What colour is my silkie pullet?

[peafowl_Lover]

Hi, I have Hennefir my silkie pullet for a little over a month and is stumped at what colour she is. I'm leaning towards a mix of a few colours, if anyone knew what colours she's mixed with or maybe she's a colour that I have not come across yet.

 

[JedJackson]

She's a buff Silkie.

 

[peafowl_Lover]

Ooh, I wasn't sure as when I googled the buff silkies they were so much darker than she is. I have no idea what age she is but she doesn't sound like a chick anymore, my 'teenagers' cheep a little but she screams! Hopefully she'll lay an egg soon.
Thank you

 

[talkinboutchickens]

Definitely has some buff coloring but there are other patches of more brown coloration that look like khaki-ish...I looked this up on the internet and that's the color that matches the darker spots most although I am not a silkie expert or breeder so I am just purely guessing lol. Or it could just be my wonky eyes lmao

 

[Debbie292d]

I would say buff silkie, but buff silkies can only come from a pair of buff silkie parents. Do you know who her parents are?

Otherwise, another option is red pyle.

 

[peafowl_Lover]

Unfortunately I don't know who her parents were. I have my lesson learned to never buy from poultry sales again, even if they do have the fancier breeds. The seller only told me they were pullets. He was busy selling other birds and didn't have time to talk unfortunately. I also don't like the stress of buying birds from a sale and my pullets were a lot more stressed than they would be if I bought them privately.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Hi, I have Hennefir my silkie pullet for a little over a month and is stumped at what colour she is. I'm leaning towards a mix of a few colours, if anyone knew what colours she's mixed with or maybe she's a colour that I have not come across yet.View attachment 4207268View attachment 4207269

Buff with blue.

 

[Debbie292d]

Unfortunately I don't know who her parents were. I have my lesson learned to never buy from poultry sales again, even if they do have the fancier breeds. The seller only told me they were pullets. He was busy selling other birds and didn't have time to talk unfortunately. I also don't like the stress of buying birds from a sale and my pullets were a lot more stressed than they would be if I bought them privately.

What other colors of silkies do you have? You can test breed her to a buff rooster if you have and they'd make more buffs. If she's red pyle, then a partridge rooster would be best to test for that.

I wound up with a red pyle rooster somehow, and he with a partridge hen, making about half partridge and half red pyle.


As a cockerel around 3 months old.


As an adult, (a bit faded from the sun), and his silver partridge hen.

 

[peafowl_Lover]

The only other silkie I have is a partridge pullet same age as her. I probably won't breed her for now... as I'm happy with the amount of hens now. But I might in the future.