Silkie color genetics.

[Fordfunnyfarm]

Hello! I redid all my breeding pens this summer so all my birds where in together and I hatched quite a bit of barnyard mixes. Well I got a silkie Roos that has the most beautiful color and I think I want to start a project pen for this. I’m not sure how I got the color. But I wondering if anyone has suggestions where I should start with this and what hens I should use him on.

 

[The-White-Elephant]

Hello! I redid all my breeding pens this summer so all my birds where in together and I hatched quite a bit of barnyard mixes. Well I got a silkie Roos that has the most beautiful color and I think I want to start a project pen for this. I’m not sure how I got the color. But I wondering if anyone has suggestions where I should start with this and what hens I should use him on.

Looks like a splash, but I’m horrible at these things.
This guy knows his genetics: @MysteryChicken

 

[MysteryChicken]

Looks like a splash, but I’m horrible at these things.
This guy knows his genetics: @MysteryChicken

I'm a girl, but thanks.

 

[NatJ]

I got a silkie Roos that has the most beautiful color

He might be a Silkie-mix, but he is not pure Silkie because he does not have silkie-type feathers (fluffy hairy ones).

 

[The-White-Elephant]

I'm a girl, but thanks.

Oops, sorry, didn’t know.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Hello! I redid all my breeding pens this summer so all my birds where in together and I hatched quite a bit of barnyard mixes. Well I got a silkie Roos that has the most beautiful color and I think I want to start a project pen for this. I’m not sure how I got the color. But I wondering if anyone has suggestions where I should start with this and what hens I should use him on.

Looks like a Blue, Gold, Split for silver Partridge pattern.

 

[The-White-Elephant]

Hello! I redid all my breeding pens this summer so all my birds where in together and I hatched quite a bit of barnyard mixes. Well I got a silkie Roos that has the most beautiful color and I think I want to start a project pen for this. I’m not sure how I got the color. But I wondering if anyone has suggestions where I should start with this and what hens I should use him on.

He looks stunning. One of a kind

 

[MysteryChicken]

He might be a Silkie-mix, but he is not pure Silkie because he does not have silkie-type feathers (fluffy hairy ones).

He could still be pure for Silkie, but doesn't carry the Silkie feather Genes. (Satin)

He maybe a silkie mix too.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Oops, sorry, didn’t know.

It's okay.

You just have to pull up my profile.

 

[NatJ]

He could still be pure for Silkie, but doesn't carry the Silkie feather Genes. (Satin)

No, it doesn't work that way.
If he does not have Silkie feathers, he is not a Silkie.
The silkie feathers are caused by a recessive gene, so crossing two pure Silkies should NEVER produce a bird with normal feathers.

To get a Satin (normal feathers), someone needs to cross in a normal-feathered bird, at which point the offspring are not PURE Silkies anymore.

He maybe a silkie mix too.

I think he must be.