Silkies Of A Different Color

[fruggiechick]

What awesome colors!

 

[Fur N Feathers]

Ok here are some pictures I took today of what I have been calling my little green head. It still has a white body (getting some nice fluff) but is getting an interesting barred (?) mohawk. Just so darned cute, this one is my favorite of this batch.

Is this how a splash starts out or do I have some wild color going on here?

 

[fluffyfeathers]

Wow. Very different. The head feathers look like silver partridge coloring. I think it's going to be pretty. I see why it is your favorite.

[COLOR=800080]Ok here are some pictures I took today of what I have been calling my little green head. It still has a white body (getting some nice fluff) but is getting an interesting barred (?) mohawk. Just so darned cute, this one is my favorite of this batch. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=800080]Is this how a splash starts out or do I have some wild color going on here?[/COLOR]

 

[Fur N Feathers]

I hope so FluffyFeathers! Leave it to me to have a striped headed one! Ha! Ha!

I think it would be very cool if the body remains white and have a silver gray head.

 

[fluffyfeathers]

Here is a picture of a silver partridge just getting the crest feathers in. Looks similar to your bird's crest, at least to me

[COLOR=800080]Ok here are some pictures I took today of what I have been calling my little green head. It still has a white body (getting some nice fluff) but is getting an interesting barred (?) mohawk. Just so darned cute, this one is my favorite of this batch. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=800080]Is this how a splash starts out or do I have some wild color going on here?[/COLOR]

 

[peepblessed]

Ok here are some pictures I took today of what I have been calling my little green head. It still has a white body (getting some nice fluff) but is getting an interesting barred (?) mohawk. Just so darned cute, this one is my favorite of this batch.

Is this how a splash starts out or do I have some wild color going on here?

Don't trust the color on those crest feathers until it sheds the pin tubes. My lavenders often look like they will have a black crest.

 

[TNTFarmsMinis]

What color is this considered? I bought him as a Splash, but he looks more like a Paint to me! Any suggestions??? Thanks!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: She is talking about using a black, so there shouldn't be an issue. If you used a blue or splash you could get blue paints (and splash paints in a second generation).

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I think it could be a possibility, but admittedly, I don't know what goes into the making of a paint. In a perfect world, the blue would dilute the black and the white would remain where it is. The problem with the perfect world is most Silkies are recessive white, so a bunch of crazy stuff could come from that. Not too mention the genetics behind your b/b/s birds (lots if folks commonly have partridge and other colors come from their b/b/s pens). The way I understand it is you breed black to paint to bring out the spots, but even then only a percentage will come out with the paint spotting. Did you post your question in the paint thread?
I'd imagine that if you've seen blue paints someone had to have mixed them with blue to get that color. You never know if you don't try! I'd be interested to see the chicks if you do put them together!
Nikki

The white in paints is not recessive white.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote:
Chocolate pullet:


Chocolate partridge cockerel:



Both are dun based.