Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[fluffyfeathers]

He is silver with autosomal red or mahogany, asiatic partridge (e^b) base.  His offspring will all inherit silver, asiatic partridge and almost certainly the mahogany or autosomal red (could be both).

Why will all his offspring inherit silver? Is this true even if paired with a partridge hen? Is silver dominant to gold? This is so interesting

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Looks like a partridge silkie? Could be wrong though....

If he was partridge, he would be displaying red or gold on head hackles, back, saddle, not silver. This is partridge:

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Yes, silver (S) is dominant to gold (s+). Same gene, different alleles. It is also a sex-linked gene, with males having two copies of the gene: S/S, S/s+ or s+/s+. These are referred to as silver, golden and gold, respectively. Golden is creamy/brassy coloured, not a clear silvery, as is this boy.

All his offspring will inherit a copy of silver from him. His daughters will be silver (S/-), If paired with a partridge hen, his sons will be golden (S/s+).

 

[peepblessed]

Here is a splash silkie!

Adorable photo!

He is silver with autosomal red or mahogany, asiatic partridge (e^b) base. His offspring will all inherit silver, asiatic partridge and almost certainly the mahogany or autosomal red (could be both).

Sonoran, I sometimes hear autosomal red described as leaking red. Is that correct terminology? If not why?

 

[fluffyfeathers]

I have a golden rooster with silver hens. Can I determine the sex of the offspring based on their color?

Yes, silver (S) is dominant to gold (s+).  Same gene, different alleles.  It is also a sex-linked gene, with males having two copies of the gene:  S/S, S/s+ or s+/s+.  These are referred to as silver, golden and gold, respectively.  Golden is creamy/brassy coloured, not a clear silvery, as is this boy.

All his offspring will inherit a copy of silver from him.  His daughters will be silver (S/-),   If paired with a partridge hen, his sons will be golden (S/s+).

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Well, they don't really mean the same thing. Leakage or leaking is colour that isn't supposed to be there. Now with silkies, unless you have a true red bird or maybe a partridge, you probably don't want autosomal red. In this case it would be considered leakage. Autosomal red is not well documented, and is probably not a single gene, but more likely a combination of genes.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I have a golden rooster with silver hens. Can I determine the sex of the offspring based on their color?
Quote: Short answer, no. If he were gold rather than golden you could, at least theoretically. However partridge and grey chicks are very difficult to distinguish between.

 

[fluffyfeathers]

Too bad

 

[peepblessed]

Well, they don't really mean the same thing. Leakage or leaking is colour that isn't supposed to be there. Now with silkies, unless you have a true red bird or maybe a partridge, you probably don't want autosomal red. In this case it would be considered leakage. Autosomal red is not well documented, and is probably not a single gene, but more likely a combination of genes.

Okay, thanks!

 

[silkieloverz123]

Ok thnx for the kind comment i my baby smokey, [the present] is really love [it] any idea on its gender?
Srry i was wrong about the partridge thing, just new to this and not that good in the genetics technecallities....