PeaEggThief
Chirping
- Apr 7, 2021
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Hi!
I'm a newbie to silkies and chickens in general. I was testing out my incubator for the upcoming peafowl breeding season and am using the eggs of my silkies (also for incubating pea eggs). I thought I'd get a pretty standard color chick, but I'm shocked at the range of colors and now I'm maybe becoming a bit of a silkie addict as well!
My one hen is a partridge (chocolate/gold coloring), my other hen is a self blue and my rooster looks like what I've seen called a porcelain - someone said he was columbian with red leakage. I'm really not sure... this photo doesn't capture this slightly lemony shade he has in his hackles.
What I'm seeing from eggs are Patridge (some more white, some more golden), self blue, white and a darker grey... what's interesting is there are some strange ones: a partridge pattern with a pastel quality to the markings: or a orange tinged overall; blue-ish grey with a golden/white blended quality; white with very orange tones blended over the head and down the back/wings.
Type 1: standard partridge? Some have a more golden color to their face and body than others.
Type 2: ?
Type 3: ?
This photo doesn't show the yellow / blue-grey quality, but you get the idea. Are the markings almost like a partridge patterning?
Are these all white? Will they loose the orange tinge?
Thanks in advance!
These silkies are addicting - it's just really interesting to see what hatches out every batch!
I'm a newbie to silkies and chickens in general. I was testing out my incubator for the upcoming peafowl breeding season and am using the eggs of my silkies (also for incubating pea eggs). I thought I'd get a pretty standard color chick, but I'm shocked at the range of colors and now I'm maybe becoming a bit of a silkie addict as well!
My one hen is a partridge (chocolate/gold coloring), my other hen is a self blue and my rooster looks like what I've seen called a porcelain - someone said he was columbian with red leakage. I'm really not sure... this photo doesn't capture this slightly lemony shade he has in his hackles.
What I'm seeing from eggs are Patridge (some more white, some more golden), self blue, white and a darker grey... what's interesting is there are some strange ones: a partridge pattern with a pastel quality to the markings: or a orange tinged overall; blue-ish grey with a golden/white blended quality; white with very orange tones blended over the head and down the back/wings.
Type 1: standard partridge? Some have a more golden color to their face and body than others.
Type 2: ?
Type 3: ?
This photo doesn't show the yellow / blue-grey quality, but you get the idea. Are the markings almost like a partridge patterning?
Are these all white? Will they loose the orange tinge?
Thanks in advance!
These silkies are addicting - it's just really interesting to see what hatches out every batch!