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Yes I will absolutely keep this thread updated! I would also die for lavender silkies. I have a friend that has lavender stains from a Cochin silkie cross. It took a couple generations but she did it!

Thank you, so am I!!! Oh also, I just got a couple pics of the chocolates I got today, just thought I’d share🩷 These are the centerpieces of all my future projects!!

Oh be still my heart😍🥰 yes they do all look mottled, i breed Millie Cochins and their babies are varying shades of brown with stripes. So I’d assume something similar. I also prefer mottled, it’s a cleaner look IMHO😂❤️ And the goal with crossing the black satin to the paint silkie is to...

I am currently waiting on my stock to mature to start. Planning on putting my paint rooster over my black satin hen, black mottled Cochin hen and Mille fluer Cochin hen. I’m also picking up chocolate silkies today to incorporate! But I do expect to have the F1 babies hatching by mid to late...

Here I got better pictures of the paint roo. His name is Joe dirt.

Here is a picture of him cuddling his lady, one of my black silkie hens. His crest is wet from the rain, but it’s actually very full. I also included a pic of my paint roo. My paint roo is pure paint with no leakage that I can tell.

Thank you this was incredibly detailed and helpful!

Can you explain what the eb and ewh genes are exactly? I’ve never heard the term before.

Thank you for all your replies! This was so helpful in narrowing down what I need to do. Which combo do you think would be best to start with? The silkie roo to the calico hens or the calico roo to my black silkies? The silkie roo has a ton of gold leakage, so much that when I saw him I thought...

So I’d really love to have some black, blue or chocolate mottled silkies. I don’t want to have eggs shipped and pay out the butt for them, I’d like to breed my own. I’m very understanding that it will take at least 3 generations or more to get the results I’m looking for. What I need to know is...