Keiron Kent 23 Report post Posted June 11, 2013 Hi guys My son Cameron has managed to breed this..im not sure what mutation or sex it is Parents are silver cock x normal hen Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keiron Kent 23 Report post Posted June 11, 2013 Ps. Sorry about the pic being sideways. Posted this off my phone and for some reason i cant rotate it Keiron Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Hall 193 Report post Posted June 11, 2013 Hi Keiron, Looks like a silver hen? Regards, Nick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keiron Kent 23 Report post Posted June 11, 2013 Hi Nick Yeah that was my thinking but it has cheek patches? Will that change over time? Keiron Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Hall 193 Report post Posted June 11, 2013 Hi, I have only ever bred a handfull of silvers and they were all cocks, I have bred a few creams and like silvers I think one problem is the uneven colour. If the normal is buffy the colour may be more patchy, Good coloured fawns usually breed even coloured creams. Some hens, fawn, normal and dilutes have a ghost of a cheek patch which is classed as a show fault. Regards, Nick Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keiron Kent 23 Report post Posted June 11, 2013 Thanks for that Nick Hopefully the silver will come through before the shows Keiron Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare L 175 Report post Posted June 15, 2013 Hi Keiron, How old is your silver, I have a few and they do seem to take a while to show their true colour. Have attached a pic of my silver cock as he has white cheek patches and these were the first thing to show through, when he started to colour up. If a cock could turn out like this, if a hen I would presume something like this without the flank & breast markings. Nice looking zeb though Clare Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keiron Kent 23 Report post Posted June 17, 2013 Hi Clare The youngster is around 4 months old and yeah seems to be taking ages to show her true colour. As i breed mostly cfw they tend to colour up a lot faster than the silver mutation. Cameron has managed to breed a silver cock bird to go with this hen so hopefully they will make the show bench. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keiron Kent 23 Report post Posted June 17, 2013 Hi Clare The youngster is around 4 months old and yeah seems to be taking ages to show her true colour. As i breed mostly cfw they tend to colour up a lot faster than the silver mutation. Cameron has managed to breed a silver cock bird to go with this hen so hopefully they will make the show bench. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clive 4 Report post Posted June 26, 2013 Looks like a Silver Lightback Hen... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare L 175 Report post Posted June 27, 2013 Hi Keiron, Wish you all the best and hope they make the show bench. I have a silver Hen comming through at the moment, and she is also showing cheek patches, 3 months old and only just moulting into adult colours. So I now have 4 silver Cocks & 3 Silver hens, plus my BC silver hen has chicks so looking forward to see what that brings. Clive, Need to ask why do you say Lightback silver? Clare Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
clive 4 Report post Posted June 30, 2013 Hi Clare, when I first viewed the picture I noted that the tear mark was a little dark, and also that there were a few dark ripples on the tail bars, but looking at the picture again in its larger size then no I think it may just be a normal silver, as if it was Silver Lightback then the Silver colour would be a little more consistant and even, so my mistake, I have breed many Silvers over the years in both Lightback and Dominant a great mutation to keep and breed... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
