What color silkie should I get to breed with mille fleur d'Uccle?

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Okay, we'll see what happens. I'm afraid I'd end up with a black rooster, would that mess things up? I'd like a mottled chicken with the silkie feathering.

You can use any color of silkie if your only goal is mottling and silkied feathers. Though I wouldn’t use white, as that’s recessive too, and might completely cover up the mottling in successive generations.
However, if you want birds with silkied feathers that also have the mille fleur coloration (mottling on buff columbian) you should use buff silkies.

 

[Ruthster55]

You can use any color of silkie if your only goal is mottling and silkied feathers. Though I wouldn’t use white, as that’s recessive too, and might completely cover up the mottling in successive generations.
However, if you want birds with silkied feathers that also have the mille fleur coloration (mottling on buff columbian) you should use buff silkies.

Using buff silkies, I think you would just get buff birds in the F1s, necause the mottling is recessive.

I think that playing around with Splash and Paint silkies and maybe a Blue Silkie would be more fun.

 

[Jabebee13]

Next spring I am planning on getting some bantams. I know I want to get 3 mille fleur d'Uccle and 3 silkies. I was going to get the mixed silkie color box from mypetchicken, but now I'm not sure. So what color variation would I get with the diff color silkie x mille fleur d'Uccle? I'm not sure which ones will be roosters yet (don't have them yet) so I would appreciate from both sides. Try to go easy on the technical terms, I don't quite understand all of them. Thanks!

Is there a brown silkie? Idk. There is a splash but isn't that gray? I think the mille fleur d'Uccle is brown , black and white. Maybe a silkie called a Chocolate Silkie? I don't know it's name. It's probably solved by now. I just wanted to weigh in.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Using buff silkies, I think you would just get buff birds in the F1s, necause the mottling is recessive.

I think that playing around with Splash and Paint silkies and maybe a Blue Silky would be more fun.

I didn’t mean to say you’d get mottling in the first generation, though I might’ve worded it weirdly. I mentioned that any color can be used if all they want is mottling and silkied feathers. However, if the OP wants a silkied bird that is also of the Mille fleur variety, then using a buff silkie will get them closer to what they want.

 

[Jabebee13]

Yes mottling. Not splash.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

Is there a brown silkie? Idk. There is a splash but isn't that gray? I think the mille fleur d'Uccle is brown , black and white. Maybe a silkie called a Chocolate Silkie? I don't know it's name. It's probably solved by now. I just wanted to weigh in.

“Mottled buff columbian” is the sort of genetic name for mille fleur.

 

[member 592157]

I think that playing around with Splash and Paint silkies and maybe a Blue Silkie would be more fun.

I did see them and wondered if they would work, but I don't think mypetchicken has them. It seems to be the only place where you can buy only 3 at a time.

 

[member 592157]

I didn’t mean to say you’d get mottling in the first generation, though I might’ve worded it weirdly. I mentioned that any color can be used if all they want is mottling and silkied feathers. However, if the OP wants a silkied bird that is also of the Mille fleur variety, then using a buff silkie will get them closer to what they want.

May I ask why buff? Because it matches the mfd? Because the mfd is brown, black, and white- all silkie colors. If there is another genetic reason I'd love to know...I just started learning about all the different genetics and it can get confusing!

 

[Jabebee13]

I was thinking in my mind a buff silkie. Because they're cute. It's a light brown. I Bing search and brown silkie exists. But I didn't catch their name. Chocolate Silkie... Nooooo. Or yes? Not food pics. But it has links of barnyard chickens. It is a chicken breed or type. I mean to say to ignore the Bing images.... I just searched "chocolate silkie". It showed me bad results. Splash Silkie chickens are gray and black. They are cute too.

 

[Jabebee13]

Yeah, paint silkie hens are cute on bing images.