Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[LadiesAndJane]

2nd back cross. 2 girls are silkied, 1 girl is smoothe. Chance they carry blue egg gene. I may breed the male to one of the blue laying 1st back crosses. They are separate from my regular partridge.

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Wow she’s gorgeous and looks pure silkie! What did you use to bring in the blue egg gene, Bantam EE?

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Well... Pippin's eggs will definitely be fertile from now on.... Her own SON had relations with her
I might incubate some to check if he did the deed. Maybe I'll get some polish silkies

 

[PippinTheChicken]

I love playing posable dolls with silkies. Nothing serious on pictures. Just the phone and no filters.

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That's a beautiful photo! Did you enter it into the calendar contest?

 

[Hinotori]

Wow she’s gorgeous and looks pure silkie! What did you use to bring in the blue egg gene, Bantam EE?

No. It was a standard wheaten ameraucana hen that contributed. Size was back to silkie with the second generation. I had a partridge silkie rooster as the flock rooster for my ameraucana and EE laying flock. Hatched 3 eggs 1 from an EE and 2 from ameraucana. That silkie was very good at his job. He had a haircut and could see very well. Hawk got him after 2 years. His silkie/ameraucana son is the current head rooster and also does an excellent job.

I hatched 3 girls and 1 boy from the silkie/ameraucana hen mated back to silkie rooster. 2 of the hens lay blue. These are from the rooster over silkie hens so I'll see on egg color next spring.

 

[Hinotori]

That's a beautiful photo! Did you enter it into the calendar contest?

No. Just took it at sunset with my phone. Usually I use the real camera for photos for the calendar.

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Well... Pippin's eggs will definitely be fertile from now on.... Her own SON had relations with her
I might incubate some to check if he did the deed. Maybe I'll get some polish silkies

Which roo is it? (what is his name?)

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Which roo is it? (what is his name?)

Clover

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Clover

Ok! I thought you had another roo but I couldn't remember...(and I knew it wasn't Ginger ) does clover crow yet?

 

[PippinTheChicken]

Ok! I thought you had another roo but I couldn't remember...(and I knew it wasn't Ginger ) does clover crow yet?

Yes he started crowing a few weeks ago. He got better now

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

I love sulkies. Even though I have never had one. I want to get one next year though. I am just worried it would be a rooster.