My silkies aren't my main broodies actually 🤣 Probably has to do with the fact I've only fairly recently been able to get them again. My last broodies I let hatch anything were a Sussex and a Sussex cross. And my current ones are Barnevelders, which I feel like I read somewhere were not known...
I conveniently have two broodies right now and simply couldn't pass up the opportunity to see if the silkie/showgirl eggs are fertile 🤭 Over half of them are ;)
The red and white in other breeds that produces sex linked chicks is generally actually "Gold" and "Silver". The white in Silkies is not Silver, so as far as I'm aware wouldn't produce sex links. I'm not sure what the genetics of Buff in silkies is but if it is gold when paired with an actual...