The American Paint Silkie

[RubyNala97]

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?

You can breed a paint to a paint but it's not recommended. The top paint breeders that are working on getting paint to be a recognized color, recommend breeding a paint to black, especially a black with the silver gene. Which usually will have silver leakage. I have paints, blacks and whites growing out from a black roo over paint hens. I plan on setting up a breeding pen with a unrelated black/silver boy I have with paint girls. And another pen with an unrelated paint boy over black and white hens. I would like to see what happens with paint to paint though too. The issue with paint to paint is the silkies loose the dark skin and get light eyes. What ever faults they have are magnified when paint is bred to paint. And it's best to select the best chicks you get from each hatch and only breed them.

 

[Bryam]

You can breed a paint to a paint but it's not recommended. The top paint breeders that are working on getting paint to be a recognized color, recommend breeding a paint to black, especially a black with the silver gene. Which usually will have silver leakage. I have paints, blacks and whites growing out from a black roo over paint hens. I plan on setting up a breeding pen with a unrelated black/silver boy I have with paint girls. And another pen with an unrelated paint boy over black and white hens. I would like to see what happens with paint to paint though too. The issue with paint to paint is the silkies loose the dark skin and get light eyes. What ever faults they have are magnified when paint is bred to paint. And it's best to select the best chicks you get from each hatch and only breed them.

Cool! I never heard a black silkie with silver leakage to be desirable for breeding. I thought a solid black rooster with no leakage would be better. Who would you want a paint with leakage?

 

[Suzierd]

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

OMG so cute! Love all the spots! Time will tell if she gets some leakage or not either way it's gorgeous!

 

[RubyNala97]

Cool! I never heard a black silkie with silver leakage to be desirable for breeding. I thought a solid black rooster with no leakage would be better. Who would you want a paint with leakage?

Yes, black/silver gene is best for breeding to paint. I don't know if you have Facebook but there is a paint breeders group, with lots of great info. Judy Lee regularly answers questions on there and she started paints in the US.
https://m.facebook.com/groups/195142527164316?tsid=0.2780842075590044&source=typeahead

 

[Suzierd]

The silver gene will help keep the white nice and white in stead of the yellow tinge some get.

 

[RubyNala97]

I hatched out 2 paints in the beginning of October. I got a pair. Here's the girl and the boy:

 

[Bryam]

Okay, thanks!

 

[SweetEvngBreeze]

Is my roo a paint? He has never had very many "spots" but they were easier to see when he was younger.

 

[cade hall]

I'm ordering 5 paint silkies from cackle hatchery tomorrow. I hope I can successfully raise all of them.

 

[RubyNala97]

Is my roo a paint? He has never had very many "spots" but they were easier to see when he was younger.

Yeah, he looks it!!

I'm ordering 5 paint silkies from cackle hatchery tomorrow. I hope I can successfully raise all of them.

Awesome! I did not know hatcheries would offer paint, since it's not a recognized color. That is very cool.