Polish Silkie Cross

[Madi131]

I have a smooth polish rooster, Frizzled polish rooster, smooth silkies, Frizzled silkies, Frizzled satins and smooth satins. If I breed a Polish rooster to the silkie hens, would it result in a satin? Or is there a reason people breed them to cochins? I'm trying to figure out a good way to get more Frizzled satins, as I only have 2 hens that I have bought off of someone. I know not to breed frizzle x frizzle, I have lots of little polish chicks running around half Frizzled half smooth.

 

[nicalandia]

To be honest this is the first time I hear about Satins.. What are they? the silkie feather mutation is recessive, I've seen Silkie crosses and most of them are hard feathers, so if I understand correctly Satins are mid way between Silkie and hard feathers? how is that accomplished?

 

[Madi131]

The far one on the right is a satin, I'm not sure what color scheme that is ... He's a funky boy.

Here's some pictures of my frizzled satin hens. They still have all of the silkie traits, and really soft feathers but they aren't like normal silkies.

 

[AusHen]

No the offspring wont be "satins" as they are silkie/cochin bantam crosses bred back to the silkie standard while retaining hard feathers. Silkie cross polish will just give you crosses nicknames "polskie"