Wahoo! Congrats!So, this time for real one of my Silkies laid her first egg! It was Kana and she is 28 and a half weeks old, so I guess it’s about average age. It is so tiny next to my leg horn cross’s egg. Photo is for comparison the leg horn cross has a fairly normal size chicken egg.
According to the chicken color genetics calculator, in both cases the chicks will be either white or black. But is also depends on what your white hen is hiding. Recessive white often hides partridge, then your hen could act as patridge, color wise. No way to tell until the chicks hatch! My recessive white cockerel turns out he is "hiding" blue and he is genetically acting as blue. Half the fun when mixing color is the surprises!
Thanks for the reply, I was hoping to get more of the red (orange/buff?) colour in the mix, I guess I'll see how they turn out. What age are Silkie chicks when you can start to see if they will have some red colouring? Mine are 4 weeks old now (already! Time flys)According to the chicken color genetics calculator, in both cases the chicks will be either white or black. But is also depends on what your white hen is hiding. Recessive white often hides partridge, then your hen could act as patridge, color wise. No way to tell until the chicks hatch! My recessive white cockerel turns out he is "hiding" blue and he is genetically acting as blue. Half the fun when mixing color is the surprises!
Looks like you may get some gold patterning over the base color (black or white) if your white hen is "hiding" partridge.
Do you know how I would breed to get continued red pyle colour in all chick? -if that's possible?Looks like you may get some gold patterning over the base color (black or white) if your white hen is "hiding" partridge.
I was able to "prove" breed my cockerel by breeding him to black. He produced both blue and black chicks. If he had been "pure" white, then the chicks should all have been black. If he produces splash when crossed to splash (eggs in the incubator now) then I will know for sure he is hiding blue.
Sometimes you just have to see what happens. Not sure about when you would see any red leakage, might be several months.
Your rooster may be hiding several other colors as well.
