question on colors in silkies?

Friedeggs, nice shade of Lavender.
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but doesn't eb have the swirl down of patridge? and when grown hens have salmon--breasts? or can they.

I'm not used to silkies; while the genes have to act the same way as any other chicken, they look different because of the hookless gene. I don't know what you mean by "swirl"; eb can look a few slightly different ways. I need a photo.

Salmon breasts in females are usually e+ which is called wild type or ducking or partridge (not the same partridge of silkies which involves eb & Pg.
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). If one wants a non black breast in males one needs columbian or dark brown columbian to restrict it.

yes.... Vorkwerk. Infact I just bought two for Henks white patterned project to do on silkies. I love the idea of a 24karat palomino silkie. Plue maybe it will teach me something and I can use all that good gene jargon:) . I though maybe I'd inject that into my buffs to then dilute them out. How does that sound?

Henk's dominant white Vorwerks are drop dead gorgeous.
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Are you going to put dominant white onto buff columbian silkies? wow.

You'd probably need melanised buff columbian to pull off something similar to Henk's dominant white Vorwerks.

I've been getting some first cross Orps with similar colouring to Vorwerk. They were not what I, actually, expected, or planned as part of the project.
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Thanks on the lavenders!
I thought you were decribing your orps having eb. And swirling (sorry its the artist) a blurred head like a partridge.
Yep. gonna start the project as soon as the birds let me:) or I'll inseminate. He had some suggestions including a double dose of splash. Which I have awesome conformated ones so that will help me rebuild too.
OH I LOVE TO SEE a white patterned white orp!!!!! I had thoughts once I got the silkies down to try it w/ banty cochins.
 
I thought you were decribing your orps having eb. And swirling (sorry its the artist) a blurred head like a partridge.

Of my Orps I have, partridge, isobel partridge & some lavender (with leakage) on eb the others are on different e-alleles. I gather with silkies just about everything is on eb.​
 

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