silkie mix

What breed is good to cross to silkies to introduce specific colors? I’m considering crossing my lavender Orpington girls to my black silkie or paint silkie roo to work towards producing a line of lavender silkies. I know it would take time and work but that’s the fun part! I also thought about...

so I’m looking for a thread of just people sharing photos of their silkies and silkie mixes. Does anyone know if there’s one out there? I know many people love the breed and I would love to see other peoples gorgeous birds. Is anyone else interested in a thread like that? Included are some...

Hi fellow fowl lovers! I’m having a hard time trying to figure out what gender my first grandchickens are😫! They’re 8wks old today and acting like both boys and girls, lol! Little background: mom is a crested partridge silkie and daddy is a cubalaya maran mix. I personally think #1 and #2 are my...

I'm trying to figure out if this chick is a silkie or silkie mix. What's making me think it's not a silkie is cause it hatched with light colored legs that have gotten darker over the past week. The legs are still a little yellowish green. The non-silkie hen I suspect might be it's mother is a...

Hello! If you’re curious what mixed chicks will look like. Feast your eyes on the beautiful babies. I live in GA and we are having a cold spell, low 30s, and of course my broody silkie hens hatched some eggs. Both chicks born around 3/18. First is Poppy- mom is a white Cochin bantam and dad is a...

Every time I post my black silkie/isabel brahma mix online in my local FB groups everyone always asks what her breed is and that she's absolutely gorgeous and they'd want one. I posted something about her being broody and trying to get her to stop and someone said that I should definitely let...

A few months ago I got 6 Silkie chicks from Rural King (Hoover Hatchery). Today I noticed 2 of the 6 do not have walnut combs but I believe straight combs. I understand they are NOT show quality but are they also not a pure Silkie? Could they be rightfully bred as pet quality or should the 2...

I have a 5 month old silkie Cochin mix, and a 3 month old silkie (frizzle silkie?). I’m not sure if both of them are starting to grow spurs - I’ve circled it in the picture below. I really hope that atleast one of them is a pullet 🤞🏻

This is my (almost) 4 month old pullet Oakley. She is half silkie, half bantam brahma. I'm going to keep her as a pet in my silkie flock, just like I have her mother. She has 2 other full sisters, but I will be keeping Oakley because of her personality. Let's start by discussing her genetics...

I hatched 3 black silkie x isabella bantam brahma chicks. They're still very young (one is 5weeks, one is 4 weeks and one is around 2 weeks), but I have a feeling 2 are roos and the youngest will be a pullet. Still no way of knowing. Hoping for at least 1 pullet. If I get a pullet I really want...

I have a 3 week old silkie x bantam brahma mix chick named Chestnut. 3 weeks is way too young to know for sure, but I wanna see what others think. I'm leaning towards cockerel, because of his big legs and kinda wide comb. I have 2 other chicks from the same exact parents, but I can't even...

Do you have a chicken that's half silkie? Let's make a thread where everyone shows off their beautiful silkie mixes! Please include a picture of your chicken(s) Add what breed is the other parent And any other fun information on your birdie

Hi, I already have 3 roosters in a small and delicate flock. I have 3 chicks growing up that I suspect at this point are roosters from my recent batch of chicks that I have to re-home. Another rooster would mess up the delicate balance I have going in my flock - let alone 3. They are silkie...

ABOUT THE CHICKS: I have 10 chicks and 10 more on the way under my broody. Some are white (these might be the only full-silkies, as my silkie roo is white and they came from my full silkie hen's eggs). The rest, I assume, are random silkie mixes. Some appear to be splash or something similar...

i found this article about someone getting a very cute mix with the shape and muffs/beard of an EE but she was silked and had no crest: (http://fanzfeetfarm.weebly.com/silkied-easter-eggers.html) it looks like they aren’t selling anymore, is it possible to get these traits from a silkie and...

My peeps are growing so fast. (Plus some other family photos) Google, Bing, Yahoo and Raisin (with Momma SweetTea in the background) Daddy Lemonade Every chick needs her own tiara! Bing is so fiesty (Silkie/Australop) Nay-Nay, Bing's mom Bic (Raisin's mom) Bailey (Yahoo and/or...

Hi! New chicken tender here. Recently got a new addition to my small flock and need some help identifying her/him. She has 5 toes, no spurs, her age may be around 16 weeks (?), black skin, blue earlobes, feathers are silkie-ish but not. Thinking she might be a bearded silkie mix but not sure...

Hello it’s been a while since I last log in here. Well I was at a farm that sale a lot of chicken but I notice one in the corner of my eye that was alone. She was stuck in mud and look dead. Upon further investigating I notice she was still alive and ask that owner of the store if I could buy...

Almost 9 weeks...

HI everyone! So my silkie hen hatched out 2 more chicks today - YAY! I have hatched out a few of her eggs about 2 weeks ago in my incubator and man are they the cutest here's some pics of them .. (the 1st 3 pics are of the older chicks / and last pic is of the 2 new ones! - obviously the...