Silkie thread!

[adkins90]

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It may be lavender. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe lavender chicks are sometimes born with chipmonk markings.

The bird is closest to columbian of all varieties. Lavender is a self colour. Completely uniform.

How would one come up with this variety? I guess I can't help much, because I had my own partridge hatching and another breeders BBS. It has been very interesting watching my mystery chick grow...guess I'll just have to keep watching.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Agouti is entirely different than lacing. Lacing is a very specific pattern. Due to the nature of silkie feathering, I doubt that it would be easily apparent. With penciling, the quality of penciling is not apparent as it is in non silkied birds. Yes, you can tell it is present, no, you cannot distinguish between a well-penciled bird and one that has poor quality penciling. Lacing would be at least eaually problematic

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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The bird is closest to columbian of all varieties. Lavender is a self colour. Completely uniform.

How would one come up with this variety? I guess I can't help much, because I had my own partridge hatching and another breeders BBS. It has been very interesting watching my mystery chick grow...guess I'll just have to keep watching.

Come up with as in breed, or com up with as in recognise? I recognise it as columbian because I have some knowledge and experience with varieties. Breed, I know the genetics invoved, and have not extensivel pursued columbian patterned silkies, although I hve had some on the path.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Blues can have green sheen. Not limited to males.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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It is not pigment; it is a light-play thing related to the structure of feathers. No chickens have green pigment.

 

[adkins90]

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How would one come up with this variety? I guess I can't help much, because I had my own partridge hatching and another breeders BBS. It has been very interesting watching my mystery chick grow...guess I'll just have to keep watching.

Come up with as in breed, or com up with as in recognise? I recognise it as columbian because I have some knowledge and experience with varieties. Breed, I know the genetics invoved, and have not extensivel pursued columbian patterned silkies, although I hve had some on the path.

I know Columbian is not a recognized variety in silkies, so I would assume it a "project" that someone is working to come up with. So, I would imagine you would know the genetics involved, and what you have to breed in order to produce such variety.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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The kid doing the science fair needs to be the one doing it. Especiallhy as she is particular about the breeds. I would suggest that she contact a 4-h leader in her county, or consider trying to connect with people nearby from the silkie and polish clubs.

 

[SilverSilkie]

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How would one come up with this variety? I guess I can't help much, because I had my own partridge hatching and another breeders BBS. It has been very interesting watching my mystery chick grow...guess I'll just have to keep watching.

Come up with as in breed, or com up with as in recognise? I recognise it as columbian because I have some knowledge and experience with varieties. Breed, I know the genetics invoved, and have not extensivel pursued columbian patterned silkies, although I hve had some on the path.

I agree partly with Sonoran. It is a Columbian looking Silkie and for the reason it have a restricting-gene. Some call it "Light" as in the Brahma. Fact is it is a Partridge based on Silver with the Co- or Db- gene.
In EU several attemps where done to make that Columbia-coloration stable on Silkies but until now without succes, males reasonable good but not the females. I showed yet photos of mine but here again : https://sites.google.com/site/silkiesmoroseta/ (you have to scroll down to see the complete page)

 

[SilverSilkie]

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It is not pigment; it is a light-play thing related to the structure of feathers. No chickens have green pigment.

That green beetle sheen is provoqued on black feathers that have the reinforcing gene Ml (Melanotic).

A similar thing accur when becomes involved the the red-pigment reinforcing gene Mh (Mahogany) which result than in a violet sheen on black feathers.
Both sheens are not so good to see on silkie-feathers.

 

[emvickrey]

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Come up with as in breed, or com up with as in recognise? I recognise it as columbian because I have some knowledge and experience with varieties. Breed, I know the genetics invoved, and have not extensivel pursued columbian patterned silkies, although I hve had some on the path.

I agree partly with Sonoran. It is a Columbian looking Silkie and for the reason it have a restricting-gene. Some call it "Light" as in the Brahma. Fact is it is a Partridge based on Silver with the Co- or Db- gene.
In EU several attemps where done to make that Columbia-coloration stable on Silkies but until now without succes, males reasonable good but not the females. I showed yet photos of mine but here again : https://sites.google.com/site/silkiesmoroseta/ (you have to scroll down to see the complete page)

Thats very interesting. As I was looking at the pictures I was thinking that I have a couple that resemble the silver's. I don't have real good pics at the time but what do you think of these. I have all my youngsters in one pen as you can see. I've been calling these greys. I have 4 of them and none of them are exactly alike. They are also sizzles not pure silkies.