Silkie roo help

[Silkielad]

Hi guys here is my boy Milo,
I'm hoping you guys could help me out a little a friend of mine give me Milo when I brought my girls home under the impression that he was a lavender/blue roo but now I'm not too certain I'm starting to think he could well of been part of a blue cream project,
It would be great if you guys could give me your own opinion,
Thanks in advance
Darren

 

[Sneebsey]

He isn't Blue or Lavender. Maybe Khaki?

ETA: To find out if he is Khaki, test breed him to your black hen in back there, and all the chicks should come out Dun, which is indicated in chick down by a cappuccino brown colour.

 

[Silkielad]

He isn't Blue or Lavender. Maybe Khaki?

I'm not entirely sure to be honest he is the only roo I have at the moment,
I was just curious as i have been hatching some eggs from my paints and they have been throwing out blacks , paints a couple of whites and a blue up to now

 

[Silkielad]

He isn't Blue or Lavender. Maybe Khaki?

ETA: To find out if he is Khaki, test breed him to your black hen in back there, and all the chicks should come out Dun, which is indicated in chick down by a cappuccino brown colour.

I will be as soon as she starts to lay,
I was more curious as to where the blue chick came from would it be the paint carrying the blue gene or from the roo?

 

[Sneebsey]

Can I see your paint hens? I don't think he's blue, but if none of the hens are (blue-paint), he must be. If you're not seeing any brown in the offspring, he can't be khaki. I just can't think of anything else that would cause that brownish colour in his head.

If you are hatching whites from him, he must have either Dominant or Recessive white. Your paint hens will have Dominant white single copy; around how many black chicks and white chicks have you hatched compared to paint?

 

[Silkielad]

Can I see your paint hens? I don't think he's blue, but if none of the hens are (blue-paint), he must be. If you're not seeing any brown in the offspring, he can't be khaki. I just can't think of anything else that would cause that brownish colour in his head.

If you are hatching whites from him, he must have either Dominant or Recessive white. Your paint hens will have Dominant white single copy; around how many black chicks and white chicks have you hatched compared to paint?

From 14 eggs I have had 2 whites 5 blacks 3 paint and one blue

 

[Sneebsey]

That's a small sample, so nothing is concrete. We can rule out what he cannot be; he's not Khaki or Splash, and likely isn't Dun. It would be interesting to see if he is mixed-colour; possibly a partridge or blue-partridge with dominant white single-copy? This would fit with the offspring you are getting and his appearance. As the chicks grow, particularly the black and blue chicks, I would watch to see if any have red or brown leakage in their feathers. Also breeding to partridge based hens, if any hatch true wildtype, chipmunk style, then he is likely partridge based.

 

[Silkielad]

That's a small sample, so nothing is concrete. We can rule out what he cannot be; he's not Khaki or Splash, and likely isn't Dun. It would be interesting to see if he is mixed-colour; possibly a partridge or blue-partridge with dominant white single-copy? This would fit with the offspring you are getting and his appearance. As the chicks grow, particularly the black and blue chicks, I would watch to see if any have red or brown leakage in their feathers. Also breeding to partridge based hens, if any hatch true wildtype, chipmunk style, then he is likely partridge based.

Thank you for your input I shall certainly be keeping an eye on the chicks as they grow and I shall keep you updated

 

[Silkielad]

Can I see your paint hens? I don't think he's blue, but if none of the hens are (blue-paint), he must be. If you're not seeing any brown in the offspring, he can't be khaki. I just can't think of anything else that would cause that brownish colour in his head.

If you are hatching whites from him, he must have either Dominant or Recessive white. Your paint hens will have Dominant white single copy; around how many black chicks and white chicks have you hatched compared to paint?

This is one of my paint hens she's not a heavy paint but she dose have a bit more started leaking through on the other side

 

[Sneebsey]

She looks to be a black-paint. She has lovely dark skin. If that's the same cockerel in the back of the photo, his tail does look blue, so I think blue partridge with dominant white is likely behind his colouration.