Silkied genetics.

[Squishychicken]

If I breed a serama that is a silkie carrier to a pure silkied serama whats the chance of silkied?

 

[The Moonshiner]

50%
Your silkied one has two silkie genes and will pass one gene to the offspring. Of course it will have no choice but to pass a silkie gene.
Your carrier has one silkie gene and one non silkie gene. So it has a 50% chance of passing on the silkie gene and a 50% chance of passing on the non silkie gene.
All chicks that aren't silkie will be carriers of one silkie gene.

 

[Squishychicken]

Thanks that explains it a bit better

 

[nicalandia]

I see, trying to create Silkie feather Seramas?

 

[nicalandia]

Silkie Seramas already exist but not in the USA(At least not that I am aware of)

Here is Silkie Serama(for more pictures, google Serama zijdevederig )

 

[Squishychicken]

I have a trio of silkied carriers. I'm looking to get pure silkied and was just making sure the Gene's that would pass on if I had to put the pures and carriers togther

 

[Squishychicken]

Yup they exists in the NC at least I know multiple breeders

 

[The Moonshiner]

I have a trio of silkied carriers. I'm looking to get pure silkied and was just making sure the Gene's that would pass on if I had to put the pures and carriers togther

If they do carry the gene you can breed your trio.
Carrier Xs carrier has a 25% chance of producing a silkied.
Only they bad imo about breeding carriers is that you also have a 50% chance at producing more carriers and 25% chance of non silkie non carriers.
You won't be able to tell the difference of those carriers and the non carriers by looks.
At least breeding a carrier to a silkie you know whatever ones aren't silkie are carriers.

 

[nicalandia]

Yup they exists in the NC at least I know multiple breeders

Really? I am not a big fan of Silkie genetics(except pink silkies, which should be doable but have yet to see one that is not dyed )

 

[Squishychicken]

Ya the lady I got my carriers from she has multiple pure silks.

Haha that I'd love to see pure pink undyed silkies