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Silkie crossed with ?? Any thoughts?

Discussion in 'What Breed Or Gender is This?' started by faceache, Aug 1, 2014.

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  1. Aug 1, 2014 #1
    faceache

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    Hi here are a couple of my 3 week old chicks that I brought as frizzle or sizzle chicks 5 hatch 1 is a frizzle that I posted earlier 1 is a silkie gold/blue I think and 2 have black skin but feathers and one has pink skin but 5 toes so don't know how they will turn out do u think they are crossed with pekins? [​IMG][​IMG]
     
  2. Aug 1, 2014 #2
    Stiggy

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    they could be crossed with almost anything, once they are older then it may become more clear, or they could look like a crossbred where we would only be guessing
     
  3. Aug 2, 2014 #3
    farmerChef

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    silkies are commonly crossed with frizzled cochins to make sizzles. Frizzling is dominate, so neither of your chicks is frizzled. But they may carry the silked gene, as it is recessive and needs to copied to show up.

    silkie + frizzled cochin = sizzle (but not in 1st gen)
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