Silkie thread!

[Chicken Play]

can you tell me the color of the blue silkie with the gold across the body in your picture? I have a rooster that color and someone told me he isnt a true blue with the gold? I am not very knowledgeable about the different colors

 

[Sanna]

I liked this idea on splay leg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/318395/spraddle-leg-treatment-for-feather-legged-chicks

I might just have to give this a try.

 

[peepblessed]

can you tell me the color of the blue silkie with the gold across the body in your picture? I have a rooster that color and someone told me he isnt a true blue with the gold? I am not very knowledgeable about the different colors

Hi! If you are talking about my blue one it doesn't have gold that is just the flash camera making it warm. You should post a photo of you silkie as soon as you get enough posts and you can get some good feed back. Welcome to the silkie thread!

 

[Jferlisi]

Quote: Agreed. Post a pic and we can help. =D

 

[SilverSilkie]

The different classic-colorations handling over the years in EU Silkies (now going for non classic-colorations)

Black Blue Splash graypearl gold Silver Red Buff Cucula Paint white


The different ways to breed them genetically are exposed here in one of my older webpages :
http://sites.google.com/site/zijdehoenders/t&dcreating/basics-about-chicken-color-genetics-heritage
(is one long page, so you have to scroll dawnwords)

As the title says it are only the basic rules of color-genetics but are helpfull for every starter project-breeder.

After the basics comes in each breeder feeling for inspiration and "fingerspitzengefühl" for implementation of different genes and combinations to let act and interact in Dominant, incomplete Dominant, coo-Dominant, epistatic, recessive ….. ways to become the most beautiful "creations" in his/her personal favourite race and so resulting in ALL the different phenotypes that our chicken-colorations are rich of.

 

[stoopid]

Very interesting read! Thank you for sharing

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

The different classic-colorations handling over the years in EU Silkies (now going for non classic-colorations)

Black Blue Splash graypearl gold Silver Red Buff Cucula Paint white


The different ways to breed them genetically are exposed here in one of my older webpages :
http://sites.google.com/site/zijdehoenders/t&dcreating/basics-about-chicken-color-genetics-heritage
(is one long page, so you have to scroll dawnwords)

As the title says it are only the basic rules of color-genetics but are helpfull for every starter project-breeder.

After the basics comes in each breeder feeling for inspiration and "fingerspitzengefühl" for implementation of different genes and combinations to let act and interact in Dominant, incomplete Dominant, coo-Dominant, epistatic, recessive ….. ways to become the most beautiful "creations" in his/her personal favourite race and so resulting in ALL the different phenotypes that our chicken-colorations are rich of.

I've read that site before! I had NO idea it was yours!

 

[SilverSilkie]

I've read that site before! I had NO idea it was yours!

eh si, I have some more hidden sides ;-)
This is the homepage : http://sites.google.com/site/zijdehoenders/
from there you can explore some more, every "word" or "*" (underligned) you can click on and will lead you to an other "hidden" page.

 

[chicknfun]

Quote: After I posted this yesterday, I was able to go outside after my daughter came to get her babies.....My 'Fred" had gotten wet in the storm we had. His feathers were sort of parted, and the under color is not just a greyish, it is pure bright white! I couldn't tell till now, I thought he was just lighter grey underneath.

At what age do silkies typically molt? Fred is about 5 months old or so. Maybe those white feathers will be lost during molting(?) and he will end up darker underneath and his true color will reveal itself?????

I so know nothing....LOL

 

[chicknfun]

I forgot the pic....