Silkie thread!

[SilkieBaby81]

what color would you say my roo is?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: I'd use boy #1; his type, comb and colour are better, and since he has five toes on one foot you know he has the polydactyly gene. Toes are much easier to correct than are comb or off colour in hackles/saddle.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Splash is two copies of blue, meaning a blue gene must be inherited from each parent. So, the possible parents for a splash baby are blue and splash. The percentages of splash offspring will depend on which two varieties are used (doesn't matter which parent is which). Black X splash will be 100% blue.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

what color would you say my roo is?

Blue with silver leakage.

 

[sheeshshe]

so, due to that, it must be the other rooster with the chick being this color? this isn't the color for a blue chick, right?

 

[peepblessed]

so, due to that, it must be the other rooster with the chick being this color? this isn't the color for a blue chick, right?

I would need to see a photo from the top to eliminate blue.

 

[Sanna]

Quote:

I'd use boy #1; his type, comb and colour are better, and since he has five toes on one foot you know he has the polydactyly gene. Toes are much easier to correct than are comb or off colour in hackles/saddle.

I'm so glad there are people here who know these things.

 

[Sanna]

They're hatching!! They're hatching!!

I have 4 out so far. Plus a random Easter Egger in the mix. lol




Tough to get good pictures through the incubator...

My cat Wednesday keeping herself entertained.

 

[peepblessed]

so, due to that, it must be the other rooster with the chick being this color? this isn't the color for a blue chick, right?

Here's a light blue chick for an example.

 

[Lrkel]

I'd use boy #1; his type, comb and colour are better, and since he has five toes on one foot you know he has the polydactyly gene. Toes are much easier to correct than are comb or off colour in hackles/saddle.

Thank you! Wow that makes so much sense about the other foot having 5 toes. Never looked at it like that. I'm glad to get the definite response about what is easier to breed out too. That helps a whole lot with my decision making.