Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Hinotori]

 

[CSolis]

Ya'll remember I picked up a young black silkie roo in Dec? His name is Lancelot... he's heavy on beard but not so much pom pom..

Now Meet King Arthur. I picked him up today after selling one of my Splash roosters (repeatable) and one of his pullets, plus 5 of their 4 day old offspring.

 

[CSolis]

Now a question for anyone that can answer. @Hinotori I'm sure can say. When I crossed The Splash Rooster and the F1 Silkie BBO girl I got two near silver babies. Last to hatch came from an F1 egg and is smaller than the first but with the tiny silkie pom pom..

So now that hen is with King Arthur.. What color chicks can I expect? (Black x Buff)

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Ya'll remember I picked up a young black silkie roo in Dec? His name is Lancelot... he's heavy on beard but not so much pom pom.. View attachment 3413055
Now Meet King Arthur. I picked him up today after selling one of my Splash roosters (repeatable) and one of his pullets, plus 5 of their 4 day old offspring.
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oh wow! He's a looker!!!

 

[CSolis]

oh wow! He's a looker!!!

Thank you..

 

[Hinotori]

Now a question for anyone that can answer. @Hinotori I'm sure can say. When I crossed The Splash Rooster and the F1 Silkie BBO girl I got two near silver babies. Last to hatch came from an F1 egg and is smaller than the first but with the tiny silkie pom pom..View attachment 3413076View attachment 3413077
View attachment 3413079View attachment 3413080So now that hen is with King Arthur.. What color chicks can I expect? (Black x Buff)

She carries blue? Those look like they may be splash chicks.

King Arthur there looks like he is a partridge mix color. I've had similar when crossing black into partridge.

So if the hen carries blue, there is a chance for blue popping up in in the offspring. I'd say you'd get shades of partridge to ones that look like the father.

I know buff to partridge makes for a light colored almost partridge offspring.

Biggest problem is if you know what recessive genes might be hiding. Those won't show up unless both carry it though. The incomplete dominant ones like blue do show, but blue is evil and can be dark enough to just look black.

 

[CSolis]

She carries blue? Those look like they may be splash chicks.

King Arthur there looks like he is a partridge mix color. I've had similar when crossing black into partridge.

So if the hen carries blue, there is a chance for blue popping up in in the offspring. I'd say you'd get shades of partridge to ones that look like the father.

I know buff to partridge makes for a light colored almost partridge offspring.

Biggest problem is if you know what recessive genes might be hiding. Those won't show up unless both carry it though. The incomplete dominant ones like blue do show, but blue is evil and can be dark enough to just look black.

The f1 Buff pullet is a daughter of my partridge Roo and a Bantam Buff Orpington. Would she have gotten a blue gene from him?

and she was bred to a Splash, hence blue or splash babies. Buff is a diluted Red from what I understand, and Red comes from Black. I need to go to genetics schools!

 

[Hinotori]

The f1 Buff pullet is a daughter of my partridge Roo and a Bantam Buff Orpington. Would she have gotten a blue gene from him?View attachment 3413288
and she was bred to a Splash, hence blue or splash babies. Buff is a diluted Red from what I understand, and Red comes from Black. I need to go to genetics schools!

He could be blue there. The wing primary that I think I can see does look blue. As I said blue can be dark and the gene only affects the black parts.

 

[CSolis]

He could be blue there. The wing primary that I think I can see does look blue. As I said blue can be dark and the gene only affects the black parts.

Thank you!

 

[Hinotori]

I still haven't figured out which of the old partridge hens in the one pens is blue partridge. She's dark enough it just looks like regular partridge but I got 3 obvious blue partridge last year