standard, chicken breeds are listed alphabetically, followed by chicken vareties, also listen alphabetically. The last sections of the book has bantam ducks, also listed alphabetically.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: 1/4 partridge, 1/4 splash partridge and 1/2 blue partridge.