What does a grey silkie look like?

[fluffyfeathers]

Post pics in a couple more weeks. I'll be curious to see how it develops

Dudalang farms housesprings mo. All I know is all the silkies wer in the same pen.

 

[BooeyBird]

Ok.? We named "her" miss jemima. My mom named her.

 

[BooeyBird]

Any ideas what type of silkie jemima is? Four weeks old.

 

[Fur N Feathers]

Any ideas what type of silkie jemima is? Four weeks old.

Looks like Jemima is blue, too young to sex at four weeks.

 

[PsycoPeep]

Hi! {{waves}}
My 6 yr old daughter has 3 silkies; a black girl, a splash boy (he's a month younger but FAR more bigger than she is and his wattles are sorta burgundy in color, so we're assuming girl/boy on them), and also a partridge. IDK sex, but it's slow growing like the black one was (2 mos younger than the black), so I'm assuming it's a girl, too. Problem is? I can't stand partridge colored silkies. I don't want to buy more just to go with her, so if someone comes along who wants to buy her, I'd let her go. I will also prob. build a mixed run for misc. chickens and just keep her in a pen and just either eat the eggs out of that pen or sell them as barnyard mixes.
Anywho - I just bought her a doz eggs from someone on BYC and they just arrived in the mail yesterday. We're really eggcited about setting them and seeing what all hatches and growing them out! (like who isn't, right? LOL!) These are the egg colors that arrived: 4 buff/red (she keeps her buffs & red in the same pen and says she has some really nice red roos in there. I can't wait!), 2 paint (paint roo over paint hens), 2 paint/black (black roo over paint hens), 2 blue splash, 2 gray, and finally 2 porcelean. She also said she has grays and porceleans in together making the champagne color. What colors of what I've listed do you think would run good together so I don't have to have 8 seperate pens? LOL! Can paint & splash go together or is that going to mess it up? And what would happen if I put red and/or buff in with a splash or a paint, will you get red paint? I've heard that splash is blue and that you can't get any other color BUT blue splash, but can you get red paint or other colors of paint aside from just black?

 

[BelleFarm]

I only breed buff silkies, and on an impulse buy I bought a few pullets just to add color to my flock- not for breeding. I know this one is not up to par- like every one else's on here- but I was hoping someone could help me out with what color she is- or if it's just a mutt mix. Thank you

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I only breed buff silkies, and on an impulse buy I bought a few pullets just to add color to my flock- not for breeding. I know this one is not up to par- like every one else's on here- but I was hoping someone could help me out with what color she is- or if it's just a mutt mix. Thank you

I only breed buff silkies, and on an impulse buy I bought a few pullets just to add color to my flock- not for breeding. I know this one is not up to par- like every one else's on here- but I was hoping someone could help me out with what color she is- or if it's just a mutt mix. Thank you

Looks like a cockerel (sorry) that is a grey diluted by blue. Somewhat similar to a silver blue

 

[BelleFarm]

Looks like a cockerel (sorry) that is a grey diluted by blue.  Somewhat similar to a silver blue

Alright thank you. The lady said it was a pullet, and I have had pullets with bigger combs, but you might be right. Well I still hope it will be a hen.
If I were to breed her/him in the future, what color do you think I should breed it to? Or do you think it's not worth it?
Thanks again

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Without knowing your goals, I can't really tell you to breed or not. If you do, breed to a grey. If he starts getting orange on his wings (looks like some may be starting to come in, but that could be dirt), my honest recommendation would be to not breed. Getting the red out can be a nightmare.

 

[BelleFarm]

Without knowing your goals, I can't really tell you to breed or not.  If you do, breed to a grey.  If he starts getting orange on his wings (looks like some may be starting to come in, but that could be dirt), my honest recommendation would be to not breed.  Getting the red out can be a nightmare.

Okay makes sense, thank you for your input. Ill have to see what happens in the future