Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Obsessed With Silkies]

Quick question, if I have a white rooster and a black hen and a paint hen, what will they turn out to be? I also have a black roo with goldish leakage. Would I get paints out of these?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Quick question, if I have a white rooster and a black hen and a paint hen, what will they turn out to be? I also have a black roo with goldish leakage. Would I get paints out of these?

You would need a black rooster over your paint hen, unless your white rooster is dominant white. The majority of Silkies are recessive white. Only way to tell is to test breed and see what happens!
Recessive white rooster over your black hen will likely just give you all black chicks, unless your white rooster is hiding some other genetics underneath, which is quite possible.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

So your black rooster with leakage over your paint hen will likely give you some paints. The male chicks from this crossing will likely grow up to have leakage too.

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

Awesome! Thanks so much!

 

[Anime2lover]

I want a paint again, but I have a black gold leakage roo, and a Buff gold roo.

I have four white hens, two black hens, and a black gold leakage hen.

What combo would be most likely to get me a paint??

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I want a paint again, but I have a black gold leakage roo, and a Buff gold roo.

I have four white hens, two black hens, and a black gold leakage hen.

What combo would be most likely to get me a paint??

You need dominant white to make paint. Either a paint crossed with a dominant white, a paint crossed with a black or two paints crossed with each other.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Oh and of course a dominant white crossed with a black!

 

[Anime2lover]

You need dominant white to make paint. Either a paint crossed with a dominant white, a paint crossed with a black or two paints crossed with each other.

It's still possible then. My white hens came from my white roo I had, same with my paint. My white hens might be dominant like their father.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

It's still possible then. My white hens came from my white roo I had, same with my paint. My white hens might be dominant like their father.

Cool!
Only way to know is to test breed and see what you get!

 

[Anime2lover]

Cool!
Only way to know is to test breed and see what you get!

Yep.