The American Paint Silkie

[ChooksChick]

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red and black paint...like calico? that would be interesting....
melinda

Yes, but this bird has weak black. I hope to strengthen the black for a good calico. The paint does also pass blue marks on some birds, so I have some blue paint. The marks stay on the same location through a molt and don't really change with age/molt.

It is a very interesting phenomenon, and I'll be debuting my birds this summer, I think. Glad to absorb this info, though, as it helps me with mine.

 

[JenEric Farms]

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red and black paint...like calico? that would be interesting....
melinda

Yes, but this bird has weak black. I hope to strengthen the black for a good calico. The paint does also pass blue marks on some birds, so I have some blue paint. The marks stay on the same location through a molt and don't really change with age/molt.

It is a very interesting phenomenon, and I'll be debuting my birds this summer, I think. Glad to absorb this info, though, as it helps me with mine.

What breed are you doing this with?

 

[Aria]

All the Silkies are BEAUTIFUL. The bearded full face is the most beautiful no matter what color for me. I love all bearded Silkies. This thread was most educational. Thanks Aria

 

[averytds]

I agree Shawnee was too short. I'm coming across so many on BYC I talked too, but just didn't know who they were at the time. I'm sure there are tons more.



So they are being switched breeding each time? First to blacks, the F1s to paints, the F2s to blacks, the F3s back to paints, etc, selecting the best each time?

 

[ultasol]

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I apologize to keep asking so many questions, but: Are the spots painted on the top and white at the shaft or does the black go all the way to the shaft? Is it two colors on one feather or just one color?

The feathers are either entirely black or entirely white, not a mix of the two.

Are the quills/shafts of the feather black? Or are they white?

 

[ultasol]

Brody's Broodello :

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This is interesting. I have seen other birds with loss of pigment on the feet, most noticably Splash, which then fills in, but is still noticable if you look closely. I had a Black hen once, that was from a Master breeder that was black as far back in breedings as it could be, and she had true white bottoms to her feet. Everything else on her was beetle green sheen black. She passed that trait onto a few of her chicks. So the pigment distrabution thing I find to be interesting to say the least. Can't wait to see where this color progesses to in the future! Good luck ladies!

I find occasional pink on the bottom of a couple toes to be a frequent occurrence in my silkies with a Mihalik background. Sometimes they outgrow it, sometimes not.​

 

[ultasol]

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Does this occur mostly in the hackle area like in the black silkies? I've had to get rid of some otherwise excellent young cockerels this year due to off color appearing in the hackle (in blacks). It is such an issue in the blacks.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

I think the off color in the hackles of black males depends a great deal on the depth of the birds color. We all know that there is a significant difference from one black "line" to another.

To avoid this, I think it is necessary to purchase black birds from someone who knows their birds line back many generations.

On the paints, the black feather has a black quill and shaft and the white feathers have all white quills and shafts.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

Here is a pic of a paint babies.

 

[JenEric Farms]

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Thanks for posting!