Silkie feathering

[LadiesAndJane]

Okay! I don't mind showgirl or bowtie offspring. It'll add some variety to my mixed flock

It's starting to look a bit red in the face so I'm guessing cockerel. I have another one that also looks barred that I think is a pullet. Would they breed true to their coloring?

Depends if they are truly barred and what other genetics are going on. Try it and see! Be sure to post updates.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

It's starting to look a bit red in the face so I'm guessing cockerel. I have another one that also looks barred that I think is a pullet. Would they breed true to their coloring?

Do you have a picture of the pullet?

 

[TundraFang]

Do you have a picture of the pullet?

She's currently in quarantine inside so she's feathering out slower. She doesn't look as barred as the cockerel if that makes sense. She also was completely yellow and had chipmunk stripes on her back.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

View attachment 2857428She's currently in quarantine inside so she's feathering out slower. She doesn't look as barred as the cockerel if that makes sense. She also was completely yellow and had chipmunk stripes on her back.

This one looks partridge based to me.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

View attachment 2857428She's currently in quarantine inside so she's feathering out slower. She doesn't look as barred as the cockerel if that makes sense. She also was completely yellow and had chipmunk stripes on her back.

Doesn’t look barred so far.

 

[thehomesteadnw]

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There's also some black and white ones that are completely hard feathered but look like normal silkies otherwise. They all have a walnut comb, grey skin, and extra toes so they at least have some silkie in them.

 

[thehomesteadnw]

They look like Satins.
These are not an officially recognized breed but are essentially Silkies with hard feathering. They cannot be called Silkies though because they do not have silkied feathers. Depending on how many generations they have been working on the Satins, they may still be recessive for silkied feathers. The only way to know is to breed them with a Silkie and see what happens. If they carry the recessive gene for silkied feathers, then breeding them to a regular Silkie will give you 50% silkied feathered offspring and 50% hard feathered offspring.
While a Satin can never be 100% Silkie, they can be well over 90% Silkie.

I think I have a satin Silkie had no idea what these were because the other two I have came out looking like silkies.