Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[Adoravachick]

I have a question about genetics. Genetics just make my brain twist....if I had a roo that is Porcelain (2/3 lavender), could I breed him with my Lavender splits? What would their offspring be colorwise? Would it improve my lavender split (black)?

 

[nicalandia]

I have a question about genetics. Genetics just make my brain twist....if I had a roo that is Porcelain (2/3 lavender), could I breed him with my Lavender splits? What would their offspring be colorwise? Would it improve my lavender split (black)?

here is the chicken genetic calculator(built by Mr. Henk)

http://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html

lets use the genetic calculator, for the roo the genetic make up of Porcelain is eb/eb(partridge/brown) Co/Co(Columbian Restricted) s+/s+(sex linked recessive gold) mo/mo(mottled) and lav/lav(lavender) introduce this on the genetic calculator

for the lavender split hens the genetic make up will be E/E co+/co+(none restricted) s+/-(hemizygous for sex linked recessive gold) Mo+/Mo+(none mottled) Lav+/lav(split for recessive lavender)

the calculator should look like this before you press the "Calculate Crossing" option on the bottom left



and once you press "Calculate Crossing" you will get two answers, the first one is the genotype(what is the birds genetic make up) and Phenotype(how the birds will look)

and this is how they will look...


what this means? it means 50% of your bird will come out looking like solid self lavender and 50% of them will look self black(all black) but all of them will be hiding the recessive mottling gene, but wont be mottle

are this birds any good to use with your lavenders? I dont think so, at some point you will get mottled lavenders but thats not good only if you dont want mottled lavender birds...

 

[littlecritters]

here is the chicken genetic calculator(built by Mr. Henk)
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Thank you for the outstanding response.

 

[Adoravachick]

Thank you! My brain bubbled a litte, but the pictures helped...lol

Does anyone know of a great breeder of Lavender silkies here on the east coast that sells hatching eggs?

 

[Brookiesbrooder]

Bobbi Porto of indigo eggs....you can find her here or on her website indigo eggs

 

[mystdogs]

Looking forward to showing Gabby this fall, I think she is turning out pretty nice




Picaso is starting to come together

 

[CGinJCMO]

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So based on the beak, what would you guess this one to be? My son got to pick one of the month old partridge silkies that was in the cage (guy did not like how the partridge color looked), and I think son chose the picked-on underdog). I'm hoping that I have a girl on my hands. This photo was taken a day after s/he came home with us at the beginning of August, I need to get another picture because the head feathers look so much better now that s/he is the biggest (in with a bunch of d'uccle chicks).
Since getting him/her I've been researching on BYC about Silkies because all I knew about silkies was the 5 toes, black skin, and broody females, oh, and the obvious feather difference

. Since then, I've learned that you are never 100% sure until you get a crow or egg to know if you have male or female, but there's an indication with the toes (equal length=female but don't know for sure if it's exactly the same size or not), comb size/width, "streamer" head feathers, stance...but most of those need another chick or two to be able to compare (people say "likes to stand taller than the other chicks" or something like that) and I don't have a second silkie to try any comparisons with.

Thanks to anyone that can help me out.
CG

 

[peepblessed]

So based on the beak, what would you guess this one to be? My son got to pick one of the 3 or 4 partridge silkies that was in the cage (guy did not like how the partridge color looked), and I think son chose the picked-on underdog). I'm hoping that I have a girl on my hands. This photo was taken a day after s/he came home with us at the beginning of August, I need to get another picture because the head feathers look so much better now that s/he is the biggest (in with a bunch of d'uccle chicks).
Since getting him/her I've been researching on BYC about Silkies because all I knew about silkies was the 5 toes, black skin, and broody females, oh, and the obvious feather difference

. Since then, I've learned that you are never 100% sure until you get a crow or egg to know if you have male or female, but there's an indication with the toes (equal length=female but don't know for sure if it's exactly the same size or not), comb size/width, "streamer" head feathers, stance...but most of those need another chick or two to be able to compare (people say "likes to stand taller than the other chicks" or something like that) and I don't have a second silkie to try any comparisons with.

Thanks to anyone that can help me out.
CG

You don't say how old this baby is. I don't look at beaks until about 9 weeks. They change shape. Beak is only one of many indicators and I never use it by itself but based on beak alone in this picture, it is a femine beak.

 

[CGinJCMO]

Quote: I'll go back and fix that...but s/he is about 3-4 weeks (1 month) old in this photo. Now s/he is 6 weeks. Still too young apparently to tell gender if you don't try beak-sexing until 9 weeks.

So far s/he has not been named because son wants to know boy or girl. I hope it's a girl because we have a d'uccle cockerel already, with 1 OEGB pullet and 6 d'uccle females, plus one young d'uccle cockerel and I'd prefer a broody silkie to hatch chicks than another boy to mix breeds (maybe the kids can make a little extra money selling chicks next spring). S/He wasn't intended to just be a broody, but more of a pet, but if she can "pay" her way by incubating/hatching chicks that would be wonderful.
CG

 

[Chicksrulefarm]

I have question for Silkie breeders. I saw Silkies with single comb instead of cushion. Is it normal or abnormal? Can single combed bird be shown? I have read in some poultry magazine that Silkies can have different types of comb. Is it true?