What is a white silkie?
The White Silkie Bantam is a gorgeous variety of the Silkie Bantam breed, miniature chickens that originated in China and Japan. White Silkie Bantam chicks are smoky white over the entire body. Their bones, skin, beak, legs and toes are black. They have beards, muffs and a crest of fluff on top of their head.
Can you cross breed Silkies?
They can breed with any other chicken in the flock provided the size difference is not to great. It is sometimes desirable to cross a silkie male with a flock of other broody bantams like Light Sussex or Barnevelder to produce a cross breed that is still a good broody and mother.
What color eggs do white Silkies lay?
cream color
Their eggs are a white/cream color with occasional tinting. How many eggs do they lay? They are considered poor layers, giving only 2-3 eggs per week.
Can a silkie have 4 toes?
Humans may most commonly have five toes, but generally chickens only have four. Like with their combs, some silkie chickens may only have four toes, fused or partial toes as their gene is often confused and it is quite difficult for breeders to get the strain for five toes juuuust right.
What is a satin Silkie?
Satins are bred to be identical to silkies in every way but feather type. This boils down to the genetic difference of Silkies that have two recessive gene for the silkie feathering trait and Satins that have either one or no genes for the silkie feathering trait.
How do you get a blue silkie?
To breed for blue Silkies you need to breed a black or a splash to a blue or a blue to a blue. Black x black = 100% black. Black x blue = 50% blue 50% black. Black x splash = 100% blue.
What is a blue silkie?
The Blue Silkie Bantam is a gorgeous variety of the Silkie Bantam breed, miniature chickens that originated in China and Japan. Blue Silkie Bantam chicks are blue with white wing tips and some white on the neck. Their bones, skin, beak, legs and toes are black.
Can you cross breed two different colors of Silkies?
The reason you don’t want to cross the two is because the recessive white in silkies can cover other colors. Here is a way I explain it: Say you breed two colored birds (any color doesn’t matter) and each carries recessive white. Then, they have offspring that end up being white due to the recessive genes.
What are the different Silkie variations?
The pure white Silkie is one of the most common Silkie variations available, and like all Silkies, they have a black face and skin. The white in this variation is caused by a recessive gene, and this can be easily lost with incorrect breeding selection. White Silkies are notoriously slow-growing due to this unique recessive gene.
Are there black Silkies with white beaks?
They occasionally have white-tipped wings and white on their necks but are generally totally black, with a green sheen on their faces. Their skin, beaks, toes, and legs are all black too. Black Silkies can be bred by breeding a blue and a splash Silkie, a blue and a black Silkie, and of course, two black Silkies. 2.
What does a white Silkie bird look like?
White Silkies are white all over and should have brilliantly turquoise earlobes. Black Silkies have black feathers with a green sheen in the light and their faces, combs and wattles should be dark mulberry approaching black.