Giant Silkie Project.

[MysteryChicken]

do it

I'll save it for later on. Gotta focus on rebuilding my malay flock first.

 

[Crazychickengirl2]

I was thinking, Chameleon Silkies. Silkies that change color. They'll still be Giant Silkies though, but another variety.

YOUVE GOTTA TAG ME IN THAT
how it that gonna work?

 

[Egg Snatcher]

Or should I add Silkie feathering to Malays?

Yes!

 

[AmeliaBedelia]

Here's how the oddball is looking so far. View attachment 3468286View attachment 3468287View attachment 3468288

Whatever happened to make her, she is ADORABLE.

 

[MysteryChicken]

YOUVE GOTTA TAG ME IN THAT
how it that gonna work?

I got color changing hens I can add to the silkies.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yes!

Okay.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Whatever happened to make her, she is ADORABLE.

Yeah, no fibromelanosis is a mystery. Parents are fibromelanistic.

 

[Whittni]

What is a chameleon color in chickens?

 

[MysteryChicken]

What is a chameleon color in chickens?

I have an experiment thread.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/black-to-white-experiment.1545531/

I'm still fiddling around. Just hatched chicks from one of them.

 

[NatJ]

Here's how the oddball is looking so far. View attachment 3468286View attachment 3468287View attachment 3468288

I think the toes are darkening up a bit.
So she probably has "dark" skin (not light), just not the fibromelanosis.

If I recall correctly, fibromelanosis is caused by a dominant gene. So both parents could show it but carry the gene for non-fibro, which lets them produce some chicks like this one.