Who here has silkie crosses?

[Smartie_Pants]

I have a silkie sitting on 3 eggs. 2 are ee crosses and one is a silkie cross. I am so excited thinking of what the baby might look like! The roos I have are:

1 EE
2 Anconas
1 Barred Rock


Anyone have a silkie crossed with any of those? I would love to see pics of silkie crosses if you have any.

Also, is silkie feathering a dominant trait or recessive? So what are the chances the baby will have silkie feathering?

 

[flamingauburnmustang]

Wow. I am also interested in the apperance of these future chicks.

Anyone???

 

[SunAngel]

I have 8 EE Silkie crosses (all but 2 came from silkieluver_07). They have 5 toes, straight feathers, and poofy heads. 3 of them have beards and muffs too. I will have to see if I can get pics of those today. After taking new pics, 4 with muffs/beards and leg feathers, 3 without beards, 2 without leg feathers and all have poofy heads. Weird how they are all so different.

This is Pip, my first chickie to ever hatch here (under a broody).

Misty (no beard or leg feathers) (I have a white one that looks like this)

Black/Silver

Gold/Blue (no beard or leg feathers)

Gold/Black

Black/Cream

White/Rust

 

[flamingauburnmustang]

Wow. Sweet.

I'd love to see the black and silver. That has got to be beautiful!!!

 

[silkieluver_07]

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They are getting so big!!! I am in love with Misty. She looks kinda like a blue.

 

[KellyHM]

I have a few Silkie/EE crosses. Silkie feathering is recessive, so if you bred 2 of those babies together the next generation would give you 25% silkie-featered chickens. Black skin and 5 toes are suppose to be dominant, but 1 out of 4 of mine ended up with 4 toes and green skin like his daddy.

 

[Appytaz]

I have a silkie Roo and 2 mutt hens - here are a few of their babies:

Roo RC

Roo Wilma (we thought he was a hen until he crowed)

We have a little herd of 8 chicks now and 2 have great head puffs.

It has been my experience that it is about 50% chance on the leg feathers and puffs. I kept RC and Wilma because of their pretty leg feathers. Still trying to decide if I want to keep the puffs in this next bunch or not!