What color Silkies are these? (PICS)

[Funky Feathers]

Ooohhh, a porcelain!

 

[catwalk]

I have a white Silkie that's been playing in the mud who looks like that hen! He's a counterfeit isabel. Yours looks real

 

[TurtleFeathers]

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Thanks Sonoran - it just seems that when someone starts talking about porcelain silkies, I see porcelain d'uccles, and get confused - and when they combine the terms (as in "porcelain isabel") it confuses me further...

Ok, so I get that "isabel" is "lavender diluted buff" in silkies. But from what you're saying, "porcelain" in silkies could then be described sorta like "lavender diluted buff lavender" kinda? It just has more of a lavender tone than plain "isabel" does, right? But no mille fleur pattern, of course.

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Thanks!!! That's Harpo, who is sadly no longer with us. You can read more about him here: Harpo & Friends (the site needs updating really badly tho) and there are pics of other chelonians on the website link under my avatar.

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Yeah, they're all tortoises - but sulcatas (actually, more correctly, Geochelone sulcata) are an African species and do not hibernate (they must be brought inside when the temps drop below about 60F or they'll die). They're the 3rd largest land tortoise in the world and can grow to 100-200 pounds. I'm thinking because of your location, your neighbors might have Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii - which is a considerably smaller, hibernating species native to the SW US)?

I could talk about tortoises all day, but we should get back to porcelain and isabel silkies - don't want to stray too far OT...

 

[BamaChicken]

I had a buff that color before and I think it was breed to a white. I called it a buff splash. I will see if I still have the photo. I love that color. she is beautiful.

 

[chickens4me]

She is so beautiful.

 

[BamaChicken]

No now I remember , this chick was from a buff splash I had that came from someone who had used a splash in the buff pen to clear up the dark tail feathers. This was bred to buff roo and here is one of the chicks

Here is one more from that breeding.
I didn't keep them to see how they turned outl.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Thanks Sonoran - it just seems that when someone starts talking about porcelain silkies, I see porcelain d'uccles, and get confused - and when they combine the terms (as in "porcelain isabel") it confuses me further...

Ok, so I get that "isabel" is "lavender diluted buff" in silkies. But from what you're saying, "porcelain" in silkies could then be described sorta like "lavender diluted buff lavender" kinda? It just has more of a lavender tone than plain "isabel" does, right? But no mille fleur pattern, of course.

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Thanks!!! That's Harpo, who is sadly no longer with us. You can read more about him here: Harpo & Friends (the site needs updating really badly tho) and there are pics of other chelonians on the website link under my avatar.

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Yeah, they're all tortoises - but sulcatas (actually, more correctly, Geochelone sulcata) are an African species and do not hibernate (they must be brought inside when the temps drop below about 60F or they'll die). They're the 3rd largest land tortoise in the world and can grow to 100-200 pounds. I'm thinking because of your location, your neighbors might have Desert Tortoises (Gopherus agassizii - which is a considerably smaller, hibernating species native to the SW US)?

I could talk about tortoises all day, but we should get back to porcelain and isabel silkies - don't want to stray too far OT...

No, they are sulcatas. Most come from one neighbor who is a breeder, but I don't think this pair did. I've never had one, but I am pretty sure that all of the ones here hibernate in some warm spot. The pair I was looking at had a small rubbermaid shed with sand on the floor and a heat lamp.
Okay, back on topic. The colours in a porcelain d'uccle and those in a porcelain silkie are the same. But silkies lack the pattern.

 

[chixie]

they are beauties