Silkie/Cochin cross

[serendipityfarm]

OK, so I fail to collect an egg ONE DAY , and the next day my Silkie, Ursula is sitting on 2! She is white and her beau is my Calico Bantam Cochin.
Who knows? These may not even hatch. I'm curious what the babies would look like though. I have looked around here and seen some of the Silkie/Cochin crosses, and they are ADORABLE!

I guess I have 2 questions:

1- I have read that White is a mask color, and so it's hard to know genetically what they will produce from the genes "underneath" so to speak. Is this true, and if so, in all breeds? Does anyone know about the Calico color? How does that translate to the offspring?

2- I also read that w/this cross, skin color will be different between the sexes. THAT would be convenient! If so, how do I know which is which?

This is Ursula

and this is Samurai (Sammy)

They are in LOVE!

 

[muddyhorse]

you have a very pretty mille fleur cochin, a calico has large color patches. I have a couple of silkie cochin crosses and they are adorable

mine have small crests, beards, five toes and feet feathers and they are the broodiest critters EVER. I don't know what color your babies will be. so far all my crosses have pink skin but I only have girls so I don't know about the skin color.

 

[serendipityfarm]

OK, here he is again... Maybe you can see better why I call him Calico. (This pic was a couple weeks ago) Whatever he is, he is a handsome little guy!

And I think what I read was females have lighter skin, males are darker??? That would make some sense if you got all females. I could only hope... 2 juvenile roosters is plenty!
Not that I need any more chickens, period, but apparently nature's calling... how do you not answer???

 

[FrenchToast]

I have several cochin/silkie crosses. I aquired two white silkie hens that had bred with a black bantam cochin. The chicks are adorable.
Most came out black. The roos are getting tan hackle feathers. Don't know where the tan came from.
I think my hens have the dark skin though. I'll have to do a better inspection. The roos are just now starting to crow. They all have the single comb.

BTY, what are they called ? Just a silkie/cochin cross?? They sure are adorable. I ended up with 17 of these little critters and I only wanted to get into silkies. I will no doubt use them for brooders and small eggs for pickled eggs one day.

Is there a market for them???

 

[shaman59]

I have four birds that are the result of an accidental crossing between a blue splash cochin and white silkie hen. They are all four black, but not the intense black of our australorps or sumatras. There is a hint of green highlight to them in the sunlight. Right now they are about two months old and one is definitely a roo, maybe another. The roo and one other are developing gold or tan feathers in the neck area. Of course all have feathered feet and five toes.

Like the rest of you I find their look very entertaining with their samurai topknots and sideburns and the temperament is the best. So, also like some of you I have been giving some thought to establishing them as a breed. (I've been thinking of them as black sochi's). If there were enough interest in the idea perhaps we could trade some birds for better genetic diversity and partner up on a new breed of ornamental. Though I had planned on waiting till they got their adult feathering in to give any serious thought to it. Does anyone have any pics of this cross matured?

Peace

P.S. In most breeds white is a dominant (masking) color, but in silkies it is a recessive gene as is the hookless feather gene so a white silkie crossed with anything but a white silkie will likely come out some other color unless, perhaps, if it were crossed with a white dominant chicken like a white leghorn or some such.

 

[DragonEggs]

They will be ADORABLE! Trust me! Most or all should come out primarily black skinned and 5 toed. They'll all have normal feathering but they'll have little crests and feathered feet.

Here is a thread with pictures of silkie/cochin xs

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=187192

 

[meepANDpeep]

@serendipityfarm I know it's been awhile since you posted this, so you may not be an active member anymore, but just curious as to what they ended up looking like

 

[Willawong Hill]

Hi,
I think there this is really the start of Satins, so they are sort of a breed already. I think the skin colour only works if the rooster is silkie and the hen has yellow skin (dark skinned pullets and light skinned cockerels). Most white is recessive so it's hard to know what's hiding under there. The millifleur/calico will have mottle but that is unlikley to show unless the hens has it too, columbian may be in there so if you get a buff base colour you might have that. I too would like to see picture. I have a splash and two blue silkie cochin crosses but they're a bit young for good photos yet.