Silkie thread!

[ChicksNherps]

Ok so I need to stay away from white..good to know. I just love the color but whew that would be so hard to keep them pretty. The white leghorns I have now always are so dirty, dusty looking. My coop is very clean...at least I try very hard! But this weather is giving me even more gray hairs

!! So blue, black, splash would be good, especially black. My daughter lost some black ones, she's been dying to get more. What about buff and partridge? What are you're thoughts? I am very interested in breeding to sop..and keeping the lines pure. I really want to upgrade the species in anyway I possibly can..

Buff is pretty hard to breed I have heard. You end up with smutt(dark feathers) or light underfluff. A true buff should be solid colored. Partridge is good, and if you get a black roo and have blue, splash, and partridge girls you should be set.

 

[sheeshshe]

I loved that interview!!!

 

[Arkansas81]

Buff is pretty hard to breed I have heard. You end up with smutt(dark feathers) or light underfluff. A true buff should be solid colored. Partridge is good, and if you get a black roo and have blue, splash, and partridge girls you should be set.

so if i get a partridge, blue, splash girl or girls and a black roo then I can have pure lines and won't get really funky looking birds? thanks kayla!! i really appreciate you answering me so quickly and honestly!

now i am really excited!!

 

[ChicksNherps]

so if i get a partridge, blue, splash girl or girls and a black roo then I can have pure lines and won't get really funky looking birds? thanks kayla!! i really appreciate you answering me so quickly and honestly!

now i am really excited!!

just checked and actually breeding black to partridge would give you all black offspring. Here look at this website and play around: http://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html

unless you want a whole seperate pen for another color I would stick to B/B/S

 

[Arkansas81]

Pretty sure that is how it works. I will double check the partridge but i'm pretty sure black can be bred to it and still result in partridge.

kayla again thank u so much! i am grateful for your knowledge. you have helped me so much! my daughter will be thrilled.

 

[ChicksNherps]

kayla again thank u so much! i am grateful for your knowledge. you have helped me so much! my daughter will be thrilled.

I edited my post, take a look and hopefully the link will help. A lot of other people on here are much more knowledgeable than I am, I have only had silkies for a year but have learned so much!

 

[Feathersprings]

so if i get a partridge, blue, splash girl or girls and a black roo then I can have pure lines and won't get really funky looking birds? thanks kayla!! i really appreciate you answering me so quickly and honestly!

now i am really excited!!

You need to have a partridge rooster and hens to breed partridge. Blue ,Black ,Splash are really the only combo of colors you would breed together to breed standard "pure" colors. Other combinations can produce some interesting colors and some not so great colors If you are looking to breed to sell you should try and breed the best quality you can even if you dont want to show. The best idea is to pick a couple colors you really love at first and start there. Your ideas can change a lot as you get into it more

 

[TurtlePowerTrav]

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For instance, I am going to have a BBS pen and a Buff/Porcelain Pen. From what I have read you can put a Buff over a Porcelain to get more of the Buff coloring in the Porcelains

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Toes in first photo are super; those in second are just fine.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

A frizzled silkie I have...

A few of you here use fermented feed. I thought you'd appreciate this picture. Hehehee

**Note it doesn't have a scissor beak. It's just the angle + there is a seed that gives it that illusion**

That is one great photo!