Silkie Cross Thread!! PICS!!

[nicalandia]

More cockerels from that pairing. There are 22 left (with a few pullets in there), and all have the same coloring (minus the leakage on the pullets), right down to the gray skin.

The fact these cockerels SHOULD have Yellow shanks instead of Dark Slate is a Genetic puzzle, Those Birds should be Id/id+ and I know they should be Fm/fm+ but something is restricting the Id expression..

 

[388chick]

This is our little almost 11 week old silkie Cochin X...anyone have any guesses whether we should be listening for a cockadoodle or waiting for an egg?

 

[nicalandia]

This is our little almost 11 week old silkie Cochin X...anyone have any guesses whether we should be listening for a cockadoodle or waiting for an egg?

Thats a Pullet, the Silkie was a Rooster and Cochin was the mother right?.. Id would prevent her from having a black face..

 

[OlivesMama]

What beautiful Silkie crosses you all have! It seems for the most part, they all get the large dark eyes from Silkies.

 

[388chick]

Thats a Pullet, the Silkie was a Rooster and Cochin was the mother right?.. Id would prevent her from having a black face..

Yes!! The roo was a black silkie!! Sweet!!! Thank you!!! What a fun surprise!!

 

[nicalandia]

Yes!! The roo was a black silkie!! Sweet!!! Thank you!!! What a fun surprise!!

its actually not a surpice at all, you see when you cross a Silkie Rooster to any hen with yellow/white shanks you are creating a Sexlink Cross, The Females will have black skin and the males will have white/yellow skin, their shanks may become slate but their skin will remain white...

 

[388chick]

Oh awesome!! Thank you for the explanation!!

 

[Helen in the Desert]

What beautiful birds! I was just trying to get an idea of what mine (Cochin roo over Silkie hens) were going to end up looking like

 

[athleticme20]

Ok I got some in which I got fascinated by creating my own Mix Breed lol thank u All for I got Inspired..

 

[athleticme20]

one of my Silkie chicks love the Blue Earlobe