silked feathered Serama genetics.

[Nimueh Alene]

I understand how frizzled feathers work... But I cannot find good info on how silkied feathered gene in Seramawork. I have a cockerel and a pullet that are silkied Will Chicks be silkied? I also have a frizzled pullet with him so with them all chicks have Silkie gene but only 50% will be frizzled in a perfect world but the frizzle gene is there only if ęxpressed So smooth feathered with Silkie gene bred with another silked feathered Serama = silked?

 

[Amer]

I understand how frizzled feathers work... But I cannot find good info on how silkied feathered gene in Seramawork. I have a cockerel and a pullet that are silkied Will Chicks be silkied? I also have a frizzled pullet with him so with them all chicks have Silkie gene but only 50% will be frizzled in a perfect world but the frizzle gene is there only if ęxpressed So smooth feathered with Silkie gene bred with another silked feathered Serama = silked?

Works like regular Silkie, same gene, as know.

Silkie is represented by h. Recessive.
Non Silkie is represented by H. Dominant.
Two pure for the silkie gene produce silkie chicks every time.
hhxhh=hh
A silkie crossed with a silkie smooth creates fifty percent silkie, fifty percent silkie smooth.
hhxHh=hh and Hh.
Frizzling will show up regardless on whether silkied or not, so what you see is what you get.

 

[Nimueh Alene]

So if I keep pullets from that pen and breed to Silkie feathered cock. ..I'll get silkied feathers from Silkie hens and 50% Silkie feathered from smooth hens and possible frizzled Silkie feathered Serama from frizzled hens.
Thank you.

 

[Amer]

So if I keep pullets from that pen and breed to Silkie feathered cock. ..I'll get silkied feathers from Silkie hens and 50% Silkie feathered from smooth hens and possible frizzled Silkie feathered Serama from frizzled hens.
Thank you.

Yup.

 

[HandHAcres]

Works like regular Silkie, same gene, as know.

Silkie is represented by h. Recessive.
Non Silkie is represented by H. Dominant.
Two pure for the silkie gene produce silkie chicks every time.
hhxhh=hh
A silkie crossed with a silkie smooth creates fifty percent silkie, fifty percent silkie smooth.
hhxHh=hh and Hh.
Frizzling will show up regardless on whether silkied or not, so what you see is what you get.

so I've just had terrible luck - silkie boy over smooth girl and have gotten 100% smooth feathered :-/ - I've even got a silkie hen in there too and have yet to get a silkied chick

 

[Amer]

so I've just had terrible luck - silkie boy over smooth girl and have gotten 100% smooth feathered :-/ - I've even got a silkie hen in there too and have yet to get a silkied chick

I wouldn't say terrible luck, all smooth chicks is what is to be anticipated from that cross. A silkie boy over a smooth-feathered girl should always produce smooth feathered chicks unless the smooth-feathered girl carried the silkie gene. However, it sounds like your silkie hen isn't laying, which is bad luck.