Silkie thread!

[I-Have-Happy-Hens]

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[Christie Loves Silkies]

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I believe grey and silver are the same thing, but you will need a real expert to make the call on your girl. I am definitely not one.

Pretty much. There is no such thing as grey partridge.

Thanks!

 

[WIChookchick]

I wish I had come to this thread last year when I first joined BYC.
I have a black silkie hen w/ 2 chicks, both by my former blue splash roo, a cuckoo hen, 2 black chicks (unrelated), a partridge sizzle roo, and I am wintering over 2 silkies for a friend.
I need a few more!! LOL Hopefully in the spring!
Here are some pics...

I can get better pics, but wanted to share these.
Carol

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

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Welcome!
You have some really nice looking birds!

 

[countrygirl911]

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does the second silkie look like a girl. also hope the little white one is a girl it is beautiful except for the dirty feet they will be cleaned this weekend. i have a total of 26 silkies. of the 34 in the incubator 4 is being tested for fertility i hope they are fertile and that the buff roo did its job with the buff hens. i have to report to the nice lady i bout the eggs from once i know for sure. i am ending day 3 and i so want to look and candle them but i am sitting on my hands

 

[peepblessed]

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does the second silkie look like a girl. also hope the little white one is a girl it is beautiful except for the dirty feet they will be cleaned this weekend. i have a total of 26 silkies. of the 34 in the incubator 4 is being tested for fertility i hope they are fertile and that the buff roo did its job with the buff hens. i have to report to the nice lady i bout the eggs from once i know for sure. i am ending day 3 and i so want to look and candle them but i am sitting on my hands

Haha! I know that feeling!!

 

[peepblessed]

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Pretty much. There is no such thing as grey partridge.

Thanks!

Here is a thread on grey/gray silkies. Lots of photos for you to compare.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=400912&p=1

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

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Thanks!

Here is a thread on grey/gray silkies. Lots of photos for you to compare.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=400912&p=1

Yay more pics to look at !

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Thanks Robin, So now I need to ask what colors would be popping up in the hackles of the dom white? So you are saying they need t disclose to the purchaser that they are dom white?

I have some whites that threw some with a very light greyish tint or lav tint if you will. I was told those were recessive white, was that incorrect do you think and they are dom white? I also have some whites that have a slight tinge of yellow but that could be because I feed mixed grains with the corn right ?

I may be incorrect on this, but I think the majority of white Silkies in the US are recessive white. I would guess that you would have to breed and keep records to determine if you actually had a dominant white. Again, I could be incorrect!

I also think the whites that threw the greyish tint would be considered silver-gene whites.

Paints do not include recessive white in their makeup. Could a single copy of c be in a paint (and passed to chicks)? Of course. The off coloured hackles are not from the silver gene.

 

[silky_3699]

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I may be incorrect on this, but I think the majority of white Silkies in the US are recessive white. I would guess that you would have to breed and keep records to determine if you actually had a dominant white. Again, I could be incorrect!

I also think the whites that threw the greyish tint would be considered silver-gene whites.

Paints do not include recessive white in their makeup. Could a single copy of c be in a paint (and passed to chicks)? Of course. The off coloured hackles are not from the silver gene.

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