what would i get

[Feather queen]

I have just received 3 Silke crosses and when they grow up they will be bred with my silkie rooster. what will their chicks look like?

 

[TwistedTayy]

Kind of hard to say without pictures of the chicks, chicks parents and your rooster…

 

[Feather queen]

the first picture is of my 3 chicks' mother, the 2nd is of my rooster and the others are of the chicks, unfortunately I don't have a picture of the father of my 3 chicks but he is a greyish black colour with brown around his neck and on his wings, that same colour that's on the black chick

 

[Feather queen]

I forgot to add that my rooster's parents are the same grey and brown rooster talked about above and a splash silkie mother, although she has been dyed pink, and my rooster is a splash too

 

[NatJ]

I have just received 3 Silke crosses and when they grow up they will be bred with my silkie rooster. what will their chicks look like?

In general:
--if at least one parent has a crest, chicks may have a crest too
--if at least one parent has 5 toes, chicks may have 5 toes
--if at least one parent has muff/beard, chicks may have muff/beard
--if one parent has Silkie feathers, and the other parent has normal feathers, some chicks will have normal feathers. If the normal-feathered parent also carries the gene for silkie feathers (like if one of its parents had silkie feathers) then you should also get some chicks with silkie feathers.


For chick colors, looking at the photos, I am guessing your rooster and his mother each have one copy of the Dominant White gene, which turns black into white but allows some bits of color to show through. (That effect gets called "paint.")

Based on that, I would predict that about half the chicks will be mostly-white (similar to your rooster and his mother). The other half will probably resemble your chicks and their parents-- shades of gray (blue) or black, with various amounts of gold or other colors.

my rooster is a splash

If your rooster is splash, my previous guess about colors is wrong. He will produce chicks that are blue or splash, likely with some amount of gold or other colors showing in some places.

(I am not good at telling from photos whether a chicken is splash or paint. The appearance can be similar, but the genetics are quite different, so they give different results when you breed from them.)

 

[Feather queen]

In general:
--if at least one parent has a crest, chicks may have a crest too
--if at least one parent has 5 toes, chicks may have 5 toes
--if at least one parent has muff/beard, chicks may have muff/beard
--if one parent has Silkie feathers, and the other parent has normal feathers, some chicks will have normal feathers. If the normal-feathered parent also carries the gene for silkie feathers (like if one of its parents had silkie feathers) then you should also get some chicks with silkie feathers.


For chick colors, looking at the photos, I am guessing your rooster and his mother each have one copy of the Dominant White gene, which turns black into white but allows some bits of color to show through. (That effect gets called "paint.")

Based on that, I would predict that about half the chicks will be mostly-white (similar to your rooster and his mother). The other half will probably resemble your chicks and their parents-- shades of gray (blue) or black, with various amounts of gold or other colors.


If your rooster is splash, my previous guess about colors is wrong. He will produce chicks that are blue or splash, likely with some amount of gold or other colors showing in some places.

(I am not good at telling from photos whether a chicken is splash or paint. The appearance can be similar, but the genetics are quite different, so they give different results when you breed from them.)

thank you so much, i can't wait to see what happens

 

[sourland]

A lot depends on what generation silkie X they are. I would most likely expect 50% hard feathered and 50% silkied birds.

 

[Feather queen]

A lot depends on what generation silkie X they are. I would most likely expect 50% hard feathered and 50% silkied birds.

the silkie cross are first-generation, there father being a pure silkie and the mother a batam australorp