Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[CSolis]

Its derived from partridge originally if I remember correctly. E locus modifier is the main difference. Wild type partridge, without the lacing pattern, is basically chicken default color.

The odd thing is that I only have recessive white and that should cover everything when expressed since it does not leak. So he can't be white.

He's a little mutant.

and my brain wonders if he possibly has that hidden lavender gene that popped up about six years ago. I still dont know which bird originally carried it. Since it's recessive I have no idea who might have it now, except those hens and one rooster I know is a carrier. I'd got rid of known carrier parents but recessives are insidious. He's way lighter than those hens were, though, and they had pale grey heads

Beautiful none the less. You can start a new trend. When I got started it was black, white, partridge, and a few buffs down here. Oh, splash and paint. I wanted COLOR.. well, now people see my kids because a buyer constantly posts pics of kids he got from me, and now seems like everyone is looking for color. I just have to laugh some times. Another gal just pm'd me about a blue partridge satin.. Satins go as fast as silkies. Seems they start laying sooner and most are just as broody as silkies.

 

[CSolis]

Remember this little gal? Her mom was an EE/Bielefelder cross, dad was my first silkie roo (Silver partridge)

 

[Hinotori]

Remember this little gal? Her mom was an EE/Bielefelder cross, dad was my first silkie roo (Silver partridge)View attachment 3944275

So pretty.

Looks close to my little boy. He confuses me because I know his actual background. He's from the blue egg project pen. I'm not planning on breeding him, but he may go in with the large fowl layers. He's 14 weeks old so no where old enough to move him yet.

 

[Hinotori]

 

[chickengr]

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I hatched a few like those but with pea comb

 

[CSolis]

Ya know, some days I just want to bang my head against the wall. People on FB asking what color are their chickens. I say partridge/light/blue etc, and others come back and say defo not! What genes cause the primaries to have small stripes, and a mixed coat pattern all over? @Hinotori, you have studied this enough to know the answer. I can't think of any other gene that causes that in silkies. Doesn't matter what shade of colors the chickens have. People keeps saying 'mixed colors'. Please help me understand.

 

[NagemTX]

Ya know, some days I just want to bang my head against the wall. People on FB asking what color are their chickens. I say partridge/light/blue etc, and others come back and say defo not! What genes cause the primaries to have small stripes, and a mixed coat pattern all over? @Hinotori, you have studied this enough to know the answer. I can't think of any other gene that causes that in silkies. Doesn't matter what shade of colors the chickens have. People keeps saying 'mixed colors'. Please help me understand.

I know this feeling.

 

[Hinotori]

Ya know, some days I just want to bang my head against the wall. People on FB asking what color are their chickens. I say partridge/light/blue etc, and others come back and say defo not! What genes cause the primaries to have small stripes, and a mixed coat pattern all over? @Hinotori, you have studied this enough to know the answer. I can't think of any other gene that causes that in silkies. Doesn't matter what shade of colors the chickens have. People keeps saying 'mixed colors'. Please help me understand.

I only know a small amount of genes and how they work.

Most silkies have some partridge somewhere in the background, but gene mixing makes them not be that.

That reddish hen I have from pure partridge breeding I wouldn't call partridge. She doesn't have the proper body color and patterning. Sometimes sports just show up.

 

[CSolis]

I only now a small amount of genes and how they work.

Most silkies have some partridge somewhere in the background, but gene mixing makes them not be that.

That reddish hen I have from pure partridge breeding I wouldn't call partridge. She doesn't have the proper body color and patterning. Sometimes sports just show up.

I'm going to do a bunch of research, but so far I've only found info about the feather type in silkies, and not color patterns or genes to determine it.

 

[CSolis]

Here's just one example of color guessing. Lady wanted to know the color of the pullet in the middle.

Jill seems to have a problem with non standard partridge.