Silkie thread!

[peepblessed]

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You'll be smiling for weeks!!

 

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What about the crests that are full and fall forward but aren't round?

 

[CYGChickies]

If it's not a perfect little 'fro it is VERY likely a rooster. Keep an eye on it's behavior as well. 8 weeks is when my Silkie Roos started sparring. Of course the girls still would beat them up if they picked a fight with THEM haha! You can also check the comb in comparison if you have one you know is a hen but I'd bet it's a roo. My girls had perfect sphere crests at 8 weeks albeit smaller than they are now.

CYG

 

[ChickensXOXO]

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I'm so sorry!

 

[peepblessed]

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Thanks for the imput!

 

[CYGChickies]

No problem! I hope I was able to help a bit.

CYG

 

[ChobeeChickenMommy]

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Thank you all! I can't help but feel responsible for it... She loved for me to hold her & I know she must have been scared last night with all the rain & bad weather. She was my "lap chicken" or my basically one of my babies. I knew I should have brought her in with me when I moved them to the barn.

 

[Brody's Broodello]

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So..I have a couple questions. What colors did you originally breed together to get McSilkie? I have a cockerel that looks a fair bit like your McFlurrie, except that his red/mahogany coloring isn't as deep and his crest is a little bit grayer. What colors can you expect from a Black x Salmon breeding? Do you get Salmons and/or split Salmons? (Sorry, I'm still pretty new to genetics. Just want to make sure I understand it all, lol.)

Brody's Broodello :

The thing to remember is the Salmon is really Silver Wheaten, so you can breed to the exact color patterns as a Faverolle breeder. So if you follow the tried & true methods of that breed, you can't go wrong, plus they have tons of practice working with those genes already worked out. Unlike other colors that need time to work out a plan for breeding, this color already is a working color.

I guess I should go find the Faverolle thread!​

Ok I have been asked what was the recipe, how did I make the Salmon, and how does someone make their own. Here's the answer!
The "trick" secret ingrediant of the Salmon silkie is/was the father!

He was a true Mahagony Red bird who had the Lighter hackle feathers. I then bred him to a Silverpenciled hen that had a brownist cast and lighter hackles to her.

The results were McSilkie and siblings. The hens are a wheaten color. I took a pic of McSilkie & one of the hens last night. The lighting causes the color to not photograph well. In person you can really see the true wheaten color in these. But you'll get the gist of her coloring, since McSilkie is standing next to her. The hens are f1 like McSilkie. Though he is Silver wheaten (Salmon) the hens are more wheaten based.

Here is a pic of McSilkie as a baby.

As far as what to breed to if you don't have a Wheaten silkie, I would recommend Black. Since I have bred McSilkie to other colors for experiment. I have found that the color does reproduce, when not bred to just wheaten hens. So you could, and might , get this color in the F2 gen when crossed with black, or another color. The bird for sale "McFlurrie" is an example of what you can get from the Salmon to another color, in this case Splash. Hope this answers some of the questions everyone has. Since this is on the ground floor of breeding only time will tell. It sure is getting exciting!
The Salmon is in the pens with full sisters for mating this winter & the results will be posted on the Silkies Of A Different Color Thread as they happen!

 

[mshuey1]

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I am so very sorry about your poor hen. Just awful!!

Am so sorry; I can understand its happen to me.

 

[Brody's Broodello]

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Correct, and they have to be shown as well. But since this is the ground floor, the color needs to be worked with, for consistant results of color & pattern. That is why I started the auction low! To let someone have a chance at this guy.

cool whats girls look like

Photo of McSilkie & wheaten hen on post #9748