Silkies Of A Different Color

[VioletBlueIvy]

I also got this big boy a month ago, when I got Toast. What would you call/think of this color? His hackles are a buff color, but the rest of him is black/blue.

I had one like him, his son was a splash and has the gold too. His daughter is black with gold in her neck. I asked about my boy a couple years ago and was told the gold is just leakage. I like how it looks, especially on the black roosters, it makes them look lkie 80's rockstars with big,frosted hair lol!

I have no idea really about the color, but it does look like red pyle to me when I googled it. Cute silkie! I hope he feel better soon

Yeah, think definately Red Pyle. I just would love someone who breeds these to confirm it. Thank you, he is feeling better. He cleared up completely by day 3 of the Tylan. That stuff really works well. I put him back out, and he has been running around and trying to breed with the hens, and getting his little fuzzy butt kicked by them as a result. He is too big for his britches!

 

[Heidi Thatcher]

I wouln't say red pyle, then again I have no experience with the coloration in silkies, only oegames. He is cute though!

 

[country]

Thank you Fur n Feathers & Sonoran. Your answers made me grab my camera & hurry to try & get some better pics - entry deadline is today!! Normally I wouldn't be this worried over colors, but this is for the Western Nationals & the entry says - NO CHANGES AFTER DEADLINE - so I assume if I guess wrong the judges will just DQ rather than write the correct color in. Anyway, I know these colors are a bit funky & Swiffer is an AOV anyway so probably won't make a difference on him, & the Frizzle Silkie may get a color DQ no matter what I enter her as, but I really appreciate any help & advice you can give.

Here's Swiffer, showing his wing & breast so you can see the lacing.




And here is the Frizzled Silkie taken in the sun so shows her color a bit better. She does have the partridge pattern on the breast & wings, but it's hard to see.









Thank you soooo much.
Country

 

[VioletBlueIvy]

I wouln't say red pyle, then again I have no experience with the coloration in silkies, only oegames. He is cute though!

This is the Red Pyle (I Think) that I was referring to from my previous post. He is adorable, he actually belongs to my son, his name is Freedom I would love to have someone who breeds Red Pyle Sikies confirm or refute my suspicions, It will help me with whether I should breed him, and who to as well.

 

[VioletBlueIvy]

Thank you Fur n Feathers & Sonoran. Your answers made me grab my camera & hurry to try & get some better pics - entry deadline is today!! Normally I wouldn't be this worried over colors, but this is for the Western Nationals & the entry says - NO CHANGES AFTER DEADLINE - so I assume if I guess wrong the judges will just DQ rather than write the correct color in. Anyway, I know these colors are a bit funky & Swiffer is an AOV anyway so probably won't make a difference on him, & the Frizzle Silkie may get a color DQ no matter what I enter her as, but I really appreciate any help & advice you can give. Here's Swiffer, showing his wing & breast so you can see the lacing. And here is the Frizzled Silkie taken in the sun so shows her color a bit better. She does have the partridge pattern on the breast & wings, but it's hard to see. HE is Awesome! I love the name too, very appropriate lol! I like the shade of your hen too. Thank you soooo much. Country

 

[iluvsedward]

I have almost no expirence with this whole thing but you know what I'd love to see? A mille fleur d'uccle cross with a silkie. I found one>>> https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/269521/duccle-thread/7080 but I would like to see more silkie feathers... I'm thinking maybe if you bred this one with a red silkie.... but idk...

 

[Fur N Feathers]

You are very welcome Country! I still think she is blue partridge. And Swiffer is just so cool looking, think I can see penciling in the chest area there and in the wing area. He has so much blue and cream I just don't know. I think there is a color called silver blue and cream birchen, but that doesn't sound very "official" does it? I just got online and this is probably too late but I tried!

Be sure and take pictures and tell us how it goes!

Country, I just went to www.feathersite.com and could not find "silver blue and cream birchen" so that is probably NOT an official color. Sonoran said he did not look like a lemon blue to her and she is the color and genetics expert. That is a good site to check coloring and they have wonderful examples of coloring. Here is a link for the frizzles: http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry//CGD/Friz/BRKFrizzles.html (If that doesn't link you can copy and paste) Nothing like Swiffer though.

Thank you Fur n Feathers & Sonoran. Your answers made me grab my camera & hurry to try & get some better pics - entry deadline is today!! Normally I wouldn't be this worried over colors, but this is for the Western Nationals & the entry says - NO CHANGES AFTER DEADLINE - so I assume if I guess wrong the judges will just DQ rather than write the correct color in. Anyway, I know these colors are a bit funky & Swiffer is an AOV anyway so probably won't make a difference on him, & the Frizzle Silkie may get a color DQ no matter what I enter her as, but I really appreciate any help & advice you can give.

Here's Swiffer, showing his wing & breast so you can see the lacing.




And here is the Frizzled Silkie taken in the sun so shows her color a bit better. She does have the partridge pattern on the breast & wings, but it's hard to see.









Thank you soooo much.
Country

 

[country]

Thank you Fur n Feathers & Sonoran. Your answers made me grab my camera & hurry to try & get some better pics - entry deadline is today!! Normally I wouldn't be this worried over colors, but this is for the Western Nationals & the entry says - NO CHANGES AFTER DEADLINE - so I assume if I guess wrong the judges will just DQ rather than write the correct color in. Anyway, I know these colors are a bit funky & Swiffer is an AOV anyway so probably won't make a difference on him, & the Frizzle Silkie may get a color DQ no matter what I enter her as, but I really appreciate any help & advice you can give.

Here's Swiffer, showing his wing & breast so you can see the lacing.




And here is the Frizzled Silkie taken in the sun so shows her color a bit better. She does have the partridge pattern on the breast & wings, but it's hard to see.









Thank you soooo much.
Country

Thanks also to TreatsRule. And to VioletBlueIvy, thank you. It was either Swiffer or Ragmop or Mophead & I thought that Swiffer sounded a bit more "upper crust." LOL! The poor little guy is such a mess already that I hated to add to his problems with a name like Mophead.
I went ahead & entered him as a Salmon but I don't think he has enough red on his wing to make him a "good" Salmon. However, since he's AOV & will probably be the only one in his class, it shouldn't make any difference unless they DQ him. I have until Midnight (CA time) to email a change so if anyone thinks he would do better as another color please let me know. Thanks again to all.
Country

 

[country]

Fur N Feathers, I have a chocolate roo to go with your little hen.




Here is the little hen I have in with him. Pardon her appearance & lack of crest as she chose some of our coldest weather to do a hard molt.


Believe it or not, the picture below is what she looked like this summer - dark blue with white undercoat showing through. I posted her on here to try & figure out if she was a mottled, reverse splash, or ???? No sense worrying about it now unless she molts & goes back to her original color. It was a nice color though & everyone wanted babies if they looked like her. So much for counting chicks before they hatched (and before Momma hen molted)!


So what do you say. Do we start a chocolate project?
Country

 

[country]

This is the Red Pyle (I Think) that I was referring to from my previous post. He is adorable, he actually belongs to my son, his name is Freedom

I would love to have someone who breeds Red Pyle Sikies confirm or refute my suspicions, It will help me with whether I should breed him, and who to as well.

Beautiful boy & a great name! I keep hoping to get a nice red pyle but everything so far has a lot of black smut or else they have a lot of lavender undercoat. They're pretty but not as nice as Freedom.
Country