Project Silkie O - Colored-egg-laying Silkies

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It was suggested by hipeatall (https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/24088/hipeatall) on the silkied Ameraucana thread ( https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/98335/whats-wrong-with-their-feathers/2110) that I start a new thread on these so that they aren't confused with the silkie-feathered Ameraucana. Of course, to start things out right, we *must* have pictures!


F2 rooster:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/image/view/album/6130103/id/4744047/sort/null

F2 hens:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/image/view/album/6130103/id/4743901/sort/null

Chick wing:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/gallery/image/view/album/6130103/id/4745809/sort/null
 
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Agreed! I just love all the different egg colors. I'm looking forward to seeing Silkie O chicks :)


I think every breed should have a strain of blue laying chickens! Silkies are no exception! I want one
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I think every breed should have a strain of blue laying chickens! Silkies are no exception! I want one
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I will be working on that here on the farmstead over the next few years. The first project will be show type leghorns followed by phoenix and branching out from there.

These sound like it will be a fun project, I know in AUS, many of their silkies lay blue eggs
 
More Pictures! It's been raining, so some of the chickens are bedraggled. Oh Two is the son of Oh One. The ladies have nice dark skin and legs. I'm choosing first for five toes, then for dark skin and silkie feathers, then for blue eggs. The culled roosters go to the auction and the culled hens go to Mom's laying pen.

Silkie O, rooster = Oh One, and his Ladies



Silkie O, rooster = Oh Two:



Isabels and Porcelains, currently in with a buff Silkie roo and a partridge Silkie roo:

 
I love silkies, and I love Americana and EE egg colors, although I have none of the above. I've tried to convince my parents to let me get silkies (unsuccessfully) and a colored egg layer (also unsuccessful), Maybe one day I could offer both!

This seems like an interesting project- I will follow the progress!
 

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