Silkie thread!

[torrelee]

Three weeks is young. I would think autosomal red leakage could be what's going on if they continue to come in red in the male pattern areas. One feather wouldn't keep me awake nights unless I wanted to breed breeding quality Splash from this chick someday.  Red in the shoulders and chest would be worrisome. The chick is a long ways off from knowing if it's just one red wing feather or if when the chick is an adult and after molting, the red wing feather grows back in. The Splash chick would then have a DQ and make it pet quality. Not an issue if the chick is never destined for the show bench. Autosomal red is very difficult to breed out of a pen once it gets established.

Thanks!I am pretty sure the brahma that hatched at the same time is a cockerel and already have one in my flock. I'll just wait and see!

 

[MumsyIII]

Is red harder to more difficult to breed out then white?

I don't know the answer. I have no experience breeding out rogue white feathers. I do know red leakage is awful to try and breed out if it becomes entrenched in an otherwise "clean" color pen. I personally sell off as pets any silkie with red leakage and never breed a bird with it except in the Blue Partridge pen where I like it. I have one strain of colored silkies that came from my Paint male X on recessive white hens. Because recessive white hides all kinds of color, those male chicks almost to a one leaked autosomal red. Even some of the Paint chicks leaked red. It has to do with the dominate white of the Paint too. I didn't keep any of them. I toe punch day old chicks by sire of pens so I know who the daughters are and I keep close eyes on their progeny. I want my Blue pens Blue, Splash pens Splash, Paint pens Paint, and so on. Project pens will have odd ball color pop up and that's normal. Lots of people like the odd stuff. I do too on occasion. But off colors in a standard variety is a DQ. White feather, red, or anything else if the standard calls for something else. This is an interesting subject for me. Sorry if I went on too long about it.

 

[seminolewind]

Quote: Seems on one or two I can put my finger on their beak and they can't see me do it. I guess I'll trim. I do trim any but of any chicken who is a poop magnet back there.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Seems on one or two I can put my finger on their beak and they can't see me do it.  I guess I'll trim.  I do trim any but of any chicken who is a poop magnet back there.

I have one that walks into my leg and freaks out like a 2 bob watch. I trim her just enough to clear her sight path.

 

[mom of silkies]

I don't know the answer. I have no experience breeding out rogue white feathers. I do know red leakage is awful to try and breed out if it becomes entrenched in an otherwise "clean" color pen. I personally sell off as pets any silkie with red leakage and never breed a bird with it except in the Blue Partridge pen where I like it. I have one strain of colored silkies that came from my Paint male X on recessive white hens. Because recessive white hides all kinds of color, those male chicks almost to a one leaked autosomal red. Even some of the Paint chicks leaked red. It has to do with the dominate white of the Paint too. I didn't keep any of them. I toe punch day old chicks by sire of pens so I know who the daughters are and I keep close eyes on their progeny. I want my Blue pens Blue, Splash pens Splash, Paint pens Paint, and so on. Project pens will have odd ball color pop up and that's normal. Lots of people like the odd stuff. I do too on occasion. But off colors in a standard variety is a DQ. White feather, red, or anything else if the standard calls for something else. This is an interesting subject for me. Sorry if I went on too long about it.

I find it very interesting too. I think my white rooster has a splash gene because all of his babies are white splashed with blue. and their moms are black, blue, and white. I find it very interesting! But then I have Rhode Island Reds, and their babies didn't show the red but their grand babies did. It's cool!

 

[Momma 2 silkies]

@tinkerfairy Yes EE silkie crosses are adorable, at least in chick form so far. I have two prime examples in my brooder at the moment.

i have a hen that lays ee colored eggs and she is so sweet. I'll try to post a picture of her.

 

[MumsyIII]

i have a hen that lays ee colored eggs and she is so sweet. I'll try to post a picture of her.

Oh my goodness! I have a little pullet from a project half silkie pen that looks a lot like yours! She is half bantam Rhode Island Red and half Blue Partridge. I love her.

 

[seminolewind]

My husband swears that one of my 10 week old silkies crowed this morning. Possible?

 

[I Love Layers]

My husband swears that one of my 10 week old silkies crowed this morning.  Possible?

Yes, they would be just figuring it out

 

[ZeChickenMaster]

my 2 year old silkie hen feels fat and gasps when I pick her up. She acts fine. She was disgusting so I gave her a bath. When I picked her up some pink thing was sticking out of her rectum. Please help me.