Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

[LadiesAndJane]

Updated photos taken today of Kana, who is now 19 weeks and some change. She is gold over blue, not sure what to call her. Blue partridge does not seem quite right. Any thoughts?

 

[Hinotori]

Looks like she might very well be a blue partridge.

One on the left here is blue partridge. Center is normal. Right is moorhead.

 

[MysteryChicken]

My blue, & regular partridge silkies.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Looks like she might very well be a blue partridge.

One on the left here is blue partridge. Center is normal. Right is moorhead.
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Those birds are amazing!
Thanks! She is my first and only partridge so had no real comparison. I had no idea that partridge came in so many different color varieties!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

My blue, & regular partridge silkies.
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Gorgeous!

 

[MysteryChicken]

Gorgeous!

Thanks.

 

[Sylvester017]

Except for 2 or 3 speckled wing feathers on each of my Partridge baby's wings, one would think she was just a Black Silkie at first glance. I don't breed birds but I suppose this girl would be considered to have the Partridge gene to carry to her offspring? I'm not zoned for breeding but happy that my neighborhood is zoned for at least a handful of chickens!

Closeups anyone?

Growing up way too fast!

This little itty bitty goes for car rides when we do errands. There's no way she wants to be left home alone!

There's a couple black dotted gold wing feathers each side but so far no gold on crest or neck feathers. Not quite 2 months old yet.

 

[Hinotori]

My dark partridge was fully black for about 3 months. When she finally got full adult feathers finished at around 5 months, she had the dark brown and black feathers.

Partridge or at least it's wild type is basically the default chicken color. Traditional white silkies are recessive white. It's the original silkie color. That covers all color. It's safe to assume they are partridge underneath.

So many people mix colors now that you have to be careful if you're breeding. Just because it looks a certain color doesn't mean anything. If it can't breed true (50% of the time for recessive traits) it's not actually that color.

I got bit by that with one of the first partridge silkies I got. It apparently was carrying a copy of lavender. She may have also been where the white that pops up on me very rarely comes from.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Except for 2 or 3 speckled wing feathers on each of my Partridge baby's wings, one would think she was just a Black Silkie at first glance. I don't breed birds but I suppose this girl would be considered to have the Partridge gene to carry to her offspring? I'm not zoned for breeding but happy that my neighborhood is zoned for at least a handful of chickens!
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Closeups anyone?
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Growing up way too fast!
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This little itty bitty goes for car rides when we do errands. There's no way she wants to be left home alone!
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There's a couple black dotted gold wing feathers each side but so far no gold on crest or neck feathers. Not quite 2 months old yet.
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She is so adorable, she is getting big fast!
Pretty sure if you keep them in your house, you can have as many as you want.

 

[Willawong Hill]

So would my Obie (Rooster at he front on the right) be considered partridge or just black with partridge leakage as he started off with completely black chick down. What is the genetic difference between Moorhead and regular partridge? Interestingly, Amelia the dark hen at the back started off with chipmunk brown stripes on her chick down but is pretty much black with a little leakage now so I'm not sure what she is either.

Cleo (grey coloured hen front left) also was black with grey chipmunk stripes, is she silver partridge or some other colour? All 4 (including phantom the white cockerel at the back) came from the same place- not sure if eggs were from the same or different pens though.