White silkie crosses

[Backcountrychickens]

Hello all! I have a young white silkie rooster and 5 hens.
I have done breeding before, but with my other flock of chickens, and therefore have never bred silkies. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on what the tempermant, egg laying ability, apperence and broodieness would be like if I bred him to:
My white leghorn hen
My opal legbar hen
My cuckoo silkie hen
My golden laced wyandotte hen
My Buff orpington/Jersy Giant Cross hen

Thanks!

 

[Ecarroll]

Hello all! I have a young white silkie rooster and 5 hens.
I have done breeding before, but with my other flock of chickens, and therefore have never bred silkies. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on what the tempermant, egg laying ability, apperence and broodieness would be like if I bred him to:
My white leghorn hen
My opal legbar hen
My cuckoo silkie hen
My golden laced wyandotte hen
My Buff orpington/Jersy Giant Cross hen

Thanks!

I used to have a white silkie rooster, and now have two pullets and hatched two cockerels that I gave a way but have some pictures of them younger. My hens are cinnamon queen (laced Wyandotte x Rhode Island Red) and golden sex link (Rhode island white x Rhode Island Red) I’ll post some pictures, the cinnamon queen x silkie ones might help with the golden laced Wyandotte x silkie mix .

Also if silkie rooster is bred to a hen with white or yellow shanks, they will be fibro sex linked, meaning the cockerels will have lighter shanks and the pullets dark skin and shanks.

 

[Ecarroll]

I used to have a white silkie rooster, and now have two pullets and hatched two cockerels that I gave a way but have some pictures of them younger. My hens are cinnamon queen (laced Wyandotte x Rhode Island Red) and golden sex link (Rhode island white x Rhode Island Red) I’ll post some pictures, the cinnamon queen x silkie ones might help with the golden laced Wyandotte x silkie mix . View attachment 3992383View attachment 3992384View attachment 3992385View attachment 3992386Also if silkie rooster is bred to a hen with white or yellow shanks, they will be fibro sex linked, meaning the cockerels will have lighter shanks and the pullets dark skin and shanks.

The pullets recently started laying, and they lay a small egg daily.

In a regular egg carton to compare to my golden sex links large eggs.

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Hello all! I have a young white silkie rooster and 5 hens.
I have done breeding before, but with my other flock of chickens, and therefore have never bred silkies. I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on what the tempermant, egg laying ability, apperence and broodieness would be like if I bred him to:
My white leghorn hen
My opal legbar hen
My cuckoo silkie hen
My golden laced wyandotte hen
My Buff orpington/Jersy Giant Cross hen

Thanks!

They laying ability won’t be the best of the best but should be better than a silkies laying ability. You should medium to largest eggs from your hybrids (except from the Silkie).

Temperament really goes based off the bird not the breed or mix.

My white leghorn hen- All white (some could come out differently colored bc white can cover up colors). Should have black skin. No Silkie feathers. 5 toes (some may not) feathered legs. Possible small crest and beard.

My opal legbar hen- I believe opal is lavender so you should get all black chicks. Should have black skin. No Silkie feathers. 5 toes (some may not) feathered legs. Larger crest and possible beard. You could get light blue or white eggs.

My cuckoo silkie hen- Females will be black, males will be barred. All will have Silkie feathers, crest, beard, 5 toes and feathered feet. These chicks will be 100% Silkie just mixed color.

My golden laced wyandotte hen- All with be black. Should have black skin. No Silkie feathers. 5 toes (some may not) feathered legs. Possible small crest and beard.

My Buff orpington/Jersy Giant Cross hen- All should be black. Should have black skin. No Silkie feathers. 5 toes (some may not) feathered legs. Possible small crest and beard.

Note: Breeding the white Silkie to your smooth feathered birds will give all their chicks a recessive Silkie feather and white gene. You cuckoo cross chicks will also be recessive white (Most silkies are recessive white)

The most broody ones will probably be the cuckoo Silkie cross, Orpington/Jersey cross and your Wyandotte cross chicks. I’ve noticed though it depends on the bird rather than the breed on who is most broody.

 

[Backcountrychickens]

thanks a ton

 

[RememberTheWay]

They laying ability won’t be the best of the best but should be better than a silkies laying ability. You should medium to largest eggs from your hybrids (except from the Silkie).

Temperament really goes based off the bird not the breed or mix.

My white leghorn hen- All white (some could come out differently colored bc white can cover up colors). Should have black skin. No Silkie feathers. 5 toes (some may not) feathered legs. Possible small crest and beard.

My opal legbar hen- I believe opal is lavender so you should get all black chicks. Should have black skin. No Silkie feathers. 5 toes (some may not) feathered legs. Larger crest and possible beard. You could get light blue or white eggs.

My cuckoo silkie hen- Females will be black, males will be barred. All will have Silkie feathers, crest, beard, 5 toes and feathered feet. These chicks will be 100% Silkie just mixed color.

My golden laced wyandotte hen- All with be black. Should have black skin. No Silkie feathers. 5 toes (some may not) feathered legs. Possible small crest and beard.

My Buff orpington/Jersy Giant Cross hen- All should be black. Should have black skin. No Silkie feathers. 5 toes (some may not) feathered legs. Possible small crest and beard.

Note: Breeding the white Silkie to your smooth feathered birds will give all their chicks a recessive Silkie feather and white gene. You cuckoo cross chicks will also be recessive white (Most silkies are recessive white)

The most broody ones will probably be the cuckoo Silkie cross, Orpington/Jersey cross and your Wyandotte cross chicks. I’ve noticed though it depends on the bird rather than the breed on who is most broody.

Wanted to clarify something on the opal Legbars. While they definitely are lavender, the chicks will not be black. They will be duckwing. An opal Legbars isn't based on extended black like most solid lavender breeds, it's built on top of duckwing.