Silkie thread!

[peepblessed]

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According to the color calculator, half the chicks would be blue and the other half would be black.

http://www.kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm#kipcalculator

 

[Hawkeye95]

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According to the color calculator, half the chicks would be blue and the other half would be black.

http://www.kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm#kipcalculator

Thank you!! And, thanks for the link! I never knew such a thing existed. I should know better by now.

Just hoping for a really good shot at blue.

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

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So cute! Going to name it a girl's name too? LOL

I think im going too.
saw a few more cuties!
The coop is really dark so i had to have my flash on

 

[peepblessed]

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So cute! Going to name it a girl's name too? LOL

I think im going too.
saw a few more cuties!
The coop is really dark so i had to have my flash on
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/106490_p1040637.jpg

Toooo sweet!!

 

[peepblessed]

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According to the color calculator, half the chicks would be blue and the other half would be black.

http://www.kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm#kipcalculator

Thank you!! And, thanks for the link! I never knew such a thing existed. I should know better by now.

Just hoping for a really good shot at blue.

You're welcome! I'm just hoping all the info applies to silkies!

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

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I think im going too.
saw a few more cuties!
The coop is really dark so i had to have my flash on
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/106490_p1040637.jpg

Toooo sweet!!

I lift up her left wing and saw them

I have to wait until my mum gets home to count how many their are.
its a 2 man job trying to pick up my hen

 

[madamwlf]

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No one???????

 

[ChickensXOXO]

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So cute! Going to name it a girl's name too? LOL

I think im going too.
saw a few more cuties!
The coop is really dark so i had to have my flash on
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/106490_p1040637.jpg

So cute!

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

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I think im going too.
saw a few more cuties!
The coop is really dark so i had to have my flash on
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/106490_p1040637.jpg

So cute!

I hope i get heaps more !

 

[Cattitude]

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Thank you!! And, thanks for the link! I never knew such a thing existed. I should know better by now.

Just hoping for a really good shot at blue.

You're welcome! I'm just hoping all the info applies to silkies!

On the more complex version of the Chicken Calculator http://kippenjungle.nl/kruisingKipFlexTree.html the first of the smaller genetic choices packed underneath the larger ones is "H+//H+" which is the genetic selector for silkied feathers. Since silkied feathers are recessive, a chicken has to have a gene from both parents "h//h" to appear as a silkie. Other genetic choices are listed, and if you know the code you can add some of the more obscure ones. (Like blue eggs - which are an "O".) I've used this calculator to project how many of my chicks are going to be silkied, blue-egg layers, crested, bearded, etc. It's a great tool and I've spent hours and hours playing with it. All my projects have printouts from this program!