The American Paint Silkie

[Suzierd]

Hey Suzierd!
So I ended up hatching 2 blues, 1 black, 1 white and a second white with a tiny black spot on its back. I guess I have a paint. Should I breed these chicks, back to mom and eachother? I sold my columbian rooster and I will buy a black roo, to have new blood and breed him to my paint girl! Does this all sound good?

Thanks!!

Congrats!

From what I understand it's ok to breed the chicks with parents but should not breed to each other.

 

[James Beller]

any chicken can breed to is offspring until 8th generation it very complicated and brothers and sister can breed to each other also.

 

[Suzierd]

Hey Suzierd!
So I ended up hatching 2 blues, 1 black, 1 white and a second white with a tiny black spot on its back. I guess I have a paint. Should I breed these chicks, back to mom and eachother? I sold my columbian rooster and I will buy a black roo, to have new blood and breed him to my paint girl! Does this all sound good?

Thanks!!

Here's what I've found while researching this and it makes since to me. Some people breed brother and sister I choose not to. Up to you.


As we breed our flock, there are relationships we try to avoid and others that can be used. For instance, brother to sister matings tend to be the most intense form of inbreeding. However, sire to offspring and dam to offspring are less intense. How can this be? A parent only gives its offspring half of its DNA, the other half coming from the other parent. Whereas, brothers and sisters can be nearly identical in DNA and this type of mating sometimes results in loss of size and increase in faults—like crooked beaks. More distant relationships would include cousins, aunts or uncles, and even 2nd cousins. Ideally, we would like our matings to be largely more distant relationships, however, the occasional more closely related mating is acceptable.

 

[James Beller]

Chicken carry many strands of dna and different color means different dna.

 

[Bryam]

Look what I just hatched!! Is it a paint?

 

[Bryam]

Here's what I've found while researching this and it makes since to me. Some people breed brother and sister I choose not to. Up to you.


As we breed our flock, there are relationships we try to avoid and others that can be used. For instance, brother to sister matings tend to be the most intense form of inbreeding. However, sire to offspring and dam to offspring are less intense. How can this be? A parent only gives its offspring half of its DNA, the other half coming from the other parent. Whereas, brothers and sisters can be nearly identical in DNA and this type of mating sometimes results in loss of size and increase in faults—like crooked beaks. More distant relationships would include cousins, aunts or uncles, and even 2nd cousins. Ideally, we would like our matings to be largely more distant relationships, however, the occasional more closely related mating is acceptable.

Did you see my latest chick? Is it a paint? So many black spots!!

 

[RubyNala97]

Did you see my latest chick? Is it a paint? So many black spots!!

It could be! Keep taking pics each week, please. I'm waiting on my first paint hens to lay now. I'll incubate whatever they lay. I'm curious to see how that chick grows out. How is skin color and eye color? Any pigment issues on the skin? And congrats, by the way!

 

[Bryam]

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It could be! Keep taking pics each week, please. I'm waiting on my first paint hens to lay now. I'll incubate whatever they lay. I'm curious to see how that chick grows out. How is skin color and eye color? Any pigment issues on the skin? And congrats, by the way!

The skin is marbled pink and black. The eyes are brown and yellow.

 

[RubyNala97]

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The skin is marbled pink and black. The eyes are brown and yellow.

That sounds like a paint! They are still a project color, so they need work. Are you planning on trying to start breeding paint?

 

[Bryam]

That sounds like a paint! They are still a project color, so they need work. Are you planning on trying to start breeding paint?

Yes! I have a paint hen, the mom and a black hen that is unrelated! I have 2 paint chicks, one pure white chick, two blue and one black chick. I hope the chick with the big black spots is a rooster, so j can breed him back to his mom and the black hen. Can you breed a paint to a paint?