Silkies Of A Different Color

[KellyHM]

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They are a crossing of my Mottled bantam cochins and my Black silkies F4's This was the 1st offspring hatched and is feathering out lovely

As much as the mottled cochins change this should be an exciting chicky to watch

Unless the silkie already carried mottled, the chick is not mottled. It is a recessive gene that requires two copies to show. Mottling may show a bit in juvenile plumage, but nowhere near the extent displayed by this bird. If he IS mottled, he would be considered super-mottled. He looks more like a paint...

Since she said they're F4's, wouldn't they truly be mottled by now?

 

[peepswiththepoof]

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Unless the silkie already carried mottled, the chick is not mottled. It is a recessive gene that requires two copies to show. Mottling may show a bit in juvenile plumage, but nowhere near the extent displayed by this bird. If he IS mottled, he would be considered super-mottled. He looks more like a paint...

Since she said they're F4's, wouldn't they truly be mottled by now?

I thought the black Silkies were F4s...and this was the first cross with the F4 black Silkies and the mottled bantam Cochins. Maybe, I'm confused?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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See, I am not sure it could have been the hen. She was black...He has all the markings of a brown red.

but there arent brown reds in silkies the gene isnt there
both parents have to carry lavender to produce lavender
remember when u here hoof beats thing horses not zerbras

There are certainly silkies that are birchen based, as he obviously is. He is not at all what one should expect a lavender split to look like. Certainly, he could be split to lavender, but the term is usually used for black bird who carry one copy of lav, not for patterned birds.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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I don't want to ruffle feathers (pardon the pun) I just don't think he is brown red maybe more of a black gold. We have those in Ameraucanas.

http://www.faithvalleywaterfowl.com/breed_pen_set_up.html
these are Patty Pickards Black Golds.

Both are extremely hard to get right. believe me I breed brown reds! Its just dawnting to plan breedings out!

Basically a brown red, but with lighter gold? I'd already said the colour was lighter than normal, but the pattern looked pretty close to accurate.

 

[KellyHM]

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Since she said they're F4's, wouldn't they truly be mottled by now?

I thought the black Silkies were F4s...and this was the first cross with the F4 black Silkies and the mottled bantam Cochins. Maybe, I'm confused?

Oh, I took it to mean the F4s were the project, but I could have read it wrong too.

ETA: It would have to be more than the 1st generation of crossing to the Cochins b/c otherwise they would all have normal (not silkied) feathers.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Since she said they're F4's, wouldn't they truly be mottled by now?

I thought the black Silkies were F4s...and this was the first cross with the F4 black Silkies and the mottled bantam Cochins. Maybe, I'm confused?

That was the way I read it. If it is an F4 cross of mottleds and blacks, then yes, they are likely mottled. If it is the first generation offspring of crossing mottled in, then likely not.

 

[SonRise Silkies]

These are not completely up to date but are the last pics I took of these girls I got from Elite Silkies a little while back.
I sure do like them.
This one is a Silkie

This is her again

And one I named Rusty, she is a Showgirl

Another Showgirl named Grace

One more Showgirl

Her again

I have them all in pen with Black/Lav split roo, these pullets all carry the Lav gene so I don't know what to expect,
but I think it will be pretty no matter what color.

 

[Mentzer6]

Wow! And here I am all excited that I might be getting a buff or red chick soon! LOL! You have inspired me! I LOVE the salmon! Is there any way to do a mille fleur type of coloring with a Silkie? Hmmmmmm. I have some reading to do.

 

[Elite Silkies]

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I like Rusty! She is going to have the blue like the one I kept. The silkie is going to have the darker coloring, but does look like a little light blue under her tail area, not sure what her color is. Bred back to Lavender again should give us Isabel. I'm hoping anyway

I'm not sure what the background breeding on my Buff Showgirl is. So, there is no telling what colors she will produce.

Looks like the Blue Partridge will be hit and miss. I figured Rusty was going to be a pretty bird when I took her to you. She is going to have the blue color that my hen has. It is really pretty once they fully mature.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Rusty looks like a cockerel, so you might want to reconsider who you place him with.