Silkies Of A Different Color

[Vanessabuffsnsilkies]

Me too... here he is as a chick

 

[emvickrey]

I've asked this question about this fella several times and never get an answer that makes sense to me. He looks similar to the ops first pic.

By emvickrey at 2011-04-09

 

[Vanessabuffsnsilkies]

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I think he looks Salmon. Check out a pic of a Salmon Favorelle Roo.

 

[Brody's Broodello]

Here is another pic of one of my Salmon's.

You can see the pattern over the body as well as the straw hackles & mahongany in the crest.

 

[Brody's Broodello]

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The pic appears to show that the body is a blue or dark coloring. The hackles appear to have darker streaking. This reminds me of the Calico coloring more than the Salmon.

 

[namastemama]

would it be possible to breed say a chocolate orpington to a silkie to get that "true" chocolate gene and then work the silkie back to breed standard?

 

[Brody's Broodello]

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I believe that those working on crossing in chocolate in silkies have been using Polish and or Serama. They are closer in size, at least that is what I have been told.

 

[Teresaann24]

I put a white hen with my black roo I think he may be lavender split. I have gotten lavender babies from him before. However I expected to see partridge patterns but so far none here is some of the colors of chicks.

#1 Looks Lavender

#2 is white with black leaking in looks almost like splash.

#3 There is two that look like this.

 

[emvickrey]

Brody's Broodello :

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The pic appears to show that the body is a blue or dark coloring. The hackles appear to have darker streaking. This reminds me of the Calico coloring more than the Salmon.

When we bought him we thought he was calico. I had posted his pic in the silkie thread and was told he was something called autosimnal or something like that that I have no idea what they where talking about. I saw a pic of one somebody called calico. The only difference I saw was mine had a little longer hackle feathers. Otherwise they looked identical but I was told he was that auto............something or other by one person and by another that he was just a mixed color with no particular name for it and by another that he was a tri colored silkie.

I would like to know for when I sell or trade eggs I can say what color the roo is. I think he is very pretty and i've had comments from others that have seen him about how pretty he is.​

 

[Bat Cave Silkies]

emvickery~~no one can tell you the color of your roo because he's not an approved color.... It's just like the porcelain, isobel, chocolate, etc, etc. When a silkie is not a color that has been accepted by the APA & ABA, the breeder of said silkie can choose to call them whatever color they want.