silkied not silkie

[Buck Creek Chickens]

great, the worst part of it is you don't know what you have till they start to feather out, if I breed the silkie and silkie will i get all silkie or both types? does that make sense

 

[patandchickens]

My understanding is that the silkie trait is recessive - if this is true, then *all* offspring of a silkie x silkie cross will be silkied.

Crossing the silkied roo (who btw is too too handsome!) with one of his normal-feathered offspring (HIS offspring, not someone else's) will give you 1/2 silkied chicks and 1/2 regular-feathered-but-carrier-of-the-silkie-allele chicks.

Pat

 

[HBuehler]

We hatched 3 but one didn't make it so now we only have 2

so going to have to put more in the bator..they are just so pretty

 

[Kev]

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Any silkie x silkie= 100% silkie. Like this silkied cochin rooster with any bird with silky feathers will throw 100% silky feathered chicks. So this rooster bred with his silkied daughter will throw all silkied cochins. No smoothies/normal feathers.

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

Thank you, that's what i was hoping for.

 

[RAREROO]

He looks so cool. swheat also has Silkied Cochins in Barred and Black, you may want to buy a few eggs from him to speed the process along.

 

[OccamsTazer]

I love these kinds of birds! I have a grey silkied EE that is a total hoot. Her name is Fuzzer

Your rooster is adorable!

 

[RAREROO]

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Here are Steve Wheat's Silkied Cochins. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=303528

 

[Buck Creek Chickens]

I got a smooth feathered roo from the same set of chicks, is there a possiable he also has the silkie gene?

 

[FortWorthChicks]

There are some silkied cochin eggs up for auction...