What color is this?

[cowman910]

I was wondering what color this showgirl is. Is it pure bred? Is it still a silkie? Also if i mix silkie colors will they sell as pure bred silkies if i say they are not pure colors?
sorry about all the questions, i want these to be my breeders next year! tell me if you need more pics

the tail coloring

the whole body all together
thank you, mike

 

[Sillystunt]

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[TurtleFeathers]

I have a silkie like that - the older she gets tho, the more "silver" she gets. I was told she's a grey (or partridge without red).

Kathy

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

The one in the photo looks to be blue partridge. THe difference between grey and blue partridge is that in a grey, all the feathers are shades of black and white and grey. In a blue partridge, the areas that would be black are blue, but the brown/red/gold areas remain brown/red/gold.

 

[cowman910]

thank you guys! i have one more question

would this cockeral have too much white to be splash?

and does black sometimes have gold on the neck?

you can kinda see the other ones tail in this picture

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

The one that has lots of white is not a white, nor is it splash. It looks somewhat like columbian (sometimes called "light"), but without the neck lacings.

Blacks do sometimes have gold or silver show on their necks, but it is a DQ.

 

[cowman910]

thank you so much! now if i breed those four, what would i call there chicks, they cannot be purebred or can they?

 

[LilPeeps]

They would be a pure breed, but a mixed color.

 

[pbjmaker]

I have a showgirl chick that looks a lot like that first one. Mine is actually a cross between my white showgirl roo (hiding blue/black) and a mille fleur d'uccle. S/he looks like wild rabbit fur but has little white whiskers sticking out from her chin. The little bit of beard is the only way I knew it was a d'uccle cross.

I love the color and hope it's a hen.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Those four? I only say two?

Play around with the chicken calculator. select columbian as the colour for the whitish one, black and gold gene for the gold neck--or select birchen, then change the e-allele (for both) to e^b. Press Calculate Crossing, and see what you get.