Silkies Of A Different Color

[Treatsrule]

Ah ha, thank you. Chicken color genetics is quite the learning curve! For me anyway

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

suze what colour is this to me it looks like partridge ontop of splash i have never seen anything like it

I certainly see the splash, but the bird as a whole doesn't look partridge. (head and neck do, but not the rest of the bird) I'd hazard a guess that it has part, but not all of the partridge genotype. If it's still young, I'd be interested in seeinh how it's feathered out in a couple of months.

 

[Fancy Feathers]

The sire is buff & the mother is splash; isn't it just splash with leakage?

 

[Treatsrule]

Would we assume its from the splash hen? The grey hen is from a blue/splash pen I believe. I'll be sure to post a picture in a few months if we still have them.

 

[Fur N Feathers]

Here's my horse of a different color, oh, I mean Silkie!

 

[Treatsrule]

What a beautiful bird! What would you call that color?

 

[Fur N Feathers]

Treatsrule are you talking about my rooster? If so, thank you very much! I am very proud of him and think he is pretty special. I think I have seen similar colors called tortoiseshell.

 

[Treatsrule]

Yes, I was talking about your rooster

His color is very striking. I'm finding out that I really like the various "different color" silkies!

 

[Fur N Feathers]

I do too TreatsRule! They are my favorites actually. If it is considered a "project" pen count me IN !!!! I love all the unusual colors, but the tri-colored and quad-colored silkies just make me drool!

Here is another of my non-accepted colors, a paint baby (I'm calling her "she" - trying to think positive though it has caused a debate in the silkie thread - Ha! Ha!):










And a lavender baby next to her here.

 

[Fur N Feathers]

This is Cocoa and I call her chocolate though that is probably not a correct term if there is one. Her body is a dark chocolate color and her beard and petticoat fluff is a lighter milk chocolate color. Does anyone know what color or colors would be best to breed her if I wanted to continue working on this. I really love it!