Uh.... Oops??? ***PICTURES***

[koakritters]

So my silkie finally started laying eggs, YAY!!!! She's been in with my silkie rooster too. I took the first 7 home to incubate and 6 hatched. However, I think there might be a problem...

I'm not a genetics expert, but I'm fairly certain that you can't take this:



And combine it with this:



And get this???



Both black ones look just like a silkie should.

All 4 yellow and black spotted ones have 5 toes, furry feet, but their skin isn't a true black, more yellow-gray ish...

I think my other rooster snuck in at some point... ???

 

[Roosterlover5]

When i had my hen hatch eggs she had 5...and they don't look a thing like her,or the rooster! She is A completely white hen and the roo is also mainly white.Yet we have 2 brown,1black and white,and 2 red!

 

[koakritters]

I know, that's how my goats always are with their babies.

But still... 4 yellows???? It HAS to be my other rooster, unless one of my silkies has a white of buff ancestor somewhere...

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

Did your silkies come from a hatchery? If so, that's probably the reason for the odd colored chicks....

 

[ssellis]

MY WHITES STARTED OUT LIGHT YELLOW FIRST

 

[koakritters]

yes they did, idk which one though.

I guess when their feathers come in i'll be finding out who the daddy is... since the other option is my mutt rooster who must have snuck in...??? He's orange...

 

[TheRealTimShady]

recessive gene might of come thru, i know it happens alot with button quails, they don't really breed true.

 

[smithfam0908]

I'm not sure, but they are adorable. Congrats....