Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[Irishgirl]

Looks like a partridge to me. Love those big eyes. From that breeding you could get blue partridge, or partridge if the black was carrying red.

I could, but that's the one that only has 8 toes instead of the normal 10.

 

[thedragonlady]

looks a bit like Icelynn. If the head is darker without the flash she is just a light blue. I have a picture of Ice where the flash makes her look self blue

Same bird

Blue on top, self blue on the bottom, as you said.

 

[ChicksNherps]

Blue on top, self blue on the bottom, as you said.

Yup, lighting is a tricky sob

 

[JacquiJ]

The right foot looks okay in the third photo. I can't see the other one. I don't think you can tell by holding them in the air without weight on their feet. JMO  She's a real cutie!

I'll get better pics tomorrow. It was snowing all day and was freezing so I let them stay in the garage... Ok well on the couch inside! I just love her though, she is so sweet. She loves to sit with my husband. I get the other two!

 

[moomoodiddy]

Yes, they come with everything. The boxes are not in a container in order to save on shipping. They are taped together to form a package. Just cut the tape to separated them. Yes. Money order is fine. My address is on my website. http://twin-oaks-ranch.org/silkie-bantam-chickens/

k thanx so how much would 3 boxes shipping and postage be?

 

[moomoodiddy]

hey yall i would like to know what yall feed yalls silkies and any extra supplements and what things have u avoided/ added to it to help or prevent diseases or disorders specific to silkies thanx!!!

 

[Adoravachick]

Definitely not self-blue. How old? What makes you think boy? I had a cockerel this color, almost looked like blue and splash mixed. By 10 months he was a perfect blue. There was some partridge genetics going on though. Show up in the chicks on rare occasion.

I am not sure of the age.....but definitely a girl. Just unsure of her color.

As far as my partridge chicks showing up in the blue pen, I am thinking that it is my rooster. He is blue...and I am thinking, with a hidden partridge gene. My last 4 hatches have produced 4 chicks(I have 2 small incubators) per hatch and at least 1 chick per hatch has been a partridge. In addition to that, at least one per hatch has developed crossbeak. I was able to collect eggs from 2 hens that I know are blue, produce blue chicks, and have not ever produced cross beak before. I was told by a local silkie breeder that the fact that partridge coloring and crossbeak are present so frequently and with a small number of chicks, I should set that rooster aside. Out of 16 chicks, 4 have been partridge, and 4 have developed crossbeak. Those statistics are a little startling. Not happy. I can live with the fact that the rooster throws partridge colored chicks, but the crossbeak is just unacceptable, not to mention heartbreaking.

 

[TNBarnQueen]

I kept having trouble with my silkies doing the "sneezing" thing for a couple months. I tried Ozine and did not have good results so I went ahead with Duracyn-10 for 7 days and it cleared up completely. I hated using antibiotics but only do as a last resort. Our weather has been up and down cold then hot then cold then hot...I am surprised I have not had any more problems that I have considering.

 

[ChicksNherps]

I am not sure of the age.....but definitely a girl. Just unsure of her color.

As far as my partridge chicks showing up in the blue pen, I am thinking that it is my rooster. He is blue...and I am thinking, with a hidden partridge gene. My last 4 hatches have produced 4 chicks(I have 2 small incubators) per hatch and at least 1 chick per hatch has been a partridge. In addition to that, at least one per hatch has developed crossbeak. I was able to collect eggs from 2 hens that I know are blue, produce blue chicks, and have not ever produced cross beak before. I was told by a local silkie breeder that the fact that partridge coloring and crossbeak are present so frequently and with a small number of chicks, I should set that rooster aside. Out of 16 chicks, 4 have been partridge, and 4 have developed crossbeak. Those statistics are a little startling. Not happy. I can live with the fact that the rooster throws partridge colored chicks, but the crossbeak is just unacceptable, not to mention heartbreaking.

Try seperating each hatch. Hatch a batch from one hen and your rooster, see what you get (partridge or crossbeak), then do another hen, then another. The cross beak and partridge don't have to neccessarily be from your roo, it could be one of the hens. But if they show up in more than one hatch, you will know it is him and you can cull accordingly

 

[Adoravachick]

Try seperating each hatch. Hatch a batch from one hen and your rooster, see what you get (partridge or crossbeak), then do another hen, then another. The cross beak and partridge don't have to neccessarily be from your roo, it could be one of the hens. But if they show up in more than one hatch, you will know it is him and you can cull accordingly

That is what I did. Isabel and Iris are both blue and have thrown pretty BBS babies without any issues with a previous roo. The fact that a partridge baby popped up from one of them....makes me very suspicious its him. The chicks are only a few days old, but I will see if one of them develops crossbeak within the next couple of weeks. Since that seems to be when is begins...
Thanks to my Broody, Julia, we'll have more chicks from Isabel in a couple of days as well as a batch due to hatch next weekend, also from Isabel and Iris. Those are my sure fire girls, if the issues come up with them, it HAS to be HIM.