Silkie thread!

[Teresaann24]

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when u breed cuckoo u breed to black and some time u end up with black chicks i hatched 5 white crested polish out cuckoo to black breeding 3 out 5 are cuckoo 2 are black u cant get mad beacaue u got a black

Well, sorry but I am mad.

 

[chickendales]

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It is like pushing a boulder up a hill with your nose to get a good one. cuckoos lack melanizers in their skin so u cross to black birds to darken skin and improve type.

 

[tgrlily]

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when u breed cuckoo u breed to black and some time u end up with black chicks i hatched 5 white crested polish out cuckoo to black breeding 3 out 5 are cuckoo 2 are black u cant get mad beacaue u got a black

Well, sorry but I am mad.

You have every right to be mad!! Some people have no idea what they're talking about. Others have no idea what they're selling. Apparently the ebayer you bought from is one of them. Of course they could've known all along & misled you.

That happened to me last spring when I paid WAY more than a few dollars for what I was led to believe were "Purebred SQ White Ameraucana eggs." Imagine my shock when I hatched 2 chicks out of 16 eggs & they had bright green legs!!!!!

Easter Eggers!!!!! After emailing several times, I was told that the seller was "out of the country" and would contact me when he returned. Needless to say, I got no satisfaction.

 

[emvickrey]

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Did whoever you got the birds from say they had a lavender parent?

No, you will not get lavender chicks. You need two copies of the lavender gene to see it.

The hens I don't know their background and the blue one I hatched out from mine and I was told they did have a lavender background but none have turned out the slightest bit light. They all turned out partridge, blue, blue splash and black. My roo I was told was a black lavender split but have since found out that isn't what he is. I was told he was grey and splash. I really don't know which he is. So I can count on not getting any lavender chicks with those two. I'm guessing i'll get splash. I'll find out if I decide to put them together.

My partridge hen which is a year old now has changed appearance after her molt. She had a black breast and gold on her back and a real puffy head. Now she has what looks like brown on her back and her head has a don king look. I can actually see her eyes now. And she's going broody again too.

I know they change after molt but I think that was a bit drastic.

 

[robin416]

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Did whoever you got the birds from say they had a lavender parent?

No, you will not get lavender chicks. You need two copies of the lavender gene to see it.

The hens I don't know their background and the blue one I hatched out from mine and I was told they did have a lavender background but none have turned out the slightest bit light. They all turned out partridge, blue, blue splash and black. My roo I was told was a black lavender split but have since found out that isn't what he is. I was told he was grey and splash. I really don't know which he is. So I can count on not getting any lavender chicks with those two. I'm guessing i'll get splash. I'll find out if I decide to put them together.

My partridge hen which is a year old now has changed appearance after her molt. She had a black breast and gold on her back and a real puffy head. Now she has what looks like brown on her back and her head has a don king look. I can actually see her eyes now. And she's going broody again too.

I know they change after molt but I think that was a bit drastic.

OK, you've confused me. Which birds are supposed to be carrying the lavender gene?

If any of them are carrying it you have to breed the offspring back to the parents to see who might be carrying a copy of lavender. The problem is you said, blue and splash. Those are two of the worst colors to breed lavender to. Even if you got one to hatch out light you can't know for certain its lavender since the lighter tone of blue of some Silkies is visually very much like the lavender.

Kasey08 has a pic in the lavender section of a light blue hen. If you see it you think lavender. But I know who the breeder is and know that there is no lavender in that bird.

 

[Colie <3]

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The only hindrance I've noticed is that they can't see birds of prey coming from above. Because of that we put netting over their pens to keep them safe. Ours go up the ramp fine, do like to play in the rain, but that's ok. They do go in their coops at dark except the occasional newly integrated "teenager" who will need to be put in a few times before getting it. We make sure that all of our chickens (silkies, dorkings, orpingtons & ameraucanas) are safely locked in their coops at night. I do show, so I don't trim them at all.

SQ= show quality
DQ= disqualification
PQ= pet quality
BQ= breeder quality

Hope this helped!

Are you trying to decide if you want silkies?

Yours use a ramp?!?! Tell me how you convinced them to do that please?? lol

 

[Colie <3]

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Hubba hubba look at him what a chest he has on him

Guess he just needed proper motivation lol

 

[Colie <3]

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Keep them out of the rain (completely) or it may cost you dearly!!!

 

[Teresaann24]

Colie I got my order today!!!

 

[Colie <3]

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I'm not up to date with cuckoo breeding but did they disclose that there was a chance of hatching non cuckoo chicks in the auction? I think if they didn't they at least owe you some eggs or a partial refund. JMHO