Silkie Lovers, Show Off Your Fuzzy Chickens Here?!

[HuffleClaw]

That third one looks exactly like a blue partridge.

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[HuffleClaw]

Both blue x partridge. Not calico now are they?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Both blue x partridge. Not calico now are they?
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First generation doesn't normally show it. Needs a sibling breeding, then needs to be bred back to a partridge, then too a splash.
Complicated stuff.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Both blue x partridge. Not calico now are they?
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Was the partridge you used a silver partridge, or regular partridge?

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

I know calico isn't accepted yet. Calico is mixed colors. Calico is a mix of either partridge with splash, or partridge with blue.

I did contact the breeder earlier this year, & she told me her blues would throw those funky colored ones out occasionally.

So since it’s not accepted, you can’t call it show quality.

 

[HuffleClaw]

Was the partridge you used a silver partridge, or regular partridge?

Regular partridge

 

[MysteryChicken]

Regular partridge

You'll need to do a sibling breeding, to bring out the partridge coloring through the blue.

 

[MysteryChicken]

So since it’s not accepted, you can’t call it show quality.

I can still show him, he'll just need to compete against other birds. By showing the unrecognized the colors at poultry shows, the APA might accept the color in the near future.

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

You'll need to do a sibling breeding, to bring out the partridge coloring through the blue.

That’s called line breeding not sibling breeding.

 

[Wolfefarmyard]

I can still show him, he'll just need to compete against other birds. By showing the unrecognized the colors at poultry shows, the APA might accept the color in the near future.

Well the best he can place is BB for an unrecognized breed or BV for an unrecognized variety.

But again, you can’t call him show quality if he hasn’t even been shown yet.