Silkie thread!

[kingdr85]

These are my 3 silkies!

As you can see there is one that does not have a tail at all (I think she is a "she" and she is at the bottom of the peck order)
They come from a show-quality breeder (i wont be showing them, I just have them for fun). They are about 3 months old and we are pretty sure we have one boy (hopefully just one).

Possible Hen #1 (the one that has a tail)

Possible Hen #2 (the one without a tail)

THE BOY (FOR SURE HE IS....99.99% sure he is a boy). His neck feathers are differnt than the other two, he has those differnt feathers on his tail, the size of his head and face is bigger (and he is a little over a week younger than the other two), he is the BOSS, calls them over when he finds good stuff eat, likes to do the bump chest thing, huge bump on his comb....i know he is a boy, just waiting for the crow! (he will probably have to guy when he start crowing)

 

[starbright bird]

Kinder,

Pretty pretty pretty birds

 

[starbright bird]

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I know that Bobbi Porto does both.

Google indigoegg or indigo egg.
She spent a a good amount of time with me answering my newbie questions

 

[joe17]

http://indigoegg.us/contact.html That is Bobbi Portos site. She is awesome! I have three from her. I have 21 chicks from AMy Piehl. She is awesome too! Those are my 2 favorite breeders. Their birds are great quality. Her website is http://s35.photobucket.com/albums/d196/destiny_56085/Silkie Chickens - Breeding Stock/ Just click on the color of the silkie you want to see on the left. She has pictures of each of her breeding pens and birds. Both of those breeders will answer any questions you have.

 

[Kyfila]

I'm trying to find out what colors you can get if you cross different colored silkies?

Does anyone know what a buff rooster and a white hen will produce?

Or a splash rooster and a black hen?

How about a spplash rooster and a calico hen?

I was just wondering if you could get better colors by combining different color combinations?

Thanks

Kim

 

[joe17]

I dont think colors really work like that. I dont think they just mix. You should ask sonoran silkies these questions. She is a genetics expert!

 

[thechickonthehill]

This is Turk, my Silkie pullet (that, btw, came from Bobbi Porto). She is 22 weeks old now (younger in this pic) and I await an egg.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Silkie colour genetics are exactly the same as for any other breed. Try doing a search first--most of these questions get asked at least weekly.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Recessive white X not-white

Recessive white is an OFF switch--it turns OFF the plumage colours and patterns that are genetically present in a bird. Since you cannot see them, you cannot select for or against them, and after a few generations you have no idea what any individual bird is underneath the white.

White does NOT dilute. There are two different white genes. is indeed an offswitch. At the cellular level recessive white prevents the formation of all pigment. It can be leaky, allowing a bit in occasionally on a feather here or there, but overall is pretty non-leaky. Dominant white, on the other hand works differently, and is very leaky. It is more like a filter than an offswitch--it doesn't prevent pigment from forming, but it does prevent it from being placed in the feather. One copy prevents black pigment from entering feathers; two copies also prevents red pigment. Exchequer leghorns are leaky dominant white. Red pyle is dominant white.


So, breeding a non-white to a recessive white is like breeding that non-white to a completely unknown bird--the only genes you can be certain of come from the noon-white parent.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Splash, blue and black breeding outcomes is covered on many different threads. Splash always donates a blue gene to its progeny, blue donates a blue gene about half the time and a not-blue gene the other half. Black always donates a not-blue gene. Birds that inherit two copies of the blue gene are splash; those who inherit one are blue and those who inherit two copies of not-blue are black.