The "Ask Anything" to Nicalandia Thread

[NatJ]

I'm selling him if someone will buy him (or otherwise eating him myself), and I don't want to mislabel a crossbreed since I know I'd be angry if someone did that to me.

You could just say, "I don't know for sure who the parents are, but he is probably a crossbreed."

 

[3KillerBs]

If you really like it, you should have giving "Like" or "Love" to that post. I am just saying. Gimme Some Lovin

I thought I had. Oops.

You could just say, "I don't know for sure who the parents are, but he is probably a crossbreed."

Yes, and I probably will.

But the info also helps me with weeding out future breeders even for the mixed laying flock.

 

[chickmamato7]

I did not intend to become a Silkie breeder, so I know nothing about genetics at this point... but this this chocolate breeding trio fell in my lap & I just couldn't resist. First question I have is what is the rooster's quality? He's beautiful, but he doesn't look like any Silkie I've ever seen-- seems to be mostly hard feathered. Is that okay for breeding, or is this normal for a Silkie with the chocolate gene bred in? Second question is what will I get from this pairing in terms of color and show girls vs standard off spring?

 

[nicalandia]

I did not intend to become a Silkie breeder

Me neither, but life wanted me to become one(when my Silkies outperformed my Aseel Rajah Murgh stock that I no longer have due to the grievance they have me go thru for the last two years).

This male is what is called a Satin

His chances of having the recessive silkie feather mutation hidden under the normal feathers are very high. So if you would like to use him with your Silky hens you have about 50% chance of getting Silkie chicks

 

[chickmamato7]

Thank you for responding! He's a beauty, so I hate to let him go without trying him out for a bit. If he gets along with my girls and doesn't turn on me, then I will likely keep him

 

[MysteryChicken]

Partridge, or Wildtype based? Hatched from my Malays.

I'm leaning partridge, wanna hear your opinion.

 

[nicalandia]

Partridge, or Wildtype based? Hatched from my Malays.
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I'm leaning partridge, wanna hear your opinion.

Wheaten Partridge(eWh/eb) heterozygote. It's too light and the pattern is not as crisp as Partridge

 

[MysteryChicken]

Wheaten Partridge(eWh/eb) heterozygote. It's too light and the pattern is not as crisp as Partridge

Okay, it's a Wheaten, partridge split. Good too know, haven't ran into this down pattern yet.

 

[MeanCheek]

Is this color "incomplete quail"?

 

[MysteryChicken]

Another Malay chick.

Wheaten/Wildtype Split, Blue?, or Wheaten/Partridge Split, Blue?