Silkies Of A Different Color

[moomoodiddy]

No hint of blue if you look at them in person, just a light to medium chocolately brown, and I know from their breeding that they are I^D/i+ bl+/bl+  The cockerel also has Pg.

oh ok srry the pics r kinda confusing thanks for the dets.

 

[moomoodiddy]

mine are to

i think i know what happened woth mine the man who incubated mine was also incubating some whites at the same time so there was probably a mix up ....

 

[moomoodiddy]

Are you talking appearance or genetics?  Blue paints could look similar to splash if the birds have lots of small spots, but not if they have fewer, large spots.  Splash paints would have splashy spots, and I think Sigi said in her book that they tend to have more, but smaller spots....

I do not think red paint is possible.  Show me an adult bird (not juvenile feathering) that has random red spots on a white background and I'll believe.  But all the posted photos I have seen are juvenile feathering, that shows the way red typically comes in for that gender (usually males).

i saw some on the silkie facebook page bit they have been cockerels.....

 

[ihavechickens2]

i think i know what happened woth mine the man who incubated mine was also incubating some whites at the same time so there was probably a mix up ....

Well with me, all I have is black and white but I have been mixing my black with whites and action ally been getting blues so when I got a white i thought it was a splash. But I guess I have a white hen with the silver gene.

 

[TNBarnQueen]

Hi everyone..OK...I would like to breed Greys and hope I can get some feedback here. This is my roo. I am not for certain which pair he came from but I believe possibly from a roo Sonoran commented having some asiatic partridge with silver. And possibly one of my black hens. He is nice in my opinion but I am biased as he is mine and I love him.

SO...please give me some feedback as I really want to breed some quality in this line. His crest is fuller than it appears. It was a windy day and it kept blowing it back. Thank you so very much.

 

[fluffyfeathers]

If you can't get your hands on any grey silkie eggs you could breed him to a partridge. You would get some grey girls which you could breed back to dad. Then you would have a grey line. But try to find partridge without the autosamal red. That red is difficult to breed out. If you find high quality partridge hens that should help you breed high quality offspring. Another option is breeding to black with silver leakage but I'm not sure if the offspring would all be dark then.

Hi everyone..OK...I would like to breed Greys and hope I can get some feedback here. This is my roo. I am not for certain which pair he came from but I believe possibly from a roo Sonoran commented having some asiatic partridge with silver. And possibly one of my black hens. He is nice in my opinion but I am biased as he is mine and I love him. SO...please give me some feedback as I really want to breed some quality in this line. His crest is fuller than it appears. It was a windy day and it kept blowing it back. Thank you so very much.

 

[TNBarnQueen]

If you can't get your hands on any grey silkie eggs you could breed him to a partridge. You would get some grey girls which you could breed back to dad. Then you would have a grey line. But try to find partridge without the autosamal red. That red is difficult to breed out. If you find high quality partridge hens that should help you breed high quality offspring.

Another option is breeding to black with silver leakage but I'm not sure if the offspring would all be dark then.

Thank you so much! I do have some partridge that does not have autosamal red. They are coming from one of my black hens and some turn black as they mature. Would one of those work? If I figure out which hen is giving me the partridge that may be the one to breed to maybe? I am so excited. I know it is going to take time but...I like it. I want to start a true black line but did not know what to do with the hen with underlying part. Now I know what to do with her!

 

[fluffyfeathers]

Sounds like you will be having fun

Thank you so much! I do have some partridge that does not have autosamal red. They are coming from one of my black hens and some turn black as they mature. Would one of those work? If I figure out which hen is giving me the partridge that may be the one to breed to maybe? I am so excited. I know it is going to take time but...I like it. I want to start a true black line but did not know what to do with the hen with underlying part. Now I know what to do with her!

 

[ihavechickens2]

heres 2of the mix colored silkie chicks at alittle over a month







and here is a 4 dasy old chick idk what color it will be , any ideas? it has thre black dots on its back.

 

[moomoodiddy]

heres 2of the mix colored silkie chicks at alittle over a month and here is a 4 dasy old chick idk what color it will be , any ideas? it has thre black dots on its back.

the last could be paint or splash