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It's starting to make sense by your explanation. The white is recessive white c/c, that's why I need 2 white birds to make a white or a non-white bird with c/C makeup! If my white hen is 1/2 partridge, and the partridge baby is a rooster, then if I breed him back to the mama hen, I should be...

Hi Karen, I'm fairly new to Silkie breeding, but wanted to learn and start with some good quality birds. Do you have any hatching eggs currently available? Thanks!

I'll see if I can take a picture and post his crowing. I honestly think that because it has stretch it reminds him not to stretch it to crow instead of being this rigid, uncomfortable thing that the velcro ones are.

I'm not sure. Some of my hens are pretty dominant because they didn't have a rooster most of their life, so they kinda so I have no clue!

Silver Fox has a single comb, not sure if that's helpful...

Thanks! I really hope so :) I was a little surprised when Silver Fox didn't start crowing, but I read that silkies may not start till a year sometimes especially when there's another rooster.

Hi Everyone! I got this beautiful Silkie and was told it was a rooster. It's 5 months old now and not crowing. Can anyone tell me if it's possible this is a hen? Also, what's this color called?

Hello all, I am fairly new to chicken genetics and how feather color is expressed. From what I understand, a black silkie would have 2 recessive black genes (bl/bl). White is a little bit of a wild card it's a recessive white (c) that turns off the colors so it's paired with another color...

Thank you!

Hello fellow chicken people! I've been scouring this site for a long time. All of you are such a wonderful community and a great source of information! So I finally decided to become a part of it. Here's a little novel about our chicken adventure. I'm fairly new to chickens. We first got...