Elliemae1984
Songster
Help! I need a crash course in paint breeding for dummies!
I have some ~22 week old silkies I hatched this summer and I’m trying to determine which ones to keep to set me up with the best first-round for paint breeding. But I’ve read a lot of conflicting info regarding black vs “black split”, and I have leakage in my blacks…so I’m not sure how that would affect future breeding. I want to make sure I keep the “best” male for my goals.
The breeder that I got the hatching eggs from said they were from a paint pen, but given the leakage (and that I hatched 2 splash), that can’t be entirely true. This breeder also does BBS and has a “silver partridge” project pen.
Currently I have:
- white female (no idea if dominant or recessive)
- black female with decent amount of silver/grey leakage at neck
- black male with minimal silver leakage at neck
- black male with A LOT of gold leakage at neck (and starting at crest)…but the girls definitely love him
- splash male (will be rehoming)
- splash….maybe male (DNA test pending, will rehome if male)
- paint with minimal khaki leakage (likely female, DNA test pending)
I have an opportunity to offload some males (in a way that doesn’t result in them becoming soup) but I need to decide quickly - the person who will take them to a bachelor pad is passing through town next weekend.
Which male(s) would you keep to have the best results for a future paint coop? I’m so curious about the effects of leakage (silver and gold). Will it eventually breed out? I’m truly a newbie and don’t want to make the wrong choice.
I have some ~22 week old silkies I hatched this summer and I’m trying to determine which ones to keep to set me up with the best first-round for paint breeding. But I’ve read a lot of conflicting info regarding black vs “black split”, and I have leakage in my blacks…so I’m not sure how that would affect future breeding. I want to make sure I keep the “best” male for my goals.
The breeder that I got the hatching eggs from said they were from a paint pen, but given the leakage (and that I hatched 2 splash), that can’t be entirely true. This breeder also does BBS and has a “silver partridge” project pen.
Currently I have:
- white female (no idea if dominant or recessive)
- black female with decent amount of silver/grey leakage at neck
- black male with minimal silver leakage at neck
- black male with A LOT of gold leakage at neck (and starting at crest)…but the girls definitely love him
- splash male (will be rehoming)
- splash….maybe male (DNA test pending, will rehome if male)
- paint with minimal khaki leakage (likely female, DNA test pending)
I have an opportunity to offload some males (in a way that doesn’t result in them becoming soup) but I need to decide quickly - the person who will take them to a bachelor pad is passing through town next weekend.
Which male(s) would you keep to have the best results for a future paint coop? I’m so curious about the effects of leakage (silver and gold). Will it eventually breed out? I’m truly a newbie and don’t want to make the wrong choice.