- Thread starter
- #731
I guessed cuckoo as I have silkie cuckoos and kind of assume if they were satin they'd look similar except mine are gray. That very well could be laced, but I'm not hugely familiar with those, thus, I jumped to thinking it's cuckoo. But, I think you're right. Check these out. And on Facebook I found a group for a Pencil Laced Silkie Satin Project. Talk about a long name lol.May i ask why you think this? To me this doesn't look cuckoo, because I've raised cuckoo polish for a family member and this isn't quite what cuckoo looks like on smooth feathers, at least in my experience.
Had you seen this one? His name is MB. (Most Beautiful). My favorite one I thought was a cuckoo but a couple have suggested he's laced. I don't care what he is, I'm keeping him!!
I'm glad you asked as now I know more about that variation of silkies, but at this time, I have to stay with the "projects" I have.
Also questions here.
I have a Buff hen (unless I colour ID'd her wrong) and in one of my recent hatches I got a beautiful little buff cockerel, I have no Buff silkie roos.
I also breed Buff Sussex and I know you can breed Buff to non Buff (I've done to Light personally) and get Buff. I do not know if Buff in Silkies is the same as in sussex though, but if anyone does know that I'd love to know!
I only know to make a true buff silkie, you need a pair of buffs. I've read that a few places, and there really isn't a lot of information out there, but NatJ is like the BYC guru of chicken genetics, and when he says Buff to Buff for a Buff, I believe him. I only saw that post today but read it elsewhere. It's said that we may have to improve upon the buff color a few generations down the road but I'm not there yet and won't be for another year, so I'll cross that bridge if and when I come to it. Right now, this is the only buff I own. I may have more on the way in a few weeks but that's why that project won't be for a while.