Splash Silkies...pics please!

[kryptoniteqhs]

I have a splash silkie but shes not a blue splash...more like a buff splash? is there such thing...ill quit being lazy and get a pic of her today. they told me what color she was and it sounded really neat, it was a something splash or splash something. i cant remember tho. what kinds of splash are there?

 

[SunshineSilkies]

Here's some splashes:

Aren't they cute!

 

[silkieluver_07]

Here's a splash pullet and a rooster:

 

[jimnjay]

I had one from a mixed color flock that tired to be a buff splash. It molted out with the adult feathers. I have heard of others with them as well. I am not sure if they will breed true. I think it is Red Pyle that I have seen people working on.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

At least in the US, there is only one "splash" variety, and it is named "Splash" without any other qualifiers. Adding "blue" or "white" or anything else in front of "splash" is using an adjective to describe the (base) colouring of that particular bird or naming an unrecognised variety that presumably displays the random darker streaks throughout the plumage that a splash does.

From the standpoint of giving a name to a bird's genotype, I could call a buff a buff splash if it carries the genes to have a buff phenotype as well as two copies of the blue gene. A birchen carrying two copies of blue could be referred to as splash birchen, a gold laced with two copies of blue could be referred to as splash gold laced; a columbian carrying two copies of blue could be referred to as splash columbian. etc.

You probably need to find out whether the breeder was giving a genotype name or coining a name for an unrecognised variety.

 

[RooptyDoo]

Here are some of my splash gang.

 

[steve2495]

hey could i c some splash silkie chicks i have 4 chicks i cant tell wether they r blue whit or splash

 

[RooptyDoo]

How old are they steve? What color are they right now?

 

[steve2495]

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they r about a week( i know prbly too young too tell) one is darker than the rest kinda blue grayish then the rest are a sorta white tint color

 

[RooptyDoo]

The ones that look white are splash.