Silkie cross? Pics

[allmypeeps]

oops! I was posting just as you were...

THANKS! and your welcome!

 

[taraann81]

True and I have heard that that question can take months to answer with silkies! Oh well they are fun, I have 2 that color and one that looks black. I hope they are silkies!

 

[taraann81]

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possible in second crosses, and yours is a grey.

So how do you tell if its a cross? Wait for it to completely feather out?

 

[BattleChickens]

He looks just like my silkies.

Is there a difference between Gray and Blue? And what about Lavender? I don't understand!!!

 

[Birdgirl]

yes theres a difference.
http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Silkies/BRKSilkies.html

hope this helps some of you...

 

[allmypeeps]

Heres a link to a silkie website I found.

If you scroll down to the very bottom their are variable color silkie chicks.


http://www.windchyme.com/Images/Chickens/Silkie Chicks/index.htm

The 'splash' shown on there looked mostly white to me though....I clicked on it to enlarge the photo and I can see the black in it, but its sparse.... They are like puppies, theres a certain breed standard, but not all meet it 100%

...wait till they feather out and see what they look like. They may be pure silkies, they may not. But I would think they are.

 

[taraann81]

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Both those sites were very informative. But I agree to the novices eye Blues and blacks look remarkably alike.

I assume my darker one is black but who knows!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Way back at the beginning of this thread. The "frayed" feathers are the way silkie feathers look as they open up. As nz said, a 2nd generation cross can give silkie feathering. However I would call that pure silkie--it has silkie feathering, dark skin & eyes and feathered feet. I can't see how many toes ther are.

Cuckoo is a colour/variety, not necessarily a cuckoo marans, and that bird looks nothing like cuckoo patterned bird. Nor does it look splash. It is closest to grey, but not quite that either.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Greys have multiple laced/penciled feathers. The hue is different--shades of black and white.

Blues have a bit of a blue/slate hue to them, and have a single lacing around the edge of each feather.

Cuckoo have black and white striped feathers--think barred, but fuzzy, like the barring is drawn freehand with a crayon, not a straight edge & marker.

Blues vary in shade from nearly as light as lavender to nearly as dark as black. Most prefer something in between.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Forgot to say, there is no standard for minimum numbner of splashes, only that is should be less than 50% dark feathers.