Silkie color question - MORE PICTURES ADDED

[geosheets]

What color is this pullet? The parent birds were silver partridge. She's patterned like her silver siblings except she is a milky brown... almost a bronze color.

Trying to decide what color she is and what to breed her with... she's beautiful and I want more. Not sure if I should take her back to silver partridge or breed her to a black.

Your thoughts?

 

[muddyhorse]

is she partridge maybe

did she get a gold gene somewhere ?

she is cute

 

[acid_chipmunk]

Very pretty George!

Sorry I can't help with what to breed her to, though.

 

[sonew123]

Quote:
x2 George!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

She is either grey or partridge or blue partridge; can't really tell from the photos.

 

[SilkieTime]

I would breed her with a partridge because if you breed her to blue or black the gold will be there for a long time and most people don't like that.

 

[geosheets]

It is hard to see the color in pictures and the pictures don't do her justice. Today was a nice overcast day so I took some more pics. The ones with 2 birds are a grey and the bird in question. The grey is from the same parent stock & same hatch so the birds are identical in age and both are pullets... right at 8 months old. I also included a couple photos with a white & black pullet for color reference. I think these pics show the color a little better so... do we have some new opinions on her color?

 

[phasianidae]

I would breed her to silver partridge, her father was probably split for gold.