Silkied Easter Eggers?

[HonkABC]

I saw these on Meyer hatchery and am wondering if they are like EEs but with silkied feathers. Thank you! https://meyerhatchery.com/products/silked-easter-egger

 

[GodLovesU]

That’s how I understand it.

 

[Ecarroll]

I don’t really know much about them, I’ve never owned one, so take what I say with a grain of salt. Easter eggers are typically just a mix of americauna, arucana, cream legbar or other blue egger with a brown egg laying breed. So I assume that the silkied ees are a mix of silkie with a blue egg layer, then crossed back to the silkie to give it the silkie feathers.

 

[HonkABC]

Thank you!

 

[fluffycrow]

I'm fairly certain the silkie gene occurred naturally/without any mixing in a small population of pure Ameraucanas (and I believe it was all documented on BYC), but it's probably a result of mixing in this case, as the term "EE" suggests. The silkie is definitely way back in the gene pool, otherwise a lot more silkie characteristics would be visible

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Looking at the link, they're a hybrid. I'd say they're a Silkie and Ameraucana cross, first generation. Meaning, one parent is a Silkie, the other is the Ameraucana, which, being at a hatchery, might very well be what most of us call, Easter Egger. (The blue eggs probably are not guaranteed, though who's the mother is probably having their effect.)

They look like a fun bird, but it might be best to breed yourself if you can. That way, you can specifically choose your parents and go for the most quality of what you're looking for.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Looking at the link, they're a hybrid. I'd say they're a Silkie and Ameraucana cross, first generation. Meaning, one parent is a Silkie, the other is the Ameraucana, which, being at a hatchery, might very well be what most of us call, Easter Egger. (The blue eggs probably are not guaranteed, though who's the mother is probably having their effect.)

They look like a fun bird, but it might be best to breed yourself if you can. That way, you can specifically choose your parents and go for the most quality of what you're looking for.

If they are silkied feathering they are a 2nd gen with a split silkied bred to eachother to get silkied feathering

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

If they are silkied feathering they are a 2nd gen with a split silkied bred to eachother to get silkied feathering

In the link it said first generation. It also said there's a 50/50 chance that you'll get the silked feathers, so there's not even a guarantee that you'll get them.

 

[HonkABC]

I noticed they don't show up on the main list of the hatchery, only in the"funky chickens" category.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

In the link it said first generation. It also said there's a 50/50 chance that you'll get the silked feathers, so there's not even a guarantee that you'll get them.

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I didnt read it but that it saying silkied is a lie then first gens wouldnt be silkied at all!! Unless it was a split silkied bred to a silkie but thats further away from easter egger.