Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

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My Pretty Pekins said:
Hey I was just wondering... what colours are everyone's favourites? I'm probably getting 5 soon and am SO excited - they're likely to be adults as our incubator is full AND there's a queue!!
But anyway I was just thinking I might find it kind of hard to tell 5 white Silkies apart and so was wondering what other colours y'all like best!
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I have a splash that is really pretty. I also like partridge and lavender (self blue). Paints are also cool looking. As you can see hard to pick just one!😊
Please post photos when you get them!
 
LadiesAndJane said:
I have a splash that is really pretty. I also like partridge and lavender (self blue). Paints are also cool looking. As you can see hard to pick just one!😊
Please post photos when you get them!
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Haha soon enough you'll be begging me to stop with the pictures, if you let me have free rein!!
 
Questions for you paint breeders out there (I'm talking to you @LynnaePB😊)
I am getting some paint hatching eggs and the breeder has "Paint rooster, Black split to Paint roosters" covering "Paint and Black split to Paint" Silkie hens. Per her description "these eggs will hatch Paint and Black split to Paint chicks."
I found this chart and do not see a black split to paint over black split to paint option. I am assuming all of the chicks of that cross would be black. Wouldn't some of the chicks also hatch out white? (Paint over paint). Would these white chicks be dominant white then?
Also per many other threads I have seen on the subject, there are no "splits" in the traditional sense with paints. It seems it is much more complicated than this chart explains.🤔
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My Pretty Pekins said:
Hey I was just wondering... what colours are everyone's favourites? I'm probably getting 5 soon and am SO excited - they're likely to be adults as our incubator is full AND there's a queue!!
But anyway I was just thinking I might find it kind of hard to tell 5 white Silkies apart and so was wondering what other colours y'all like best!
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Paints and splash are GORGEOUS, Calico, Buff, White, and Lavender.
 
My Pretty Pekins said:
Hey I was just wondering... what colours are everyone's favourites? I'm probably getting 5 soon and am SO excited - they're likely to be adults as our incubator is full AND there's a queue!!
But anyway I was just thinking I might find it kind of hard to tell 5 white Silkies apart and so was wondering what other colours y'all like best!
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I sometimes find it difficult to tell my white ones apart from the back or top, but they have different looking crests so from front I can tell, and from my wacky haircut skills :lol: .. IMG_20210126_132527.jpg

I love unique colour Silkies.. all different colours not specifically a certain colour type, but especially those with buff leakage ..My rooster gives offspring all colours that's why I love him, but he's not giving me fertile eggs at the moment! So sad! My best mother hen is broody now and I can't give her eggs!! :hitI just want a couple more fluffballs before it starts getting cold again!
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Silkielee said:
I sometimes find it difficult to tell my white ones apart from the back or top, but they have different looking crests so from front I can tell, and from my wacky haircut skills :lol: ..View attachment 2517882

I love unique colour Silkies.. all different colours not specifically a certain colour type, but especially those with buff leakage ..My rooster gives offspring all colours that's why I love him, but he's not giving me fertile eggs at the moment! So sad! My best mother hen is broody now and I can't give her eggs!! :hitI just want a couple more fluffballs before it starts getting cold again!
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Oh I know! I love the leakage! I got ONE hen last year with the leakage and she is just so pretty!
 

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