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white skinned white silkie?
hullo, i put a few eggs from lav pekins and white silkies in the other week,, two of each, i idea the pekins were not fertile yet,, and unless i fabricated a mistake something odd happened.
the two silkies hatched, the pekins were discarded. only.... one normal and one trivial thing , 5 toes etc etc , only white skin. at first i thought i had confused the eggs and it was a lav pekin, but so i saw its v toes,,
i hatched a dozen white silkies from the parents already, all normal.
what is going on?
may be a sport, or some impure blood further back, but the white is recessive and the black peel dominant, well, intermediate i recollect,,,,
i know there is supposed to be a white skinned silkie, in the u.s.a.,
anyone else ever have em appear?
paddymc
Tuesday, March sixth, 2012
ps, i havent bred silkies since i was a child, so havent a lot of feel with them..
paddymc
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
not sure just maybe their skin colour changes with age ye deceit be sure with some chicks as they change with age
hunt
Tuesday, March sixth, 2012
the but thing i can think of is that the parents had 'blue' not black pare and produced what would be in feather colouring a 'splash'. perhaps some silkie breeder could propose me. its non as well impt as i only got them to breed broodies, only just in case i may have to sell whatsoever, i dont want to sell a bird that is 'incorrect'.
paddymc
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
ye best to get a silkie breeders advice but if ye just keeping them as broody hens it dont matter.
chase
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
ps ask pearl
hunt
Tuesday, March sixth, 2012
ok , thanks hunt, i will. and even if they are just for broodies, i do similar to understand what i am working with. i must admit , i like genetics,, novice level of course,
paddymc
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
all silkies ,no affair what colour feathering ,should take blue skin,mullberry comb an wattles, torquise earlobes, 5 toes. that chick was a throwback from somewhere, once i got ane with xanthous legs,i culled it, unless information technology turnes out to be a hen to be kept as a broodie ,i would cull it as no one will buy it, an i would Non breed from information technology.
pearl
Tuesday, March sixth, 2012
ps, keep an eye on how many hatches this happens in,eg ,every 2nd ,5th, etc, an if it keeps happening, change the rooster.
pearl
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
there ye go paddy its smashing to get advice of some body that breeds a certain breed and knows wat they are talking about
hunt
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
cheers pearl and hunt. both parents have blueish skin, mulberry combs and turquoise earlobes and v toes, i take had 3 small hatches so far, ii under broodies of five and 7 and this one of two chicks in the incy,,,
dont worry pearl i wont breed from something i know to be wrong,,, and thanks once more for the adept advice.
paddymc
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
if the chicks in the incy are the same or inside a day or two of the broodies, y'all tin stick the chicks under the broodies, i have washed information technology with 2 hens ,1 hens chicks were 4 days older ,an the other hen took 1 week old chicks, as her eggs were empty. BUT DO Information technology AT NIGHT, she wont have chicks during the twenty-four hour period.
do you apply the same rooster for all the hens, what colours have y'all?
pearl
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
they were 10 days afterwards pearl, but i had six chicks nether an electric hen, then i put them under that , afterwards having left them a bit longer than normal in the incy, to get a chip of life to cope with the older chicks. all running round together at present.
re my roosters, i have 3. i bought five white pullets from a guy and an unrelated cockerel. two of the five i immediately saw to be roosters. i gave i to a friend and kept the other half blood brother to mate to calorie-free sussex hens for next years broodies.
i dearest the bluish silkie though, but orps are my favorite. what colours have you?
i really just like the bluish, white blackness and vitrify. ah the blackness when a good bird seems beautiful too.
paddymc
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
the six chicks were a few twenty-four hours former, not ten days .
paddymc
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
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white skinned white silkie?
hullo, i put a few eggs from lav pekins and white silkies in the other week,, two of each, i idea the pekins were not fertile yet,, and unless i fabricated a mistake something odd happened.
the two silkies hatched, the pekins were discarded. only.... one normal and one trivial thing , 5 toes etc etc , only white skin. at first i thought i had confused the eggs and it was a lav pekin, but so i saw its v toes,,
i hatched a dozen white silkies from the parents already, all normal.
what is going on?
may be a sport, or some impure blood further back, but the white is recessive and the black peel dominant, well, intermediate i recollect,,,,
i know there is supposed to be a white skinned silkie, in the u.s.a.,
anyone else ever have em appear?
Tuesday, March sixth, 2012
ps, i havent bred silkies since i was a child, so havent a lot of feel with them..
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
not sure just maybe their skin colour changes with age ye deceit be sure with some chicks as they change with age
Tuesday, March sixth, 2012
the but thing i can think of is that the parents had 'blue' not black pare and produced what would be in feather colouring a 'splash'. perhaps some silkie breeder could propose me. its non as well impt as i only got them to breed broodies, only just in case i may have to sell whatsoever, i dont want to sell a bird that is 'incorrect'.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
ye best to get a silkie breeders advice but if ye just keeping them as broody hens it dont matter.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
ps ask pearl
Tuesday, March sixth, 2012
ok , thanks hunt, i will. and even if they are just for broodies, i do similar to understand what i am working with. i must admit , i like genetics,, novice level of course,
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
all silkies ,no affair what colour feathering ,should take blue skin,mullberry comb an wattles, torquise earlobes, 5 toes. that chick was a throwback from somewhere, once i got ane with xanthous legs,i culled it, unless information technology turnes out to be a hen to be kept as a broodie ,i would cull it as no one will buy it, an i would Non breed from information technology.
Tuesday, March sixth, 2012
ps, keep an eye on how many hatches this happens in,eg ,every 2nd ,5th, etc, an if it keeps happening, change the rooster.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
there ye go paddy its smashing to get advice of some body that breeds a certain breed and knows wat they are talking about
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
cheers pearl and hunt. both parents have blueish skin, mulberry combs and turquoise earlobes and v toes, i take had 3 small hatches so far, ii under broodies of five and 7 and this one of two chicks in the incy,,,
dont worry pearl i wont breed from something i know to be wrong,,, and thanks once more for the adept advice.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
if the chicks in the incy are the same or inside a day or two of the broodies, y'all tin stick the chicks under the broodies, i have washed information technology with 2 hens ,1 hens chicks were 4 days older ,an the other hen took 1 week old chicks, as her eggs were empty. BUT DO Information technology AT NIGHT, she wont have chicks during the twenty-four hour period.
do you apply the same rooster for all the hens, what colours have y'all?
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
they were 10 days afterwards pearl, but i had six chicks nether an electric hen, then i put them under that , afterwards having left them a bit longer than normal in the incy, to get a chip of life to cope with the older chicks. all running round together at present.
re my roosters, i have 3. i bought five white pullets from a guy and an unrelated cockerel. two of the five i immediately saw to be roosters. i gave i to a friend and kept the other half blood brother to mate to calorie-free sussex hens for next years broodies.
i dearest the bluish silkie though, but orps are my favorite. what colours have you?
i really just like the bluish, white blackness and vitrify. ah the blackness when a good bird seems beautiful too.
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012
the six chicks were a few twenty-four hours former, not ten days .
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012