Silkie Cemani cross

[tsaiter]

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I have some with a black silkie hen and a cemani rooster. Some have silkie feathers and some have regular feathers. The silkie ones have the bantam trait and are smaller. Some with the regular feathers have a small crested head. They all have feathered legs and and five toes.
Well, nature literally took its course and a coyote got the rooster and hen. When the chicks grew a little we ended up with 3 roosters. All of the roosters looked like cemanis with feathered legs. One was a late bloomer and to his great fortune, wasn’t crowing yet, on the night the coyotes came back. They got the two other roosters while everyone else quietly hid in the bushes. Now he has his ladies, well sisters. They had chicks which are still young. The only difference I’ve noted with these is that I have two that don’t have feathered legs so to the untrained eye they look like cemanis. There is only one minor detail, 5 toes. I don’t know which eggs came from which hen because a had a dominant hen who was stealing everyone’s eggs. I finally had to bring some in and put them in the incubator. She was shoving them under her chest and there were so many that they were coming out the back so she wasn’t able to incubate them all. I was too late for several. I ended up with 6 incubated chicks and 6 hen raised.

 

[tsaiter]

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I have some with a black silkie hen and a cemani rooster. Some have silkie feathers and some have regular feathers. The silkie ones have the bantam trait and are smaller. Some with the regular feathers have a small crested head. They all have feathered legs and and five toes.
Well, nature literally took its course and a coyote got the rooster and hen. When the chicks grew a little we ended up with 3 roosters. All of the roosters looked like cemanis with feathered legs. One was a late bloomer and to his great fortune, wasn’t crowing yet, on the night the coyotes came back. They got the two other roosters while everyone else quietly hid in the bushes. Now he has his ladies, well sisters. They had chicks which are still young. The only difference I’ve noted with these is that I have two that don’t have feathered legs so to the untrained eye they look like cemanis. There is only one minor detail, 5 toes. I don’t know which eggs came from which hen because a had a dominant hen who was stealing everyone’s eggs. I finally had to bring some in and put them in the incubator. She was shoving them under her chest and there were so many that they were coming out the back so she wasn’t able to incubate them all. I was too late for several. I ended up with 6 incubated chicks and 6 hen raised.

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I have some with a black silkie hen and a cemani rooster. Some have silkie feathers and some have regular feathers. The silkie ones have the bantam trait and are smaller. Some with the regular feathers have a small crested head. They all have feathered legs and and five toes.
Well, nature literally took its course and a coyote got the rooster and hen. When the chicks grew a little we ended up with 3 roosters. All of the roosters looked like cemanis with feathered legs. One was a late bloomer and to his great fortune, wasn’t crowing yet, on the night the coyotes came back. They got the two other roosters while everyone else quietly hid in the bushes. Now he has his ladies, well sisters. They had chicks which are still young. The only difference I’ve noted with these is that I have two that don’t have feathered legs so to the untrained eye they look like cemanis. There is only one minor detail, 5 toes. I don’t know which eggs came from which hen because a had a dominant hen who was stealing everyone’s eggs. I finally had to bring some in and put them in the incubator. She was shoving them under her chest and there were so many that they were coming out the back so she wasn’t able to incubate them all. I was too late for several. I ended up with 6 incubated chicks and 6 hen raised.

 

[AubreyJo76]

We hatched a couple from a ayam cemani mama & a silkie rooster. Here’s what we got. Ha. She’s got feathered feet, cheeks & a beard, but lacks the head floof.
Currently have a couple in the incubator to see what we might get next time.

 

[CrazyChickLady64]

We hatched a couple from a ayam cemani mama & a silkie rooster. Here’s what we got. Ha. She’s got feathered feet, cheeks & a beard, but lacks the head floof.
Currently have a couple in the incubator to see what we might get next time.

I just hatched 4 but the roo is a Cemani this is the mom and dad they are all black with black feathers

 

[Sequoia Raven Bird Farms]

My black Bearded Silkie rooster bred my Ayam Cemani hen and now I have a very handsome cockerel with black skin, a black comb and slate legs. He doesn't have feathered legs but he has his father's really cute slicked back crest. He's really friendly and is so adorable and soft. His body is also black and he has a small beard that almost looks like muffs. I didn't do this on purpose but what a cutie! He also has one white toenail, and 5 toes on both feet that aren't as prominent as a pure bred Silkie. All of his feathers aren't barbed like Silkie feathers, although his crest is pretty soft!

P.s He's too young to know if he's a bantam or not.

 

[Littlechicksbigtrucks]

Whilst you will see crests and feathered legs in the F1 offspring, you won't see silkie feathers until your second generation. I'm unsure if I'm reading you correctly, but if you are seeking to have a smooth feathered body with a silkied head, that won't happen due to the nature of the hookless gene; all feathers are affected regardless of location.

I believe that there are smooth-feathered Silkies already being bred as 'Satins', if that is close to your end goal?

I have one of these