Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[mystdogs]

Picture day today.the babies are 2.5 months old. Still weeding out chicks, kinda hard with them all molting..sigh. Would love to hear comments, still working out some of their sexes. Here is the first group, 2 blue, 1 black, splash, and 2 black/lav split:


Black/lav split, 2 blues, black



blue and black/lav split



splash



splash



splash



blue #1



blue #2



black/lav split #1



black/lav split #2



black

 

[mystdogs]

Here are the next group: two buffs:



Sunny & Creamsicle



Sunny (pretty sure a boy)



Creamsicle (pretty sure a girl)



Sunny



Creamsicle

 

[mystdogs]

Two Porcelains: pretty sure both are boys



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#2

 

[mystdogs]

The partridges: pretty sure both are boys.



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[mystdogs]

Last group, the whites:



Snowball



Snowball



#2 (sorry about the dirty head, he likes to play in the water and food..sigh) & #3



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#2



#3 (he has poor foot feathering, but I love his type...thinking about growing him up and seeing how he produces with hens with good feathering)



#3

 

[City farm]

The partridges: pretty sure both are boys.we have a too from my pet chicken. He is great... They were so helpful!!! At first we named him Katherine. But after a crow around 5 months he is now kent.. His comb??? Above his beek is still growing by the week..



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[silkieloverz123]

Wow! Your silkies are beautiful!!!!!
-SilkieLoverz123

 

[Keric]

Beautiful!

What does "type" mean? I've seen it a lot on this site and I'm in the dark.

 

[ChicksNherps]

Beautiful!

What does "type" mean? I've seen it a lot on this site and I'm in the dark.

My understanding is it means conformation

 

[mystdogs]

Wow! Your silkies are beautiful!!!!!
-SilkieLoverz123

Thank you, wish I could take credit for breeding them, but they are from eggs I bought from Karen (Catdance)