Silkie Cross Thread!! PICS!!

[Gardengirl73]

My blue silkie+chocolate bantam Orp eggs have veining! I wonder though. She is BBS not Self Blue. I am not sure if that makes a difference as far as the caramel dun color the chicks should be? Anybody know?

With blue from BBS plus Chocolate, I think you get mauve, at least with an all orp cross. Not sure if that's all the time or occasional. Post some pics would love to see.

 

[Naamahbengals]

Just put eggs in the incubator for my Silkie crosses. Silkie roo over EEs, Orpingtons, and last years Silkie-EE crosses (so we'll see some silkied-feather chicks this year!).

Anyone have tips on how to tell silkie chicks apart from silkied-feather cross chicks? My cross pullets from last years hatch have all the silkie traits aside from feathers (crest, fibro, extra toe, feathered legs, etc) soooo.....

I do know, at least, that all my pure silkies will be black, blue, blue partridge, or poooossibly white (I have one white hen but I don't think she is laying). So I know chicks of any other color are crosses. But it's the cross chicks of those colors that I think I may have trouble identifying. And before you say it, yes, the silkies and the silkie crosses lay the exact same egg!

 

[388chick]

Just put eggs in the incubator for my Silkie crosses. Silkie roo over EEs, Orpingtons, and last years Silkie-EE crosses (so we'll see some silkied-feather chicks this year!). 

Anyone have tips on how to tell silkie chicks apart from silkied-feather cross chicks? My cross pullets from last years hatch have all the silkie traits aside from feathers (crest, fibro, extra toe, feathered legs, etc) soooo.....

I do know, at least, that all my pure silkies will be black, blue, blue partridge, or poooossibly white (I have one white hen but I don't think she is laying). So I know chicks of any other color are crosses. But it's the cross chicks of those colors that I think I may have trouble identifying. And before you say it, yes, the silkies and the silkie crosses lay the exact same egg!

I can't wait to see those babies!!

 

[Naamahbengals]

I can't wait to see those babies!!

Me too!!!

 

[ihavechickens2]

Beautiful!!! And so interesting that he has copper and gold from that mix!

i have also done that mix, and both the roos I got have had copper. I wonder why?

 

[388chick]

This little mutt will be 4 weeks tomorrow...so sweet and so fluffy...we can't wait to see the changes the next few weeks bring!

 

[Naamahbengals]

Ok everyone. So I crossed a green egg laying EE with a Silkie. My hens from that pairing are finally grown up and starting to lay. So far, every single hen lays a tan-cream egg. I have a couple left that have yet to start laying, but... what are the chances? I know the mother (the EE) only carried one copy of blue, so each chick from her should have a 50% chance of inheriting that blue eg gene (and giving me a green-layer). So whats up with my group?

I know I've seen other people cross silkies with Ameraucana or green-layer EEs. What color did they end up laying?

 

[CarolinaHen]

Ok everyone. So I crossed a green egg laying EE with a Silkie. My hens from that pairing are finally grown up and starting to lay. So far, every single hen lays a tan-cream egg. I have a couple left that have yet to start laying, but... what are the chances? I know the mother (the EE) only carried one copy of blue, so each chick from her should have a 50% chance of inheriting that blue eg gene (and giving me a green-layer). So whats up with my group?

I know I've seen other people cross silkies with Ameraucana or green-layer EEs. What color did they end up laying?

I had one that laid a mint green egg.

 

[MEMama3]

Ok everyone. So I crossed a green egg laying EE with a Silkie. My hens from that pairing are finally grown up and starting to lay. So far, every single hen lays a tan-cream egg. I have a couple left that have yet to start laying, but... what are the chances? I know the mother (the EE) only carried one copy of blue, so each chick from her should have a 50% chance of inheriting that blue eg gene (and giving me a green-layer). So whats up with my group?

I know I've seen other people cross silkies with Ameraucana or green-layer EEs. What color did they end up laying?

mine lays a sage green. It's darker than mint and it's glossy.

 

[ramirezframing]

Mine are blue, but I used a true araucana in my cross.