unknown color of silkie

[silkielover5]

silkies arnt birchin, when silkies are sold as birchins its just because the owner doesnt know better or its because they do know and want to get rid of the bird. those birds are either blue or black with silver leakege
to me he looks like a blue with gold leakage

 

[Debbi]

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here I'll make it easy for you.

can you spot the difference?( I made it using my bad paint skills..

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the one on the Left is Partridge, the one on the Right was a Partridge but I melanized his wing bay, and now is a Gold Birchen.
http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/j437/nicalandia/PartridgeSilkiecomparison.jpg

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that is a good assessment too..

here is what a "Rustiness" looks on blues, it can also mimic Birchen(E^R) but the Gold leakage is not complete..
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Those look nothing like the Partridge that I've seen in Silkies. Birchen is not a color pattern found in Silkies either, that I know of. E^R birds should have the hackle and saddle coloring the same, with a wing bow in a deep red color, as in Black Copper Marans. The Silkie color in question is a matter of gold leakage in an otherwise blue bird. Partridge birds, in Silkies anyway, carry the gold/red gene; whether in Blue or Black based. This is just what I am seeing in my limited experience with my Silkies.

 

[shelleyd2008]

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I agree, it could also be young and just hasn't developed all the gold yet.

 

[Three Cedars Silkies]

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^^ This...

 

[acid_chipmunk]

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Actually, the birds you have pictured are Porcelain, NOT Partridge. They aren't even close to Partridge.


As for the OP's bird, it is a blue boy, with gold leakage and I would not recommend breeding him.

 

[Freya]

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I didn't mean to start an argument. I'm new to chickens and silkies. I was just curious. Since I fell in love with the photos of silkies and wanted some, my search of colors, I've never seen this before. I did a google search and nothing came up on his coloring.

As far as breeding him ( and I don't want to start another argument) why would you recommend not breeding him? Is it a flaw in the show ring to have this leakage? I think it's beautiful coloring, but I also know that beautiful doesn't always qualify when showing. I didnt really plan on doing much showing, but may for 4-H for my kids next year. I wanted silkies specifically for pets.

 

[chickendales]

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I didn't mean to start an argument. I'm new to chickens and silkies. I was just curious. Since I fell in love with the photos of silkies and wanted some, my search of colors, I've never seen this before. I did a google search and nothing came up on his coloring.

As far as breeding him ( and I don't want to start another argument) why would you recommend not breeding him? Is it a flaw in the show ring to have this leakage? I think it's beautiful coloring, but I also know that beautiful doesn't always qualify when showing. I didnt really plan on doing much showing, but may for 4-H for my kids next year. I wanted silkies specifically for pets.

if u breeding for 4h and pets have fun rember ur only one that has like what ur breeding

 

[nicalandia]

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Not Always. Red enhancers or Diluters can effect how much red or lack of you will find in E^R Birds.


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Something is up with this fellow's coloring....

He is super dark and yet his hackles seem to be approaching staw in color... PLUS there is borderline too much coppering on the chest.

The comb has something going on with it too (viewed from the opposite side than showed).

The tail angle looks good.

Wing set looks tight and correct.

Eye color looks good, in the process of changing to the correct color

Back is nice and long ( no such thing as too long as long as there is a matching width IMHO).

 

[Debbi]

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Not Always. Red enhancers or Diluters can effect how much red or lack of you will find in E^R Birds.


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Something is up with this fellow's coloring....

He is super dark and yet his hackles seem to be approaching staw in color... PLUS there is borderline too much coppering on the chest.

The comb has something going on with it too (viewed from the opposite side than showed).

The tail angle looks good.

Wing set looks tight and correct.

Eye color looks good, in the process of changing to the correct color

Back is nice and long ( no such thing as too long as long as there is a matching width IMHO).


True, not always, but in general. Then there is mahogany to deal with, as well as a total melanization (is that a word?), where an otherwise E^R bird will express as pure black, yet still carry the gold/red gene. Some believe that the hackle coloring in the bird above, shows a tendency for Wheaten in the mix.

I'm still very much trying to learn all of this! Old dog, new trick!

 

[nicalandia]

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I agree.

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I agree here also, Mahogany and autosomal red can play a huge part in encreasing the roosters pheomelanin expression. there is a guy that is trying to produce "Lemon blue" Marans. But his is runing into this problem, as in most marans have Mahogany. this will prevent a nice even "Lemon" color for this breed. I advised him he needs to get rid of those genes before calling a blue copper maran a "Lemon Blue" Maran

Lemon Blue OEGB

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Complete Blacks can be have in just about any "e" allele. Extended Black being the easiest followed by E^R.

below quotes can be fown on following link http://www.the-coop.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=89474&page=all

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so basicaly Total melanization can occour on E^R with the correct amount of Melanizers.