Silkie Feathers, Recessive Or Dominate?

[asorensen]

If you breed a silkie to another breed of chicken could the offspring have feathers like the silkie?

 

[Elite Silkies]

Not the first generation. I'm not sure how many generations it takes, but I am thinking at least 3 generations.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Not three, two. Forst generation gives offspring of H+/h. Bred to a silkie or a sibling (or another split), yuo will have some h/h chicks in hte 2nd generation. With a silkie, about half; with a sibling (or split), about a quarter.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

I found this guy on CL tonight:

http://spokane.craigslist.org/grd/2188798025.html

He looks so soft and kind of like a hen to me

 

[asorensen]

Thank you for your help. I am new to all of this, leaving me with lots of questions.

 

[asorensen]

Sonoran Silkies
I am not far enough along to understand the genetics so could you explain the breeding to siblings in more detail without the H/h stuff, as I have no idea what that means. I am very interested in this but I just don't understand enough about it. Any help you can give would be great. Thanks