/ Register

  1. If this is your first time on BYC, we suggest you start with one of these three options:
    Raising Chickens Chicken Coops Join BYC
    If you're already a member of our community, click here to login & click here to learn what's new!

What color silkies are these?

Discussion in 'General breed discussions & FAQ' started by huckleberryfarm, Oct 24, 2011.

Most Liked Posts
  1. Oct 24, 2011 #1
    huckleberryfarm

    huckleberryfarm Chickenista

    1,421
    3
    163
    Jan 7, 2010
    Greenwood, SC
    I've started getting these chicks from my partridge pen. They look like partridges when born except they have a solid and light colored head. They start losing their partridge stripes and turn into these. Most of my partridges look like actual partridges.

    Is this gray? What is the genetics behind gray?

    [​IMG]

    This one is a bit younger and doesn't have such a true gray color on the body. It still has some partridge coloring in certain light.

    [​IMG]

    I have a bunch more in the nursery that are still chicks. Someone in that partridge (or some pairing... I have a lot in there) are throwing these? I like them!

    Thoughts?
     
  3. Oct 24, 2011 #2
    Nicki

    Nicki Chillin' With My Peeps

    207
    1
    121
    Dec 6, 2007
    Georgia
    The top one looks like a grey to me; the second one sorta does, but I'm not sure about that bit of brownish tint in her feathers
     
  5. Oct 24, 2011 #3
    Sonoran Silkies

    Sonoran Silkies Flock Mistress

    20,149
    283
    401
    Jan 4, 2009
    Tempe, Arizona
    The brown is from autosomal red.
     

BackYard Chickens is proudly sponsored by