What will you get if you cross a Silkie woth a D'Uccle?

[Chicken0Boy]

Wow they all look pretty cool!

 

[flowerchicks]

How exciting, I am hoping to hatch some eggs from my silkie roo and d'uccle girl, but I have to wait for my silkie/cochin to go broody again

He's mating with her, too, so hopefully soon. So, since he is a black silkie, it sounds like his color will be dominant and the chicks will look like little black d'uccle's?

 

[BlackBart]

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Really ??????? That can't be, the mottling in the Mille Fluer pattern is recessive, the F1 offspring shouldn't have any mottling, the white silkie roo must have been masking mottling somewhere I've only heard of very few mottleds silkes. Are you sure that was the cross and or the F1 cross at least ?
Do you have pics of the parents ?

Could of been the mother was the Silkie and the father was the Mille. That is all the guy has ever owned so unless something is lurking the background of his chickens...??????? But none of the Silkies were mottled just the typical white Silkie.
Sorry the parents are long gone, so is the fellow who had them and Simon is nearing 10 himself. I think he looks pretty good for his age.

 

[RAREROO]

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Really ??????? That can't be, the mottling in the Mille Fluer pattern is recessive, the F1 offspring shouldn't have any mottling, the white silkie roo must have been masking mottling somewhere I've only heard of very few mottleds silkes. Are you sure that was the cross and or the F1 cross at least ?
Do you have pics of the parents ?

Could of been the mother was the Silkie and the father was the Mille. That is all the guy has ever owned so unless something is lurking the background of his chickens...??????? But none of the Silkies were mottled just the typical white Silkie.
Sorry the parents are long gone, so is the fellow who had them and Simon is nearing 10 himself. I think he looks pretty good for his age.

Interesting

It dosen't matter which is the mother and which is the father, a Mille Fluer bird ( 2 copies of the mottleing gene) mated with a non mottled bird ( no mottling gene) gives birds that carry only one copy of the mottling gene and are called Split motted, they carry the gene but don't show it. Usually silke crosses have more silkie traits then yours does too. Do you think it could be possible that one of the parents was a ML dUccle and the other was a MF dUccle X Silkie ? That would produce more mottled chicks.

 

[Julie SC]

mille Fleur D'uccle Rox crossed with a blue Silkie and a Black Silkie.
The larger black one is starting to get a brownish collar. They are more hyper. Personality much like the D'uccle. Feathering comes in much more quickly like the D'uccle. BIG FEET with lots of ankle feathering. Some have four toes and some have five.

 

[NikkiPike_84]

Partridge silkie cross d’uccle. Silkie comb, silkie 5 toes, hock feathers and feet feathers. Taller and feather faster than our full silkie.

 

[NikkiPike_84]

Partridge silkie cross d’uccle. Silkie comb, silkie 5 toes, hock feathers and feet feathers. Taller and feather faster than our full silkie.

Currently 4 weeks old.

 

[JLM34436]

I'm excited to try this! I'm getting a golden d'uccle in a few days and I have a white silkie roo. I'm hoping to have some other cool mixes too. I currently have in my bantam breeding program:
6 mo white silkie roo
1 yr sf serama/black rosecomb hen
2 yr sf serama hen (they're all together)
And
8wk frizzle serama roo
8wk white silkie (?)
And I'm getting a 4 mo golden d'uccle pullet tomorrow.
So I'll be able to make smooth and frizzle seramas, pure white silkies, silkie/d'uccles, silkie seramas, serama/d'uccles, frizzle d'uccles??
I know I'll keep the silkie roo with the serama hens and the d'uccle but Idk after that since Idk the sexes of my youngest and I plan to add to the flock.
As for ratio, I know its typically 10:1 but does a silkie roo need 10 hens? Or a tiny serama roo? Could I get by with 6 hens for each roo if I separate the roos for a day or two as needed to give the hens a break?

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

I'm excited to try this! I'm getting a golden d'uccle in a few days and I have a white silkie roo. I'm hoping to have some other cool mixes too. I currently have in my bantam breeding program:
6 mo white silkie roo
1 yr sf serama/black rosecomb hen
2 yr sf serama hen (they're all together)
And
8wk frizzle serama roo
8wk white silkie (?)
And I'm getting a 4 mo golden d'uccle pullet tomorrow.
So I'll be able to make smooth and frizzle seramas, pure white silkies, silkie/d'uccles, silkie seramas, serama/d'uccles, frizzle d'uccles??
I know I'll keep the silkie roo with the serama hens and the d'uccle but Idk after that since Idk the sexes of my youngest and I plan to add to the flock.
As for ratio, I know its typically 10:1 but does a silkie roo need 10 hens? Or a tiny serama roo? Could I get by with 6 hens for each roo if I separate the roos for a day or two as needed to give the hens a break?

Bantams usually don’t need as many hens as standard sized roosters. That ratio looks fine to me.

 

[MaineBlackHeart]

You might get something like my little Rooster, Simon.
His mother was a Mille Fleur and his Father was a white Silkie. Some of his siblings had the Silkie top hat but all were the Mille Fleur color. The hens genes, in this case, were more dominant.

Looks just like my little love bug Roo!