Silkie Color Genetics

[Slothinc]

This is exactly the coloration that my friend's bird has!

And they all hatched black also, gradually developing the buff over time... I don't have the time to really absorb what has been said in the rest of the thread but I may have questions if it wasn't answered what your Silkie was lol

That is so crazy! I haven’t ever seen another silkie that looked like my girl. So the parents were buff and black? Did the black parents look solid black or did they have leakage? Could there have been one randomly colored hen that produced those chicks? I am so intrigued!! I posted my bird because I thought it sounded similar to what your friend had. Super cool!