Silkie X Bantam Cochin Breeding Q

[GardenAndRoost]

Looking to breed my lavender bantam Cochin roo with a White Silkie hen & a Partridge silkie hen. What type of colouring/ genetic traits could one Expect from this combo!? Would love to hear thoughts on this! Photos attached for fun!

 

[GardenAndRoost]

Other hen

 

[Clodill4rel]

Looking to breed my lavender bantam Cochin roo with a White Silkie hen & a Partridge silkie hen. What type of colouring/ genetic traits could one Expect from this combo!? Would love to hear thoughts on this! Photos attached for fun!

Here is a pic of my lavender olive egger and white polish silky I got a male Bellagio and female bell …… might help ………

 

[Clodill4rel]

Here is a pic of my lavender olive egger and white polish silky I got a male Bellagio and female bell …… might help ……… View attachment 3222608

Mom n dad ……

 

[GardenAndRoost]

I LOVE the colours !

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Lavender is caused by a recessive gene that dilutes solid black to pale gray. Solid (extended) black is dominant over patterns, so what you most likely will see from this cross is black chicks who feather in mostly solid with other colors leaking through from their mothers. I am assuming that your White Silkie is recessive white as that's the more common gene for White Silkies. White Silkies are also often carrying other color genes beneath their white outer coating, so it's hard to say what you could get from her. She may even carry Lavender and make Lavender chicks instead of Black chicks with your rooster.

As for other traits, I would expect their offspring to have crests that are smaller than their mothers', combs that are somewhere between the walnut comb of a Silkie and a rose comb, pale skin like their father, and extra toes on most of their feet. The gene that causes extra toes is weird and sometimes chicks who are a cross between extra toe and not extra toe chickens will have an extra toe on one foot and not on the other. Also, the chicks from the White Silkie will either all be bearded (if she has two copies of the gene) or half will be bearded (if she only has one copy of the gene). Since the other Silkie is non-bearded and the gene for bearding is dominant, none of her offspring will have beards when bred to a Cochin. Editing, one last important detail that somehow slipped my mind, silkied feathering is recessive, so none of the offspring of a smooth-feathered Cochin crossed to a Silkie will be silkied, but all will carry the gene.

 

[GardenAndRoost]

Thank you very much for the information this is super interesting and helpful!!

 

[Clodill4rel]

I’ll be really interested in what you get! Please share pictures with me

 

[GardenAndRoost]

I’ll be really interested in what you get! Please share pictures with me

Will do!! Had one little baby hatch this evening! So far it looks black with gray/white and appear bearded. Still drying off rn.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Congrats on your little baby!
Your lavender rooster is gorgeous!
Looks like the chick is black.
I had a bantam Cochin/Silkie cross cockerel that I recently sold. He was a real sweetheart. Paint Silkie dad and a red bantam Cochin mom.
He looked like a Silkie chick at hatch, down to the black eyes.
Here’s a photo of him so you can get an idea of what your chicks may look like when they grow up. He ended up with only four toes on each foot and was beardless. Favored his mother very much in appearance.