Lavender Silkie Genetics

[cottagechums]

Hello All

Loved your pictures - some really lovely birds ))

Please could somebody on this section tell me how to go about breeding for Lavender coloured Silkies?

I hope you can help. I am thinking may be they come from the Chocolate gene?

Many thanks

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

No, lavender is from the lavender gene, choc is entirely different, as is dun. lav is recessive, so both parents must have the gene for lavender offspring.

 

[cottagechums]

Many thanks for your reply.

Are you saying I would have to try and find some Lavenders before I could breed Lavender, sorry to be thick on this ))

Sil

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Yes, you either need lavender birds, or ones that are split to lav (black, but have a lavender parent)

 

[cottagechums]

OK, now I understand.

There are not a lot of Lavenders here in the UK but will try and find some.

Many thanks for your help and have a happy day ))

 

[MysteryChicken]

OK, now I understand.

There are not a lot of Lavenders here in the UK but will try and find some.

Many thanks for your help and have a happy day ))

I know this an old thread, but I have a question. Can you create lavender silkies using white silkies?

Silver colored one on the right, normal white silkie chick on the left.

The silver chick by itself.

 

[The Moonshiner]

No you can not.
The only way to produce lavender is by using the lavender gene.

 

[MysteryChicken]

No you can not.
The only way to produce lavender is by using the lavender gene.

Just a curious question.

 

[nicalandia]

No you can not.
The only way to produce lavender is by using the lavender gene.

Recessive white could be hiding the Lavender gene in theory.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Recessive white could be hiding the Lavender gene in theory.

So it could be possible?