Breeding Silkie Chickens | Don't Make These TWO Mistakes
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- Breeding silkie chickens can be great fun, but don't make these TWO mistakes.
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How do I know what is my silkie
I got the same ones I love them they're cool 😁
When the world gives you lemons, buck up and make lemonade. Ride with the color leakage. It's unusual - and that makes it desirable. Besides, it's lovely. Viva la diferencia!!
Breed them and call the offspring Toasted Marshmallow Silkie.
I like yours better lolz
Ooak sells for much more money!
One of a kind = ooak
Love the Toasted Marshmallow name!!!!
I’ve got a grey silver silkie and a buff one.
I love their coloring, actually.😊
Yes! Toasted Marshmallow all the way - plus, it'll be less apparent when they're dirty!
Haha. I hadn't thought of that!
Brimwood Farm where can I get some of these from
@@mrstk8985 I got my silkies from a store called tractor supply but murry mc murry is an online place it's good and look at cregslist
Yes! Definitely toasted marshmallow silkies! They're so unique and the orange leakage is beautiful
Yes - I love the colour ! 'Toasted Marshmallow' -- a great description and really cute - I would buy them ! why not try something different, don't always go down the same route - boring ! please don't cull Barry- he is such a character.
Frugality from Weans Frugal World he really is. And as someone pointed out on Facebook, aren't these mistakes sometimes how new colours appear?! So I think I'll give it a go and see what happens!
Yes - you have produced a new colour ! this time next year, you could be a milionaire !
In my opinion, that whimsical rusty color adds more character to them and I personally think it is a gorgeous breed all on to itself. Always be grateful of Mother Nature's moody twists and turns...nothing is perfect in nature, and that's what perfection is all about! Let it simply be.
This is the reason new colours come about so I think you should keep them and keep on breeding .You can always cross in a 100% white hen into the flock if the brown colour takes over too much but from what I can see in the video the colouration looks pretty unique and I can't say over seen it before on other silkies
Thanks! Yep - I've not seen it either.....and I'm actually not sure I LIKE it. BUT, other people seem to so I'll persevere.
Keep breeding them. Love the color! This is how new colors are made.
I would be thrilled if this happened to me. Always looking for something different.
+Karen Bauman I'm looking forward to see future generations.
Totally love the color. I love the description "toasted marshmallow" silkies. Great name! Beautiful birds.
I've been looking up Silkie chicken videos all day and I think I'm obsessed over how this line develops lol. Future goal will be to start breeding myself down the line and stumbling onto a new variation is my dream. I think they are unique! Toasted Marshmallow is a great name and seems really marketable for the pet Silkie fans in my opinion.
+Jimmy Humphries thanks Jimmy. I'm excited to see how they come out!
Jimmy Humphries Yep!!
This reminds me of how the jewelry industry re-branded brown diamonds as "Chocolate diamonds" and made a basically low value item into a high demand product. Try the "Toasted Marshmallow" line and see if you have a market; you can always cull later.
Definitely don't cull him he is beautiful and worth keeping, a new toasted marshmallow strain of silkies sounds very exciting to me. If you do decide to cull him please let me know first and I will come get him as long as you are in the uk I'm in portsmouth btw xx
+lucy hart definitely keeping him and going to spend 2018 breeding a new colour line!
Brimwood Farm cool I look forward to seeing how it all turns out! X
+lucy hart me too! I'll be picking out the hens to breed early next year so look out for a vid. :)
I love this color line....with my silkies I have ended up with black silkies with brown streaks throughout their entire body.
I think it's so unique I bet people would like to buy them!
I hope so!
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It's too bad that's not a desirable trait, I think it's a lovely coloring! So unique, I've never seen it! I would love to have one for myself, so cute. :)
I really like those colours.
Love your chooks. All white silkies are almost common here in Western Australia and I find a bit common( still love them all) Much harder to find buff and speckled etc.
I think they are BEAUTIFUL! Bowie hair styles!
I like the color. Have always preferred chickens with multiple colors instead of solid ones.
I am just seeing this video now. I hope you chose to keep the line going. I would love to have a toasted marshmallow!
Very cool! They are the ginger/buff version of paint silkies. Wow! I think you are on to something.
+JJ Miller Thanks!
Hahahahahhaha I love how you have that hilarious expression on when he crows and you have to wait for him to finish! On our farm we have roosters, peacocks and turkeys, who do that to us constantly. Thanks for the laugh, I enjoyed this vid and subscribed :)
I liked the look of the hens and the rooster was nice, anything different is valued so I'm sure you are going to do great selling them!
I spend my life waiting for him to finish. 😂😂 would love turkeys one day!
I like this color. This is how new colours come about! I hope you continued with this line. It's very appealing.
I am actually so upset you talked about him in that manner 😂🤣😅 I think he looks stunning and very honestly I would buy him at anytime over a completely white chicken. They look amazing 👏😍
I love the toasted marshmallow color! Thanks for the tips!
Did you end up breeding Barry? The colour is AMAZING!!
I love your chickie babies and him insisting on putting his two cents into your video kept me giggling. I HEAR YOU BARRY! 😍
I don’t think it would necessarily work as a competition standard but yes, they are beautiful and I like the “Toasted Marshmallow” phrase to describe the colouring. I actually considered marking my white silkies with a small spot on their heads to tell them apart when they were growing (trying to work out how many roosters we had, if any). I thought it might also look quite stylish!
The main issue with Barry is actually the excessive crowing, in my opinion. Silkies are meant to be rather quiet (as far as I know) so having a fiesty rooster who is that vocal might continue in his male offspring.
Do you have any options to find a quieter, calmer rooster to breed with the hens? The toasted marshmallow ladies will still carry the dominant gene, so a standard white male with the calmer temperament might create a better bloodline. Also reduces the risk of genetic abnormalities from inbreeding the flock.
I have never had that problem with my silkies but I'm so glad to learn this from your video. You have beautiful birds and you're right, he is loud for a Silkie, lol. Great video. Thanks for posting.
He's very loud! Thanks for your comment. :)
I love these so much.
+Daybird Aviaries they're growing on me. I'm still not convinced but everyone else seems to like them. Least it won't be so hard for me to sell them! 😂
Am I the only one who loves the orange on the silkies I think it's lovely :)
You're not! I know others do to :D
Brimwood Farm they are gorgeous :)
Barry is so proud! I also think this would be a popular new colour!
Thanks Sarah!
I respect how u actually listen to ur hens 😂
Oh interesting video, I didn't know about this. I have a cockerel that's about 2 years old pure white and thought maybe he's a bit old for breeding but it's actually an advantage! Thanks. I think they're cute!
I like the color a lot! Keep it up!
I love Barry's color and he seems to like to talk to just like one of my roosters. Love my chickens. I have 5 silky roosters so I am on the hunt for some females now.
FIVE of them?! LOL. I find Barry loud enough on his own! Good luck finding some girls. :D
A toasted marshmallow, I like. New breeds often start with a mutant gene. You can’t show, no breed standard. But for a home business the cute toasted marshmallow is a good way to stand out, pet chicken, not a breeder
+bayfire totally! As pet chickens go people seem to go a little mad over colour mutations in silkies...certainly here in the UK.
I think the colouring is GORGEOUS! Especially the fluffy red top on the hens....Barry reminds me of a Hoatzin bird with his long coloured streamers....he's SO handsome.
I'm in the process of building a coop and run so I can have some chickens (well, I'm doing the research on caring for chickens and sketching designs and hubby Neil will be building it all LOL) and I'm 99.9% decided on Silkies as the ideal breed for us. I never knew about the colouring either - though, for now, don't have any plans to breed my birds.
Keep up the great videos....I've just discovered them on TH-cam and I'm really loving them.
Gill xx
Thanks Gill. I love him too...have some more babies about to hatch. I'm excited!! Good luck with your coop and birds :D
The first thing that came to my mind when I saw them was. Wowwww, they are gorgous. I think you should try breeding more. The hen with the darker brown creat looks amazing!!!😍😍😍
That color leak looks very cool!
Love it! I would buy one for definite, this could actually turn into a new color line thingy
I would love to try and turn it into a colour line...that's the idea. Lots of chicks this year so I'll see how they turn out.
That rooster is killing me lol 😂😂😂
I have it too, it’s a Puerto Rican and Irsh. It makes for a beautiful mix keep them and love them soo cute
I love breeding mixed breeds together because you never know what your going to hatch
I would love to order this colour over here 😍I love it
I like the color. I think you should try to establish a new color pattern. This video is extremely helpful. Thank you.
I like the silkies with the brown! I won’t mind having some of the brown! Much less call it a disaster!
Beautiful colors!! Keep it for such a different rare silkie color. Love it!!❤
Love the colors together!
Thanks!
Just found your channel and I just adore the color and I think Toasted Marshmallow would be an amazing color line! Thank you for sharing!
Thank you!
That color is amazing. I love it
I do like the toasted marshmallow color!! And thanks for the info!
This is amazing brother 😊
If i have a rhode island red mixed with easter egger if i breed him to a red will some of the chicks be just reds? And others mixed reds/easter egger
I have a recessive white hen in with my flock of dominant white silkies. The two colors are not compatible and all of her eggs hatch into silver partridge birds. The problem is that I'm not sure which hen it is.
I bet those silver partridge are pretty though. I had no idea there was such a thing as a dominant white and a recessive white!
Id say keep mr toasted marshmallow. Establish your color. As a backyard pet. Awsome. Looks nifty
Love the look!
I kinda like the look of the red/brown head poof on the hens. Might be interesting inbreed a little to get it nice and solid. Then outbreed to higher quality whites, and tests for splits to improve the stock.
+Diq fur great advice! Thanks
😂😂😂 such fun!!! Love the video! Love the rusty markings 😅
I been looking for some of these
I have a question about breeding silkie hens.
If I took a pure bred silky rooster and breed it with a Brahma hen? Could I take that cross breed off spring and breed it back to a pure silky to get back the silky feathers? From a cross?
I like that color very much. Seems a new silkie strain is beginning to show up.
Very interesting coloration. I like!!
awesome color on the head 👍🏻👍🏻
it’s not just color-personality size etc etc
My husband thought the exact same thing, kinda cute, different. Go w it!
Lol. I would love to get the darker redheaded hen. I would name her Lucy. Lol. Too cute
Toasted Marshmallows! 🤍
Love ❤️ that “Toasted Marshmallow”
Love 💕 💗!
Hah, I have a cat called ‘Harry’ who we have also described as toasted coconut . He doesn’t mind silkie chicks climbing on him (so far)
Ha! That's great...my cat would DEFINITELY NOT allow that!
Beautiful chickens i just got my first chicks last week 2 are white one healthier than the other i like the brown marking
Nice breed of chicken, thanks for sharing🥰
I think they are beautiful! I will probably have the same issue lol. I am trying to breed a pure white Silkie because I only have two. The rest of mine are black and Orange. My husband said it will take a few weeks of laying to get all the fertilized eggs of those colors out before the white Roo takes over is that true? Thank you for the video! Very interesting discovery wow
Barry and his offspring are beautiful and unique!🥰❤
I think they are beautiful...I love this color variation
I love the color! Gives personality
I really like them, they are very beautiful.
The hens are absolutely adorable with their orange/brown tops.
Thanks !
I love him I think they look really unique ❤️
I find it looks quite nice!
Love them!
I love the toasted marshmallow on the girls with their puffy heads. Now on the boys not so much comes off more as smears kwim?
I like the color it gives them more character
Toasted marshmallow- love it!
Its looks very nice and unique
That orange is absolutely beautiful.
Love the colour ❤️
That is awesome color. Especially how it’s only their crowns mostly.
I love the idea of Marshmellow silkies, BUT what you may end up with is a beautiful Buff flock.
I agree - that might well happen!
I think the variation is beautiful...and Barry's vocals are hilarious but then again, I don't have to listen to him every day.
❤the colour. Very unique
I LOVE them!
Ooh, your silkies are beautiful, the roosters is loud, but beautiful also. Lol
Your silkies are beautiful….i love the color leak..just adds to the beauty of them..
Thank you :D
What kind of leafs 🍃 they are eating
Love the color!
I think the toasted marshmallow look is cool. my flock is all about cool and unique looking chickens though.
SILKIES are brilliant little chickens, very friendly, good broodie hens make great parents, don't fly much, I used to keep them in the stables, with the horses. Got young horses used to birds with out them flying over horses heads and scaring them, had some success with showing them also. White Silkies have blue heads and combs, blue legs and blue black skin. Red heads are a fault. Would defiantly recommend them for garden birds, but do need shelter . Greetings from Northern Ireland.
I hadn't even thought of that idea....how great!
@@BrimwoodFarm Thank you,for your reply, I remember having 2 little brown silkies, they went everywhere together, they had been at the secondary school down the road from me, and he asked me if I would have them for the holidays, I said I, would look after them without responsibility for accidents or desease. He agreed to those terms, when the holidays were over, the school didn't want them anymore so they gave them to me., they ran about the yard and orchard for years. I always remember them. They were a real brown, not black or fawn. I,wish I lived near you, I, said to my friend today, I would to get another couple of wee silkies. At the moment I have 3 hens, and 6 young pullets 13 weeks old 3 blue and 3 barred rock. And one blue rooster. Don't know how long I will be able to keep him, as he is making his voice heard at 7.0am in the morning, not to bad at the moment, about 8 crows and that does him for the day. I live in a built up area in the city of Lisburn and I have just a small garden. So I am keeping my fingers crossed about the roo, as he is a Georgeous bird, and I don't want to make him into the soup pot. Though of making him a rooster collar. Have you any ideas. Greetings from Northern Ireland.
I like them. Cool different color. Keep breading them. 🥰