Silkies Of A Different Color

[BetsyOK]

He could actually be a dilute splash, if he was from splash background. Splashes bred to splashes will produce more and more dilute splashes after a couple or so generations.

 

[Adorkable]

Here they are as babies 5 cockerels and 1 partridge pullet. They are from a dark porcelain cock bird and 3 white hens.


Here are 4 of the cockerels a little older... well 3 1/2 of them.


Here is a closer look at one of the youngsters (the one in the foreground in the above picture)


This is the same bird. I guess he was the most interesting colored of the bunch.




Here is another of the interesting colored ones a little bit older.


Here is another interesting colored one from the same cock bird, but with a different white hen. I almost kept this one because he was so pretty and he had the best temperament of all his siblings.


I wanted to keep them all... they were so friendly and got along great together in a bachelor pen. I enjoyed sitting in the pen with them giving them bits of scratch while I had my morning coffee.
Just wanted to post these up somewhere before I deleted them from my camera

 

[jas humbert]

Thank you for posting those pictures, Adorkable. That was enormously helpful. I've got a 10 week old cockerel with barred wings like yours, very similar over all in fact, and I was wondering what he was going to end up looking like. I have never seen a silkie with cuckoo on wings only until I was yours. Gorgeous bird. I hope mine comes out half as well.

 

[Adorkable]

Thank you for posting those pictures, Adorkable. That was enormously helpful. I've got a 10 week old cockerel with barred wings like yours, very similar over all in fact, and I was wondering what he was going to end up looking like. I have never seen a silkie with cuckoo on wings only until I was yours. Gorgeous bird. I hope mine comes out half as well.

You're welcome. Hope your little one turns out nice!

 

[Naliez]

Slimy Bob is so beautiful lol

 

[cvamoca]

Take a stab at this one, anyone? To me it almost looks like Lemon Blue- but it's a male so I don't know if it's an actual colour, or just random genetics. He's pretty though and he's coming to my house.

 

[jas humbert]

Slimy Bob is so beautiful lol



Such fun to see your chickies grow. That "I think I will get feathers but every one will be different length and the fluff will half fall out and look raggedy" " stage will pass . None are as pretty as they will be in a month or two. I'm going to go out on a limb and show you what I think Slimy Bob will look like in a few months. I think might be a gray. Gray partridge with black and white on wings. This is my baby who was an off whitish color with some dark taupe when a baby. Somehow I think Bob will end up a similar color.
or possibly a bit darker like this one. Red/buff leakage optional. I'm pretty sure this one is a boy and is 10 week in the photo



or could be even darker. dark headed or light headed, who know yet?

 

[Naliez]

Those are beautiful! I think you're right about how he'll look. His head was yellow, the rest of him was grey and white as down.

 

[jas humbert]

Here they are as babies 5 cockerels and 1 partridge pullet. They are from a dark porcelain cock bird and 3 white hens.


Here are 4 of the cockerels a little older... well 3 1/2 of them.


Here is a closer look at one of the youngsters (the one in the foreground in the above picture)


This is the same bird. I guess he was the most interesting colored of the bunch.




Here is another of the interesting colored ones a little bit older.


Here is another interesting colored one from the same cock bird, but with a different white hen. I almost kept this one because he was so pretty and he had the best temperament of all his siblings.


I wanted to keep them all... they were so friendly and got along great together in a bachelor pen. I enjoyed sitting in the pen with them giving them bits of scratch while I had my morning coffee.
Just wanted to post these up somewhere before I deleted them from my camera

This is my guy at 8 weeks. I think he look a lot like your favorite above. My big question was was it possible to be cuckoo on just parts of the rooster and not all over? I had never seen
that before and was wondering- now I know. Based on those pictures I guess I can expect him to darken and redden up quite a bit.

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[Adorkable]

@jas humbert I didn't keep this one to full maturity, but I kept him till 5-6 months and his wings had a few feathers that appeared to be barred.



your youngster is pretty!