Silkied chicken

[HonkABC]

Is there any way to breed all the other traits out of a silkie (five toes, feathered legs, black skin, walnut comb, etc) except the silkied feathers? Thank you.

 

[horror_trashcan]

I would assume you're going to have to continue breeding the silkie with other breeds until each chick comes out with features you're looking for and then proceed to breed only the ones you want. Its all genetics so even if you get exactly what you're looking for there is a chance it won't happen again since it'll still have all those recessive genes passing them down to its offspring.
(I also could be completely wrong this is just what I understand)

 

[Rose the Legbar]

The silkied feathers are recessive and a few of those features on silkies are dominate traits. So it would take quite a lot of breeding to get rid of those traits. I know silkied seramas are a thing, look just like a serama but with the silkie feathers. If you could get ahold of those, that would be a bit easier to start from.

 

[HonkABC]

Thank you!