Silkie thread!

[Marty1876]

Hi Scaredofshadows - is that kitten your hatching assistant? My kitty lets me know when the eggs start peeping in the hatching incubator. Never tries to eat the babies, just seems interested in the noise.

Was it you who told me the handle of someone here who has black silkies? Someobody on this thread did, and now I can't find the thread again. It took so long to read it all the first time, I kind of hate to start over.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Actually, 4 toes can also be incubation--low temps during the first few days. Surprised me when I read that, but it is in Hutt, one of the classic poultry genetics resources. 6 toes is not a separate allele of the polydactyly gene, just an excessive expression. If you have plenty of other equally good birds, pass the bird on to someone else (thoroughly explaining the DQ), but if it is otherwise a better bird than your other choices, it is fine in the breeding pen.

Polydactyly is dominant, so even birds with one copy of polydactyly and one copy of not-polydactyly can have correct toes. Scared is correct that two birds with correct toes can throw birds with incorrect toes.

 

[hgre]

how can you tell a hen silkie from a cockrel as non of my silkies crow like a cockrel yet my eggs are fertile can anyone advise me please.

 

[peepblessed]

how can you tell a hen silkie from a cockrel as non of my silkies crow like a cockrel yet my eggs are fertile can anyone advise me please.

If you will post some pictures, I'm sure someone will help you with that. Welcome to BYC!!

 

[sager:)silkies]

what kind of silkie is this the rest came out white sonran this was the oddbal one from the Columbian silkie/sizzle breeding pen

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

Actually, 4 toes can also be incubation--low temps during the first few days. Surprised me when I read that, but it is in Hutt, one of the classic poultry genetics resources. 6 toes is not a separate allele of the polydactyly gene, just an excessive expression. If you have plenty of other equally good birds, pass the bird on to someone else (thoroughly explaining the DQ), but if it is otherwise a better bird than your other choices, it is fine in the breeding pen.

Polydactyly is dominant, so even birds with one copy of polydactyly and one copy of not-polydactyly can have correct toes. Scared is correct that two birds with correct toes can throw birds with incorrect toes.

I knew I had heard that 4 toes could be incubation issues, thats why I had said it was "iffy" but was thought to be genetic. I would not want to put a 4 toe bird in a breeding pen for fear of not knowing if its genetic or just an incubation issue. Thank you for letting us know about that though. I bred a 12 toed bird and half the offspring had 11 and 12 toes so I steer clear from using them.

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

what kind of silkie is this the rest came out white sonran this was the oddbal one from the Columbian silkie/sizzle breeding pen

Thats a partridge

 

[sager:)silkies]

is it really

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

is it really

definitely! Chipmunk stripe/patterned back, then the wings are feathering in brown/gold and black with an almost barred pattern - definitely partridge.

 

[sager:)silkies]

hers the farther

and the possible mothers
pics of the mothers but 2 are white silkies and 2 are frizzle partridge cochins there only 1 in pic but the second 1 is the exact same