The American Paint Silkie

[sager:)silkies]

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I plan on it next spring just need to find someone i can buy eggs off of

Are you a member of the silkie club?

No how do i join are u alowed to be a member if ur from canada

 

[robin416]

sagersilkies :

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Are you a member of the silkie club?

No how do i join are u alowed to be a member if ur from canada​

Go here: http://www.americansilkiebantamclub.org/ to join. We have members in other countries, including Canada.

Being a member of ASBC will help you a ton since it is focused on breeding Silkies and their health. There is a forum there for members with questions about their birds or updates on flocks.

 

[littlecreekfarm]

okay so my white pullet about 8 months old has this spot on her back. I was wondering if she could possibly be a paint

heres a pic

i posted on the silkie thread but got no answers

 

[madamwlf]

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I'm sure someone with more experience will chime in but are you sure that's white? Looks more buff. And I don't really see a spot. Could just be my eyes though.

 

[littlecreekfarm]

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I'm sure someone with more experience will chime in but are you sure that's white? Looks more buff. And I don't really see a spot. Could just be my eyes though.

yes she is white its the lighting and my camera. Its hard to see but there is a spot an its almost greyish and when i gave her a bath it was still there so its not dirt

 

[riane'smimi]

Do you know if she is out of a paint breeding? From what I understand one spot is still a paint. I picked up a boy today that only has one black spot on him, he could still get more though as he grows.

 

[silkielover5]

its not a paint. to be a paint it would need more spots or larger spots then that. white cochins will get random black feathers too but that doesnt make them a paint

 

[Brody's Broodello]

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I'm sure someone with more experience will chime in but are you sure that's white? Looks more buff. And I don't really see a spot. Could just be my eyes though.

yes she is white its the lighting and my camera. Its hard to see but there is a spot an its almost greyish and when i gave her a bath it was still there so its not dirt

If the bird is white, and appears grey when wet, you probably have a silver gened white. They have a silver grey coloring, especially seen in males, about the tail feathers etc. If you have a silver gened white that is expressing the color all over, it is then called a Pearl, because that is what color the bird appears to be, just like the one's from a seen on a necklace.

For the bird to be a paint, it would have to have a distinct feather colored (usually black) on a white bird, AND the parents would have to be from a paint breeding. You would be hard pressed to find a "paint" from a solid white breeding line of birds. VERY RARE like winning the lottery.

 

[riane'smimi]

Brody's Broodello :

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yes she is white its the lighting and my camera. Its hard to see but there is a spot an its almost greyish and when i gave her a bath it was still there so its not dirt

If the bird is white, and appears grey when wet, you probably have a silver gened white. They have a silver grey coloring, especially seen in males, about the tail feathers etc. If you have a silver gened white that is expressing the color all over, it is then called a Pearl, because that is what color the bird appears to be, just like the one's from a seen on a necklace.

For the bird to be a paint, it would have to have a distinct feather colored (usually black) on a white bird, AND the parents would have to be from a paint breeding. You would be hard pressed to find a "paint" from a solid white breeding line of birds. VERY RARE like winning the lottery.​

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I have one out of a paint breeding that has only one spot ,the spot is clearly seen and coal black.I will try and post a picture later today so you can see the differance between the birds Littlecreekfarm

I will try and get a close up of his spot so you can see the feathering.

 

[friedeggs]

bird is most likely expressing leakage. Could also say too expressing a possible semi dominance. depends on what the bird looks like in real life
Paints..... each colored feather must be ''completely'' colored from feather end to quill entering the skin of a SOLID color.