Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[Tammylr]

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ANYONE?

I thinks he is one of the cutest fluffed I've seen! Sooooo fluffy!

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I like him, I think he's fabulous!

 

[henney penny]

Thanks

 

[Troubadour05]

Quote: I think he is very handsome! I am no Silkie expert by any means, but from what I can see his wings look tight, he looks to have that "S" shape, he looks like he has a nice full crest, and he looks like he has that nice poofy cushion!

 

[only1bgirl]

 

[Debs55]

ok guys I have some color questions. This winter I have hatched lots of eggs in preparation for having breeding pens in the late spring, so of course I have a few odd balls that I am not sure what to call them or do with them.

First, an 8 week old (pullet?) hatched from BBS or paint eggs (most likely BBS). she/he has leakage on the neck. Should I keep it for breeding purposes? I already have a pure white pen, and will be setting up a paint pen, a blue pen (maybe with splash), and a pure black pen.





next is 2 chicks that I originally thought were spash one is 8 weeks old and hatch from either paint or BBS eggs (most likely BBS). The other is 6 weeks old and came from a blue and black pairing I believe. Came from two different breeders. They are mostly black with white feathers on their wings, the older one is more pronounced.
the 8 week old










the 6 week old



Would these be best suited for any of my projects? maybe with a paint rooster over them?

 

[ASilkieNest]

This is my silkie rooster,I think he is so handsome what do you think?

He's the cutest thing ever!

 

[ASilkieNest]

Does anyone have or know of anyone that will sell me some show quality Silkies? I'm looking for white, splash, and blue.

 

[Tammylr]

ok guys I have some color questions. This winter I have hatched lots of eggs in preparation for having breeding pens in the late spring, so of course I have a few odd balls that I am not sure what to call them or do with them. They are cute whatever they are. Random white feathers and all. I know that sometimes you get silver leakage on a black bird...... Makes extra white whites is what I have been told on here if you can get the recessive whites together. Hope that helped a little? Really cute either way. First, an 8 week old (pullet?) hatched from BBS or paint eggs (most likely BBS). she/he has leakage on the neck. Should I keep it for breeding purposes? I already have a pure white pen, and will be setting up a paint pen, a blue pen (maybe with splash), and a pure black pen. next is 2 chicks that I originally thought were spash one is 8 weeks old and hatch from either paint or BBS eggs (most likely BBS). The other is 6 weeks old and came from a blue and black pairing I believe. Came from two different breeders. They are mostly black with white feathers on their wings, the older one is more pronounced. the 8 week old the 6 week old Would these be best suited for any of my projects? maybe with a paint rooster over them?

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

I wouldn't keep the bird with leakage unless it ends up having phenomenal type, but that's just me. If you breed a bird with leakage, you'll be culling more of its offspring for the same reason.

The other two, I'd keep and breed together to see what they produce. I had a blue cockerel that started out the same way, with a couple of white feathers here and there. As he matured, he developed more and more white feathers, like a mottled colored bird. That's exactly what I had planned to do with him, try to start some mottled Silkies. Sadly, something got him I'll post some pics of him later (when my daughter gets off the computer), its hard to share them from my phone!

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