Silkies - what are the mixed kinds?

[chickens 4 2]

I have some black silkies and some white. They are now separated but when they were together I got some mixed ones. I am wondering if they are called something other than "mixed". I've heard of "splash" but don't know what that is and something else I can't think of. I guess what they turn out to be depends on if it is a white hen/black roo or a black hen/white roo? I've seen some that are a darkish gray and some that are kind of a golden brown.

 

[Year of the Rooster]

White x Black or vice versa does not produce Grey, Splash, Buff, Partridge, etc. All of those colors are varieties, not mixes of any sort.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

When you mix two different coloured/patterned chickens, it's kind of like every copy of every gene contributed by each parent is a dice. Toss them into the cup and shake, shake, shake and see what turns up.

 

[chickens 4 2]

Thanks Sonoran.

 

[Teresaann24]

I have a chick from a black and white mixing...The chick hatched white and is feathering in white. Hen was white rooster was black.

I hatched a chick from a black and partidge mixing..The chick hatched partidge and is feathering in partidge. Hen was Black roo was Partidge.

 

[nzpouter]

breed anything to white then you might end up with anything... depends what's hidden under the white.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Teresaann24, you now know that the black roo carries a hidden copy of recessive white. If bred to a white about half their offspring should be white.

To see different colours of silkies, check out feathersite or http://www.geocities.com/iladd29/webdoc3.html

 

[Teresaann24]

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Thats neat. I hatched some eggs when my silkies were all mixed together. My aunt hatched some of my eggs and one was from a gray roo and black hen and the chicks are feathering in as white and gray I thought that to be odd. I love the mixed color silkies but have colored matched my breeding pens now.

 

[Shared Acres]

I have a blue SG Roo bowtied, White SG roo bowtied, White SG roo NN with 2 black Silkies, my babies this month were:

3 blue showgirl chicks
2 black/blue Silkies Look really black but have whiteish grey markings
1 partridge showgirl