Silkie thread!

[peepblessed]

I hatched this chick 8 months ago. I was sure it was splash but it turned out blue. So sometimes it's hard to tell.

 

[Debbi]

OMG!!! This picture is adorable. I would enlarge it out, print, and frame. Wayyyyy to cute.

Cute pic! She looks like she is wearing one of those British "Fascinator" hats!

Had to look twice as your girl looks like a twin of my Grandaughter at that age, wow!

 

[Sanna]

This shade can go either way - it is either going to be a darker based splash (not a more diluted or whiter base) or its going to be a lighter blue shade.

My splash usually hatch slightly off white, and start feathering in with blue splashings in the wings, typically any chicks I've ever had that are this color are blue or silver gene whites (and feather out white)

I hatched this chick 8 months ago. I was sure it was splash but it turned out blue. So sometimes it's hard to tell.

The more I learn about the genetics, the more interesting it becomes!
Too bad we can't tell which hen which egg came out of as they all live together, all mixed colors. lol Some day, I'll have my own breeding birds.
Can't wait to see what colors these chicks turn out!



I went back a few pages and read about the Blue genetics.
"3) Black x Splash: You'll get 100% blue."
We have one of each, so I bet there'll be some blue chicks there. We also have 2 white hens, one grey hen and another silver/grey partridge looking thing. lol The two last hens are out of black hens, so lots of black there.

 

[chisNchickens]

Here ya go Peepblessed...

I agree with Hawkeye and so sorry! I would really like to see pictures of how they carry their wings. Hard to believe that it isn't evident. Beautiful whites and adorable partridge!!

 

[Sanna]

I have another question now that I'm on the genetics roll! lol

If the white gene is recessive, you need to breed white to white to get white, correct? When white is bred to something else, you'll most likely get something else?
We have one white chick as of now. There are two white hens, no white roosters. Was this just a rare thing that we happened to get a white chick? Or one of the roosters has white somewhere in the genes? Does it work that way?

 

[Sanna]

Looks like one of our girls!

Is this still considered a grey or one of those grey/silver(what was the proper name?) partridges?

 

[peepblessed]

Here ya go Peepblessed...

You are right! Their wings look awfully good! What a shame.... Beautiful girls!

 

[peepblessed]

I have another question now that I'm on the genetics roll! lol

If the white gene is recessive, you need to breed white to white to get white, correct? When white is bred to something else, you'll most likely get something else?
We have one white chick as of now. There are two white hens, no white roosters. Was this just a rare thing that we happened to get a white chick? Or one of the roosters has white somewhere in the genes? Does it work that way?

Yes, one of the roosters carries white.

 

[Sanna]

Yes, one of the roosters carries white.

I guess it would be pretty clear that it would be this guy, right? What color is he anyway?
Can a Splash carry white?

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

Looks like one of our girls!

Is this still considered a grey or one of those grey/silver(what was the proper name?) partridges?

Gray is a standard recognized color - silver partridge is usually just another name for Gray. But the color standard calls for no evident penciling/barring (like a partridge has) but many of the Grays out there have penciled wings and necks, so I *think* that is why people started calling it Silver partridge