silkie crosses? what do they look like?

[Prestonsloan12]

I just got some silkies. i am wanting to try some crosses with my current flock. these are the silkies.

i think this one is a roo.




i think this one is a hen




and these are the chickens i am wanting to breed with my silkie roo.

dominique.



ancona



white rock




and i want to breed my silkie hen with my blue australorp.




what will the crosses look like? ive never done any crosses.

 

[chevynova]

I've got a few silkie mixes. So far all of them have a bit of a crest, feathered feet, and unusually soft but not silkied feathers. The males are also very gentle compared to my other large roosters.



The father is a buff bearded silkie, the mother is a light Brahma. He is a sweetheart with very good fathering instincts from the silkie side of the family. I would guess your white rock would make babies similar to this, except for the color.



Father is the same buff silkie, mother is spangled Russian Orloff. Also very sweet.




He has his mother's beard!

I also have a female silkie/Russian Orloff, full sister to the rooster above. She looks like a silkie with normal feathers, but has a fluffy crest, beard and cheek muffs.

My last mix is the same silkie rooster crossed with an unknown large breed hen, possibly a black Jersey Giant. I couldn't tell for sure by the egg she hatched from. She's a teeny blue hen with black skin and a triangle-shaped crest, almost like a bluejay's head.

 

[Prestonsloan12]

I've got a few silkie mixes. So far all of them have a bit of a crest, feathered feet, and unusually soft but not silkied feathers. The males are also very gentle compared to my other large roosters.



The father is a buff bearded silkie, the mother is a light Brahma. He is a sweetheart with very good fathering instincts from the silkie side of the family. I would guess your white rock would make babies similar to this, except for the color.



Father is the same buff silkie, mother is spangled Russian Orloff. Also very sweet.




He has his mother's beard!

I also have a female silkie/Russian Orloff, full sister to the rooster above. She looks like a silkie with normal feathers, but has a fluffy crest, beard and cheek muffs.

My last mix is the same silkie rooster crossed with an unknown large breed hen, possibly a black Jersey Giant. I couldn't tell for sure by the egg she hatched from. She's a teeny blue hen with black skin and a triangle-shaped crest, almost like a bluejay's head.

they are all so unique! that why i want to mix silkies! i figured the outcome would be very strange!