Silkie thread!

[suebgbr]

If you breed something with a silkie and then breed it back to a silkie and breed that back to a silkie etc how long before you can call it a silkie?
I know other breeds going for a certain colour have bred with other breeds for a certain trait then bred back to pure.

 

[RockerHen]

If you breed something with a silkie and then breed it back to a silkie and breed that back to a silkie etc how long before you can call it a silkie?
I know other breeds going for a certain colour have bred with other breeds for a certain trait then bred back to pure.

I don't think there's a definitive answer to that, as in, a set number of generations. I think that if you get to the point where it matches the breed standards for a silkie, and breeds true, it is a silkie.

 

[suebgbr]

So if I am aiming for smooth feathers and blue eggs (which is what I am getting), how far off the breed standard are these girls?

 

[suebgbr]

By the way RockerHen your baby is ADORABLE!

 

[Chickie Momma]

Very pretty hen!

 

[chicken pickin]

My two favorite pieces. I love photographing my chickens, the roosters are always my best subjects =) I really want a better camera so I can capture their true essence better. The quality of the photo really DOES change the whole dynamic of it!

LOVE that first pic very much!

 

[chicken pickin]

Here are a few pics of my 3week old Silkie chicks lounging with my DD

 

[RockerHen]

cool! could you post the URL so I can look into posting on it?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...are-the-best-advertisement/3550#post_12691721
I don't know if anyone has responded yet, but here is one that seems to stay the most active.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/266217/who-here-is-into-photography/1910#post_12654651
Here is another as well

 

[388chick]

So if I am aiming for smooth feathers and blue eggs (which is what I am getting), how far off the breed standard are these girls?

So what do you call these cuties with blue legs and smooth feathers?? Do you have any pictures to share? I have a little guy here I am trying to figure out...both parents had silkie feathers. It looks to me like these are coming in normal?!? They sure do keep ya guessing!!

 

[Suzierd]

These are crossed with silkie:

please tell me what you think

Those are some very pretty birds! Love that red!