Silkie color help Please! Pics..

[happytraylz]

Hi there, newish to Silkie Breeding, and I know basic colors, trying to improve. I hatched some eggs from a couple of breeders with show stock, and have youngsters I am trying to decide on. Some of their colors I am not sure of, and not sure if they would be good to add to my flock. They are loosing their chick fuzz, and look a lil goofy, and don't like to sit for pics. Any help is greatly appreciated..

 

[chickendales]

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#1 pet rooster splash buff
#2buff
#3grey
#4partridge
#5buff
looks lie the breeder added blue to there buffs to hide smutt some my buffs have splash fearthers if u look closely

 

[happytraylz]

Thanks Chickendales! So, are the buffs good color type? Is the white feathering good, or are they supposed to be solid buff?

 

[chickendales]

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buffs are hard i would grow then out before i desided that was white or not it could be light buff in the chicks it easier to breed to get darker then light er buff

 

[happytraylz]

Ok, great! Thank you!

 

[Shayna]

Well I'll give this my best guess, mainly for fun. I am just learning all the silkie colors, so this is more of a free bump for you and I'm sure someone will come along and correct me.

Here are my guesses:
#1 Looks like a paint. Many paint roos have a lot of champagne frosting, which looks similar that, but also has black spotting. I think I see black spot on the back of that roo near the tail. If it has additional black spots, I would guess it's a paint. If that's what it is, ideally the spots should be kept and the frosting should be bred out.
#2 Buff
#3 Grey
#4 really light Buff

 

[chickendales]

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more then like #1 came out a buff pen that carries blue to hide black smutt

 

[Shayna]

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more then like #1 came out a buff pen that carries blue to hide black smutt

That would make sense since it looks a lot like #4, but the black spotting threw me off... Haven't noticed that on buffs before - but I haven't seen that many buffs either...

 

[happytraylz]

Thanks for the input folks! I have soo much yet to learn, thats why I LOOOVE this site and all the 'peeps'..

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

IMO, #1 looks nothing like the champagne colouring on paints; it looks much too red. It actually looks along the lines of red pyle, but that could indeed be from buff plus splash rather than red plus dominant white.