Silkie thread!

[BarnGoddess01]

What color do u get when u breed a partridge silkie rooster to a buff silkie hen

I don't know the answer to your question but I'm wondering, how is your sick bird today?

 

[sager:)silkies]

The chick is doin well when i woke up ty for whoever said mix the antiboic in the water and then add the water to the feed and i hope he's ok when i get home i went to get a hova bator which was a 3 hour drive but should be home in a couple hours i was wondering about the partridge cause i bought hatching eggs and the partidge roo was to a partridge hen and a buff hen

 

[peepblessed]

I don't know the answer to your question but I'm wondering, how is your sick bird today?

I love your avatar, BarnGoddess!

 

[thechickonthehill]

Would this hen's color be considered Partridge?

 

[BarnGoddess01]

I love your avatar, BarnGoddess!

Thanks, peepblessed! I love your Silkies!!!

 

[peepblessed]

Thanks, peepblessed! I love your Silkies!!!

Thank you!! =D

 

[CarolinaChickenKeeper]

this was my first post on the new BYC (AKA test post)

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

Would this hen's color be considered Partridge?

Don't hold me to it, but yes I'd consider her partridge, she is just a really dark partridge. Not the proper color, she should have more penciling in the hackles/neck but overall she definitely looks partridge, just a dark based. I love the darker partridge girls she is very pretty, and obviously a very good mummy.

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

What color do u get when u breed a partridge silkie rooster to a buff silkie hen

It all depends on the genes of the buff, buff is a very complex color, and partridge can be a bit of a wild card too...Buff you can have a buff with blue underfluff and smutt, or you can have a buff with the black, sometimes either color is visible other times not... You are more likely from my experimental color breedings to get a very smutty buff or a very yellow/orange washed out partridge.

 

[spowell]

Can someone please tell me about eye color in buffs? I have ordered eggs from several different breeders and hatched about a dozen chicks out. They all have brown eyes. Is this acceptable? Is it more difficult to get black eyes in a buff?