Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[PNWGirl]

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Originally Posted by The Lisser

Does anyone know if the gene for mottling exists in silkies (aside from project birds that are crossed to mottled non-silkies)? As in mo/mo rather than Mo/Mo. I'm still learning about chicken genetics, so please bear with me.

I crossed a hen that I thought was blue partridge (turns out she is porcelain, or from a porcelain/partridge breeding) to a bird that I'm pretty sure is a black/lavender split with silver leakage - I was trying to make offspring that I could use in a gray project. I ended up with a splash looking male - but I wonder if he is expressing mottling because his back half looks like a reverse splash, and many of his tail feathers are black with white tips.

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Can't help you, but wow! What a gorgeous guy!!

X2!!! What an amazing color and - from what I can see in the photo- stucture!!! THAT is a beautiful bird!!

Sheila

 

[nicalandia]

Does anyone know if the gene for mottling exists in silkies (aside from project birds that are crossed to mottled non-silkies)? As in mo/mo rather than Mo/Mo. I'm still learning about chicken genetics, so please bear with me.

it does exist...but only on mottled silkies or crosses of mottled silkies, it does not exist on ALL silkies ofcourse...

https://www.google.com.ni/search?q=...689gSAjIDgAQ&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ&biw=1280&bih=677

 

[The Lisser]

Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lisser

Does anyone know if the gene for mottling exists in silkies (aside from project birds that are crossed to mottled non-silkies)? As in mo/mo rather than Mo/Mo. I'm still learning about chicken genetics, so please bear with me.

I crossed a hen that I thought was blue partridge (turns out she is porcelain, or from a porcelain/partridge breeding) to a bird that I'm pretty sure is a black/lavender split with silver leakage - I was trying to make offspring that I could use in a gray project. I ended up with a splash looking male - but I wonder if he is expressing mottling because his back half looks like a reverse splash, and many of his tail feathers are black with white tips.

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X2!!! What an amazing color and - from what I can see in the photo- stucture!!! THAT is a beautiful bird!!

Sheila

Thanks! He just moved to a breeding pen.

And Nicalandia, thanks for your reply! Now I can focus on using him in a blue/splash breeding program.

 

[Me & Jack]

Does anyone know if the gene for mottling exists in silkies (aside from project birds that are crossed to mottled non-silkies)? As in mo/mo rather than Mo/Mo. I'm still learning about chicken genetics, so please bear with me.

I crossed a hen that I thought was blue partridge (turns out she is porcelain, or from a porcelain/partridge breeding) to a bird that I'm pretty sure is a black/lavender split with silver leakage - I was trying to make offspring that I could use in a gray project. I ended up with a splash looking male - but I wonder if he is expressing mottling because his back half looks like a reverse splash, and many of his tail feathers are black with white tips.

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Could you be looking at barring/penciling rather than mottling in these feathers? And might I just say, the mom is B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!!

 

[littlecritters]

Does anyone know if the gene for mottling exists in silkies (aside from project birds that are crossed to mottled non-silkies)? As in mo/mo rather than Mo/Mo. I'm still learning about chicken genetics, so please bear with me.

I crossed a hen that I thought was blue partridge (turns out she is porcelain, or from a porcelain/partridge breeding) to a bird that I'm pretty sure is a black/lavender split with silver leakage - I was trying to make offspring that I could use in a gray project. I ended up with a splash looking male - but I wonder if he is expressing mottling because his back half looks like a reverse splash, and many of his tail feathers are black with white tips.

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This hen is especially lovely!

 

[ChicksNherps]

So this is a porcelain partridge? I think this is what I have but some have been saying she is something else. Can't quite put a finger on it.

 

[Hawkeye95]

Does anyone know if the gene for mottling exists in silkies (aside from project birds that are crossed to mottled non-silkies)? As in mo/mo rather than Mo/Mo. I'm still learning about chicken genetics, so please bear with me.

I crossed a hen that I thought was blue partridge (turns out she is porcelain, or from a porcelain/partridge breeding) to a bird that I'm pretty sure is a black/lavender split with silver leakage - I was trying to make offspring that I could use in a gray project. I ended up with a splash looking male - but I wonder if he is expressing mottling because his back half looks like a reverse splash, and many of his tail feathers are black with white tips.

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Where is Sonoran?? She is working on mottled silkies, right?? I saw her project photos a while back where she was crossing birds to get to mottleds. And wow--- the hen and this offspring are insanely beautiful!!!!

 

[thedragonlady]

Can't tell from my monitor...Is that cream or light orange in amongst all those splash feathers? If not, show him as a splash, after a good bluing job. He has lovely type.

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

Does anyone know if the gene for mottling exists in silkies (aside from project birds that are crossed to mottled non-silkies)? As in mo/mo rather than Mo/Mo. I'm still learning about chicken genetics, so please bear with me.

I crossed a hen that I thought was blue partridge (turns out she is porcelain, or from a porcelain/partridge breeding) to a bird that I'm pretty sure is a black/lavender split with silver leakage - I was trying to make offspring that I could use in a gray project. I ended up with a splash looking male - but I wonder if he is expressing mottling because his back half looks like a reverse splash, and many of his tail feathers are black with white tips.

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Love that lavender partridge She is gorgeous!

The offspring is gorgeous but appearance/physically looks like a normal splash bird to me, though genetically he probably isn't a 'normal' splash, seeing as who the parents are, he may carry a copy of lavender?

 

[dwegg]

I am going to my first show with one silkie (blue splash) and wanted to know if I can take either of these girls below, to the show...they are paints but one has very orange frosting and the other has a few light spots...even though I think their 'type' s good their coloring is NOT what you think of as paint...

is it worth taking them or not to show as AVO paint?