Silkie thread!

[Hholly]

Here is my white Silkie Lily

Aw, love seeing her in a tree. So pretty!

 

[chicken4prez]

Aw, love seeing her in a tree. So pretty!

Thanks!

 

[katatonic123]

My silkie roo has no problems with his girls and he's the only silkie I have. He has an EE and a Japanese bantam that he's with all the time and has 12 offspring from those matings.

Ok super weird question but I have a silkie rooster and an Easter Egger. We had more but they sadly died for various reasons. Anyways, I've never seen our rooster mate with the Easter Egger ever. He's almost 2 years old! We want to get more again but my question is...does he prefer silkie lady friends? I'm not looking to breed but want him to be happy lol.

 

[Uzair Ahmed]

Wow... Share some pics
 
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Red partridge.

If there are black feathers in the crown and osprey/wing tips it is referred to as partridge.

oh....so My Buff Bantam Rooster was actually a Red Partridge Bantam Rrooster ^-^

 

[Uzair Ahmed]

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Red partridge.

If there are black feathers in the crown and osprey/wing tips it is referred to as partridge.

oh....so My Buff Bantam Rooster was actually a Red Partridge Bantam Rrooster ^-^

Wow share some pics

 

[Aria]

White is pretty....if you going to Hatch you won't know what color you will
hatch. Whites have recessive genes.

Blue: they most times are DARK and almost black. Not pure blue.

Buff: is a NEAT chicken. And you hope for NO black in tails. That is smut.
Nice fore pet ...but not for show.

There is Splash. Sometimes hatch splash white, splash gray etc.

All Colors are FINE. A mixed Flock is pretty to admire.

Good Luck. Regards, Aria

P.S. I have Buff, White, Blue, Splash

 

[Uzair Ahmed]

White is pretty....if you going to Hatch you won't know what color you will
hatch.  Whites have recessive genes.

Blue:  they most times are DARK and almost black.  Not pure blue.

Buff:  is a NEAT chicken.  And you hope for NO black in tails. That is smut.
Nice fore pet ...but not for show.

There is Splash.  Sometimes hatch splash white, splash gray etc.

All Colors are FINE.  A mixed Flock is pretty to admire.

Good Luck.  Regards, Aria

P.S.  I have Buff, White, Blue, Splash

So I guess mine are buff with black leakage on the tail.. What do we call that color?

 

[chicken hawk 33]

Idk what u call my trio.

 

[Sustained]

So I guess mine are buff with black leakage on the tail.. What do we call that color?

Smutty Buff

 

[Chapel Hill Chicks]

His down feathers did look porcelain, with a mixture of cream and buff. The mother hen he showed me was a porcelain, but like I said, I don't know anything about how to breed silkies. I just thought somebody who knows a lot about how the different combinations produce porcelains would know if there was a risk of having some turn out white.

And you're right about researching the breeder. My silkie was an impulse buy when I had gone to pick up three pullets of a different breed I had previously arranged to purchase. (I'm sure nobody else has that problem -- coming home with more chicks than you'd planned to buy?

hehe ).

Anyway, thanks. He's my little buddy now and a keeper, no matter what I was told he would be 6 months ago. I was just curious if somebody with silkie breeding knowledge already knew the answer.

Just as a follow up, here are a couple of pics of my silkie: one when he was just a wee chick, and the other of him yesterday, at a bit over 5 months now. I really don't care if he's porcelain, white, purple, or green. I was just curious if the man who sold him to me knew there was a possibility he would be white when his feathers came in. No big deal -- he's got a lot of personality and is a keeper, no matter what.