Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Kimonoboi]

I have also started my goal of trying to get a Japanese Silkie with the eggs being blue. I really love the fluffiness of the silkies but I also want to be able to get blue eggs instead of the white ones. That would be so cool.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

From what I’ve read Japanese silkies are just silkie that don’t follow the sop, like single combed or silkies with bad feathered feet. I have some, I got them from the feed store.

 

[MROO]

I have also started my goal of trying to get a Japanese Silkie with the eggs being blue. I really love the fluffiness of the silkies but I also want to be able to get blue eggs instead of the white ones. That would be so cool.

I have never seen or heard of a "Japanese Silkie." The only varieties I've come across are bearded and non-bearded - and the ones from the feed stores and many large-scale, commercial hatcheries are still regular Silkies, just poorly bred.
Do you have any references for the Japanese birds? Now I'm curious!

EDIT to ADD: Over the years, there have been multiple BYC-ers attempting to create a blue-egg-laying Silkie. A few are still working on a reliable calico, as well. Has anyone been successful?

 

[Beau plus penny]

16 week old blue partridge. I really thought she was a boy for the longest time. I'm actually disappointed because I really want a blue partridge cockerel for breeding. 2 years and haven't got one yetView attachment 4187213

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