Show me your Silkie Mutts

[kdcrws]

I have a broody Blue Rock who is setting 3 blue rock X silkie eggs. Just want some sort of idea what's gonna come out of those eggs

 

[Goose and Fig]

I just put some possible white silkie x blue cochin eggs in the bator. Not into silkies- but sounded like a fun mix. Hope you get some pics!

 

[Smoky73]

either person, you will get normal feather birds, as silkie feathering is recessive.

 

[Goose and Fig]

either person, you will get normal feather birds, as silkie feathering is recessive.

What about the extra toes, and maybe beards?

Not like you'd notice extra toes on a cochin- but on the rock you would.​

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Beards and extra toes are likely, as they are incompletely dominant and dominant genes. However, if the silkie carries copies of the not bearded or no-polydactyly alleles, some of the offspring will not inherit these traits.

 

[kdcrws]

thanks for the info!

 

[TurtleFeathers]

Here's a couple pics of Dusty, my blue EE/silkie cross:

Hope this helps to give you an idea of what to look forward to!

 

[e from NC]

This is Battle Hen- her mom is a black silkie, and her dad is a SLW x black sex link mix. She's midway between bantam & standard size, with black skin and all the other silkie features except the silkie feathering, obviously. Picture isn't great, but she was not in a cooperative mood today, for whatever reason.

 

[kdcrws]

ahh they are cute!!!

 

[lovemychickies]

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WOW e from NC!! Battle hen is BEAUTIFUL. Her feathers came out very Australorpesque! Nicely done!