Bearded/Non-bearded Silkies

I picked up a 'batch' of silkie chicks about a month ago. Some have the beards and feathered feet and some don't. One of the non bearded ones is getting the waddles that my non bearded silkies roos have had. Does this mean that they are probably mixed silkies? I've never had the bearded ones before.

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/CGP/Silkies/BRKSilkies.html

There are bearded and non bearded silkies, thats a good link for pics and links

Yes, I realize there are both. but would there be some of each from 1 pair? Do you just get 'assorted' if you mix the 2?

i can't answer your genetics question, but it sounds like you definitely have one roo. my question is does it take longer to determine their sex when they are bearded?

if i were to guess i would say that even breeding two beardeds you would still get a percentage non-bearded.

how many in your batch, & do you know the parentage?

what ratio do you have?

i bet a silkie breeder will come along & nail this on the head for you... i am only guessing!

tf

first of all i could tell ya better if they were mixes if i saw pics and knew if they had silkie feathering or barbed feathers and if they r feather footed or not and what color skin they all have.

a silkie should have black or gray/blue looking skin they r the only all drk skin chicken breed. they should have 5 toes on each foot sometimes they r born with an extra toe or missing one. if they have 4 toes on both it is likely a mixed. if it has pink skin or pink feet it is a cross usually but pet quality sometimes shows white toes on tips rest normal silkie skin color. they also should have turquise earlobes. alot of crosses don't have the ear color however showgirls and sizzles are crosses that normally show them.

if u breed bearded to bearded=100% bearded
if u breed nonbearded to nonbearded=100% nonbearded
if u breed nonbearded to bearded i usally get 75% bearded since it is more dominant and 25% nonbearded. if u breed one of each together yes u will get babies who are bearded and nonbeaded from same parents.

most silkies r bearded i usually see less nonbearded. i have both in showgirls and silkies and my sizzles r all bearded. non bearded r easier to sex earlier but girls do get a slight small waddle also. non bearded sometimes they show slight waddles but they shouldn't.

hope this helps,
silkie



this is one of my purebreed exhibition white bearded silkie hens

Silkiechick.....Can you post a pic of one your sizzles? I am very curious! ans very nice silkie!

this is my buff sizzle. a sizzle is a cross. it is a silkie x bantam frizzled cochin. lol, she looks wind blown. thank you!
silkie

This first one(the 1 on the right-he's got a dirt smudge) is the one that I figure is a roo-I've had non bearded silkies and that's what they were like.

This next one is one of the bearded. They appeared to be about 1 - 2 weeks old, back at the end of April when I bought them.

This is the same one from a different angle.

Silkiechick, thats a nice looking bird. I love the wind swept look!

thank you, i love them too!

yes those r definately purebreed silkies and beautiful too!!!

Their feet don't seem to be very feathered.