Question about Blue Partridge and Calico silkies....

[silkieluver_07]

Tracey at first I thought you were selling your other calico boy! I'm so excited for York Show this weekend! Most of my girls I entered are broody so I have to bring replacements~!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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splash plus autosomal red. I haven't been on all day, so I just found this renewed interest. I have several calico girls; their red primarily on their breasts. I'll try to take photos tomorrow.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Sebrightmom, your son and his hen are adorable! But she looks more like partridge than like blue partridge, at least in the photos.

 

[M@M@2four]

Hey all!

Have a couple more Calico boys up for sale on eggbid, just in case someone might be interested:

http://www.eggbid.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=1275000702

http://www.eggbid.com/listings/details/index.cfm?itemnum=1275005902
~T

 

[horsechick]

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Awwww..thanks! He is a pretty boy and I have three!

I wonder why there are no GIRL calicos ?

I am assuming your 3 are all boys...?

Maybe its like cats, I think finding a calico female is more difficult as well. or so I have heard.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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I wonder why there are no GIRL calicos ?

I am assuming your 3 are all boys...?

Maybe its like cats, I think finding a calico female is more difficult as well. or so I have heard.

Its the opposite. Finding a male calico is extremely hard.

 

[Puresilk]

Here are a few pics of my trio of blue partridges...I would like to pick up a calico sometime, very pretty

My Rooster, Napoleon

Tweedle (she hasnt gotten all her puff back from molting

) Sorry, its not the best pic of her

This is Cleopatra.......I dont know which I prefer, black or blue partridge, I have a pair of the black.......

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Maybe its like cats, I think finding a calico female is more difficult as well. or so I have heard.

Its the opposite. Finding a male calico is extremely hard.

Calico cats that are male are "rare as hens' teeth"

Calico hens are rare, too

 

[hunterland]

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YOur calicos are beautiful, but I think that like the feline species, calico are possibly sex-linked. The gene that carries orange/red coloration (”O”) is only carried on the female X chromosome. A male (with an XY chromosome) can only have one O gene, but a female could have two…and if one O is dominant and one “o” is recessive, you’ll get a tricolored cat. (About one in 3000 tricolored cats are male…it happens only if they get three sex chromosomes instead of two.). In cats it is the male who determines the sex, but make note it is the hen that more than likely determines the sex of chicks, so there may be a relationship with the passing on of a tri-color gene

 

[DragonEggs]

Wow Calico silkies! I want some now!

I had a gorgeous partridge blue roo but the roomies were complaining about his crow... I almost cried when I handed him over to his new owner....