Silkie thread!

[Hawkeye95]

I think this thread talks more about color genetics than any other thread. I learn a lot when I just sit here and lurk.

Yeah, I love the color talks. It straightens us all out and really helps me get a better grasp on what I'm trying to achieve. I don't want to do be doing this blindly or not know what I'm looking for. There is always more to learn, even when you think you have it down.

 

[Debbi]

LOL! Where's a smiley with someone lashing a whip about? These are both good examples of splash, but the silkie is too brassy--probably too much sun. Splash can vary a LOT in number of and size of splashings. Likewise, the depth of the background colour can vary quite a bit.

The chick is adorable.

She really isn't brassy at all, just very dirty. Dust bathing in the clay dirt will do that to a girl. She had just gotten off the nest after every darn hen here went broody! Now in Hawkeye's first pic, the one I would call blue, do you call that Splash?

 

[Hawkeye95]

THey are all splash. The only time a different colour should be used is if it is based on something other than blue (I have heard dun splash to refer to a bird with two copies of dun; it can also look splotchy, but does not always) or is there is more going on than simply blue (splash laced red, lemon splash, etc.).

I feel better. LOL!

 

[peepblessed]

Beautiful chicks!! The darker one in the first photo looks light blue to me. If so, it will become obvious soon. I love the light blues!

Here's a photo of my light blue a couple of days old.

Here's how she turned out.

 

[Hawkeye95]

She really isn't brassy at all, just very dirty. Dust bathing in the clay dirt will do that to a girl. She had just gotten off the nest after every darn hen here went broody! Now in Hawkeye's first pic, the one I would call blue, do you call that Splash?

Debbi is talking about the one on the Left:

Right now, I'm calling it a splash. It is darker, for sure. I suppose if s/he doesn't develop any spots, then it'll be a blue, which would be pretty neat, too. I love the lighter blues. But my guess is that since I already have dark adult Splashes like the one on the left, it's going to turn out to be a Splash.

 

[Hawkeye95]

Here's a photo of my light blue a couple of days old.

Here's how she turned out.

She's stunning Peep!! I LOVE that lighter color!!!

 

[K-12 Chickens]

All these silkies are so cute!

I'm trying to find some for myself right now...

 

[Basel]

Also, they remember traps... They won't get stuck a second time, and the next person ends up with dead chickens.

Killing this coon will not stop the harm to your birds because other coons will come into the open territory. Wild animals move into territories all the time. More will come. The only thing that will stop them from hurting your flock is by fixing the pen.

 

[mama2my4]

Loving all of these beautiful blues!!

Oh, and BTW... I have a PIP!!!!

 

[NovaAman]

Killing this coon will not stop the harm to your birds because other coons will come into the open territory. Wild animals move into territories all the time. More will come. The only thing that will stop them from hurting your flock is by fixing the pen.

Oh I agree about the other coons coming in the territory. I figure it was a mother coon and she was just feeding her pups/kits, what ever it is you call their offspring. I am going to fix the coop. No birds will be put back in it until I have the money to buy the wood I need. They are going to be put in another coop with previous offspring and foster babies. Roger will protect the 3 remaining dottes that I have. He's a good daddy roo. They have not left his side all afternoon, and they are going on 8 weeks old Tuesday. But in the mean time, I am not going to give it an opportunity to find another weak spot in my set up. It has to go, and every one that comes after that, will go too. There are plenty of wild rabbits here, I am not going to let it have my birds again.