Kung-Pow Chicken
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- Aug 13, 2020
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Hey there,
I am posting this thread to offer pictures, growing status, or anything else that may be helpful about Silkie-bantam and Cochin cross-bred experiment. Please note, these chicks were not intentional and are my first "cross-breed" so I may lack some specifics other than what I have thus observed.
To start out, their mother is a blue-colored Cochin, whom you can see in the picture below with her six, 3-week-old hatch-lings. The Silkie hen in the picture is most likely their grandmother, whom hatched at least two of their potential fathers. It's difficult to say "who's the daddy" as there was five whom could have sired them, but all the roos were Silkies.
As far as sexting them, I noticed at 3-weeks, three out of the six were developing their combs and waddles much more noticeably while the other three did not, leading me to predict that three may be roos. Two were most likely confirmed when they began to crow at 6-weeks.
Below is the chicks at 9-weeks, or a little over 2-months-old. They will be 3-months-old the first week of October.
Only four were willing to be photogenic, but if you notice the "roos" still have a more noticeably developed comb and waddles. Their feathering is predominantly Cochin but all of them have Silkie-colored skin and Silkie-toes! It looks like their going to have the Silkie-comb too. Right now, they're in that funny "bell-bottom stage" (lots of feathers around their toes but not quite over the legs) like my Cochin hens did when they were that age.
So for anyone who is curious about breeding the two, this may offer some insight. Please feel free to contribute any input/pics/ect. in this thread if you have any Silkie-Cochin crossbred chickens. I'll post more pics later when they get a little older.
I am posting this thread to offer pictures, growing status, or anything else that may be helpful about Silkie-bantam and Cochin cross-bred experiment. Please note, these chicks were not intentional and are my first "cross-breed" so I may lack some specifics other than what I have thus observed.
To start out, their mother is a blue-colored Cochin, whom you can see in the picture below with her six, 3-week-old hatch-lings. The Silkie hen in the picture is most likely their grandmother, whom hatched at least two of their potential fathers. It's difficult to say "who's the daddy" as there was five whom could have sired them, but all the roos were Silkies.
As far as sexting them, I noticed at 3-weeks, three out of the six were developing their combs and waddles much more noticeably while the other three did not, leading me to predict that three may be roos. Two were most likely confirmed when they began to crow at 6-weeks.
Below is the chicks at 9-weeks, or a little over 2-months-old. They will be 3-months-old the first week of October.
Only four were willing to be photogenic, but if you notice the "roos" still have a more noticeably developed comb and waddles. Their feathering is predominantly Cochin but all of them have Silkie-colored skin and Silkie-toes! It looks like their going to have the Silkie-comb too. Right now, they're in that funny "bell-bottom stage" (lots of feathers around their toes but not quite over the legs) like my Cochin hens did when they were that age.
So for anyone who is curious about breeding the two, this may offer some insight. Please feel free to contribute any input/pics/ect. in this thread if you have any Silkie-Cochin crossbred chickens. I'll post more pics later when they get a little older.
