The American Paint Silkie

[Chicken Junkies]

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That is one cute little Silkie. Please post pics as it grows so we can see how it turns out. You have gorgeous Silkies and Polish.

 

[littlecreekfarm]

I keep looking around on this post and of course like always i see a pretty chicken and now i'm in love with this variety of silkie!!!

I've been wanting silkies for a while now but i now want paint silkies!!! are these birds difficult to find? just love this variety!!!

Is this variety recognized by the APA?

 

[robin416]

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No, its going to be a few years yet before they will be recognized by the APA or ABA.

I don't know how hard they are to find. Thanks to the generosity of friend of mine I now have coop over run with young birds I hatched from the males she gifted me.

 

[Donna McCormick]

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I would be the first to admit I know little about Paint breeding. I bred some Paints for a friend because she wanted to breed her with one of my black males, so I borrowed her for a few months and hatched some chicks for her using 3 different males, but none of the males used were Paint, as we did not have any males to use. I experimented with three different color males. I kept four of them to play with and I have the same thing going on here with the big spots and black feathers in the wings and feet. The spots are getting larger as they mature and I am curious to see what will happen when they have first molt, they are still very young. I read somewhere that they keep the spots that they hatch with and that is not true either as I have found they have many more spots now then when they hatched. These are some of the results of that breeding that I kept. Your photos caught my eye as I am not seeing too many with spots this large.

 

[Luvducks]

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I would be the first to admit I know little about Paint breeding. I bred some Paints for a friend because she wanted to breed her with one of my black males, so I borrowed her for a few months and hatched some chicks for her using 3 different males, but none of the males used were Paint, as we did not have any males to use. I experimented with three different color males. I kept four of them to play with and I have the same thing going on here with the big spots and black feathers in the wings and feet. The spots are getting larger as they mature and I am curious to see what will happen when they have first molt, they are still very young. I read somewhere that they keep the spots that they hatch with and that is not true either as I have found they have many more spots now then when they hatched. These are some of the results of that breeding that I kept. Your photos caught my eye as I am not seeing too many with spots this large.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/25578_100_6899.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/25578_100_7748.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/25578_100_7763.jpg
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/25578_100_8497.jpg

WOW, Loving these! Interesting read too.

 

[Elite Silkies]

Paints definitely acquire more spots as they age. I have youngsters born with no spots and have spots within a week or two. I have a little showgirl that was just okay when she little, now that she is 5 weeks, I am loving her.

I have a handful with the bold markings like the one below that I am anxious to see when mature.

 

[I-Have-Happy-Hens]

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Do you have pix of that chick now?

 

[Elite Silkies]

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Do you have pix of that chick now?

No, I will have to try and get some tomorrow. He is only about 3 weeks old now, so he is still small.

 

[chickendales]

like i need another color of showgirl but i like see some nice paint showgirls i know ive seen then here and there

 

[Donna McCormick]

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I never had any chicks hatch with no spots and then get them later. They all hatched either Paint or Black and that was with all three males. If I would have continued and hatched more chicks perhaps that could have happened.