Fur-N-Fowl
Fluffy Dinosaur Breeder
Hello everyone 
I've been increasing my breeding/show flock of Bantam Silkies.
I knew I wanted a pure white and a lavender too but I also ended up getting a (brown) partridge as well...you know it's that Chicken math stuff.
I have all intentions of showing the white and (brown) partridge since they're accepted colours. I had no intentions of buying a lavender for showing purposes since they are not accepted. The lavender was just for fun to see what I get from crossing with my white Silkie Cockerel. I was hoping to get black at least.
Anyways, I picked my lavender one that I wanted. She's roughly almost 4 months old, younger than the others I bought. Already nice and poofy!
All of the breeders lavender Silkies are bred lavender x lavender and have been for multiple generations.
All the other lavenders in the pen were the lighter lavender colour but this little one caught my eye and I had to get her because I liked how she was darker than the others. She was also the smallest out of them all.
I'm now wondering if somehow lavender x lavender can produce silver partridge?
Or could she potentially lighten in colour as she gets older?
Or is she lavender with some sort of black leakage?
The images don't show it well but she has a lavender body just a darker head and neck.
What do you guys think her crossed with my pure white Cockerel will produce? Is there still a potential for black? Or maybe some fancy leakage going on in chicks?
Also, would you say she's bearded? I've never had bearded youngsters from that age but she appears to have a very fluffy chin already.
She's a lovely bird, already coming close to being a favourite! Regardless of what she is she will be staying, may even enter her into some fun poultry shows depending on how she develops.
Her leg/foot feathers were effected by recent local weather conditions. They will grow back and come in nice after a good wash.
Lastly, she needs a name! Suggestions are welcomed
Although, I was thinking of naming her Oogy!
I've been increasing my breeding/show flock of Bantam Silkies.
I knew I wanted a pure white and a lavender too but I also ended up getting a (brown) partridge as well...you know it's that Chicken math stuff.
I have all intentions of showing the white and (brown) partridge since they're accepted colours. I had no intentions of buying a lavender for showing purposes since they are not accepted. The lavender was just for fun to see what I get from crossing with my white Silkie Cockerel. I was hoping to get black at least.
Anyways, I picked my lavender one that I wanted. She's roughly almost 4 months old, younger than the others I bought. Already nice and poofy!
All of the breeders lavender Silkies are bred lavender x lavender and have been for multiple generations.
All the other lavenders in the pen were the lighter lavender colour but this little one caught my eye and I had to get her because I liked how she was darker than the others. She was also the smallest out of them all.
I'm now wondering if somehow lavender x lavender can produce silver partridge?
Or could she potentially lighten in colour as she gets older?
Or is she lavender with some sort of black leakage?
The images don't show it well but she has a lavender body just a darker head and neck.
What do you guys think her crossed with my pure white Cockerel will produce? Is there still a potential for black? Or maybe some fancy leakage going on in chicks?
Also, would you say she's bearded? I've never had bearded youngsters from that age but she appears to have a very fluffy chin already.
She's a lovely bird, already coming close to being a favourite! Regardless of what she is she will be staying, may even enter her into some fun poultry shows depending on how she develops.
Her leg/foot feathers were effected by recent local weather conditions. They will grow back and come in nice after a good wash.
Lastly, she needs a name! Suggestions are welcomed
Although, I was thinking of naming her Oogy!
I love that word!
