Sebright/Silkie cross...?

[ramirezframing]

LOL yes some of mine do also, but I made them that way. Normal silkies do not, they lay a light cream colored egg.

 

[SilkiesForEver]

LOL yes some of mine do also, but I made them that way. Normal silkies do not, they lay a light cream colored egg.

I read somewhere that old strains of Silkies lay blueish eggs. It would make sense since their earlobes are blue.

 

[nicalandia]

I read somewhere that old strains of Silkies lay blueish eggs. It would make sense since their earlobes are blue.

there are Fibromelanotic breeds that lay bluish eggs..

 

[SilkiesForEver]

Quote: Fibromelanotic?

 

[nicalandia]

Fibromelanotic?

yes , the Gene Fm(Fibromelanotic) responsible for the black skin, bones of the Silkies and other breed in the pacific and south america

 

[SilkiesForEver]

Quote: Well I know that my birds were Silkies, if that's what you're saying. Maybe it was a feedstore strain... I dunno.

 

[nicalandia]

Well I know that my birds were Silkies, if that's what you're saying. Maybe it was a feedstore strain... I dunno.

if she had black skin or blue skin then she has Fibromelanotic

 

[Dipsy Doodle Doo]

Not a bad looking bird.

Too bad she's useful only for hatching and rearing.

Bad egg layer, small eggs, and not a purebred.

Might be just me, but I'd never bred non-pure unless I was going for an olive egger.

Wow! What a tactless critique!

I think she is just striking in appearance

Wow! What a tactless critique! I agree, I hope Urucuba *meant* it nicer than it came out.
She's a prettypretty bird and green blue/eggs too --- yaaay!
I am quite fond of non-silkie Fm birds.

 

[Urucubaca]

Wow! What a tactless critique!

I think she is just striking in appearance

Wow! What a tactless critique! I agree, I hope Urucuba *meant* it nicer than it came out.
She's a prettypretty bird and green blue/eggs too --- yaaay!
I am quite fond of non-silkie Fm birds.

Yeah guys, you took that harshly.
She looks good. Traits of egg laying from Silkies and Sebright-silkie-cross are that they are traditionally poor layers. Then, a cross between a Sebright and a Silkie will not be able to fetch as much money for the offspring as you would a purebred. I was just adding it together.

The fact that she lays almost everyday is great, as Sebrights and Silkies normally don't.

My remark wasn't meant to hurt feelings. I was just adding facts up. I think she is a striking bird.

Probably crossing the Silkie in there will make a more friendly Sebright, as many seem to think that they are more jumping and flighty than other breeds. I tend to agree.

I have both Silkies and Sebrights on my property, and love them both. Unfortunately, the Sebrights are most jumpy. Only my Chukars are more jumpy. Even my Guinea Fowl are friendlier. I hope it is just the strain, and I am looking for more friendlier Sebrights so that IF it is the strain, I don't have to sell ones that will be flighty and jumpy birds and have flighty and jumpy offspring. Wow, that was a long sentence, and even longer post.

 

[ashleynicole]

This is Josephine she is my seabright silkie cross, she is 3 months old.

How many toes does she have? I just hatched some golden laced sebright eggs and I'm thinking one of my Silkie Roos got to her too because these babies have feathered legs but only 4 toes