Silkie thread!

[mangled]

I wasn't sure. We love him regardless. Thanks for the input, though. I hatched out some eggs from him and some barred rock hens and the babies are just gorgeous.

Now I'll have an excuse to buy some more eggs! LOL


Blessings-
Em

 

[Teresaann24]

I'v been working on Lemon blue silkies I just wanted to share a picture of one of my offspring. This is not the best colored chick but I really was not in the mood for pics so I just snapped one of this cutie all of them have the nice red chest and a beautiful blue coloring on the back looks dark in the pics but its a beautiful darkish light blue coloring.

What do you all think?

Here is another pic not the best pic.

 

[swheat]

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I a guessing here but he looks like a light cuckoo splash, by light I mean 2 doses of the barring gene and was probably blue bred(where the splash comes from).

 

[chickendales]

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I a guessing here but he looks like a light cuckoo splash, by light I mean 2 doses of the barring gene and was probably blue bred(where the splash comes from).

if u breed him to black all his babies should be barred

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Looks more like blue partridge.

 

[Teresaann24]

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Looks more like blue partridge.

You think so? this was only a project nothing was 4-sure these are just the offspring from what I had mixed blue partridge would be a plus too.

Oh btw would it be blue partridge also if there is no peniciling?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Males have far less penciling than females, and if it is an F1 or F2 cross, reduced penciling is common. Adult feathers and subsequent molts can add penciling, too.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Here are some lemon blues
(from feathersite):

and from the Old English website http://www.bantychicken.com/OEGBCA:

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

it simply looks like a blue base with gold leakaged hackles. i know its not that simple genetically, but color wise

 

[Teresaann24]

The mother of these babies is a non bearded blue hen with my weird colored roo...Here he is.

As I said before with him I have always thought he was a black with alot of gold leakage.