Silkie color genetics

[True Facts]

What color would this silkie be? I recently purchased some eggs from a breeder and this was one of their silkies, I don't think it's molted yet though, or at least not completely...

 

[muddyhorse]

You have a cuckoo, It is hard to get the combs dark. breed him to a good black hen with very dark skin and it will improve the offspring. I have two cuckoo roos I love them

this one is my favorite

he looks like he has a piece of bubblegum on his head his comb is so pink

 

[True Facts]

Here I was thinking it was some special type of cuckoo because it looked kind of Lavender colored! I still have A LOT to learn. Thanks for the advice, and i do like the bubblegum comb. It's so bright!

 

[Henk69]

It could be a lavender cuckoo. It has a strange tint for a normal cuckoo.

 

[nzpouter]

while we're at it... anybody knows what control the white crest?

 

[nzpouter]

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[Henk69]

White crest is default.
In your case it could also be the silver groundcolor.

For a black crest you need melanizers, black enhancers.
If you cross a black chicken with a not-black chicken, eg partridge, you get a rusty black chicken.
Hackle and saddle can leak groundcolor (silver, gold or red).
A full black chicken has additional melanizers to make it 100% black.

 

[kurka]

Hello, what colour can be this one:

It looks very nice for me and I think of buing him..

 

[Smoky73]

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He is indeed very nice, I would consider him a Birchen, but that is not a standard color variety for Silkies. Maybe a Grey? I would keep him for sure if Ihad hens to go with him.

 

[kurka]

I have only a pair of whites, and I have no idea what kind of hen would fit this.. I thought about partridge, I'm not sure but I think that + black hen would make that silver/grey? neck invisible. Starting to learn chicken genetics Maybe buff? Buff is supposed to be colour of many suprises, so.. Maybe someone have better idea?
I have some informations on his parents : father white, mother black. Interesting.