is she a goldtop?

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farmerjon1988

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hi everyone

i have a silkie sussex cross and i found out they are called goldtops but the only pics i can find are of gold ones :(

so i was just wondering if she is still classed as a goldtop or is she something else.....?

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thanks for looking :)
 
Hello, well she is a nice bird but most people know of gold tops as a cross between a white silkie cockerel and a light sussex hen- the silkie is genetically gold and the sussex silver- hence the pullets are gold. I am sure she will be a great broody.
regards, David :)
 
Davidd said:
Hello, well she is a nice bird but most people know of gold tops as a cross between a white silkie cockerel and a light sussex hen- the silkie is genetically gold and the sussex silver- hence the pullets are gold. I am sure she will be a great broody.
regards, David :)
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then I have been mis-lead to believe that it was a LS hen and black silkie cockerel....
what will I get then??

I think your hen is beautiful by the way :)
 
Blue said:
Davidd said:
Hello, well she is a nice bird but most people know of gold tops as a cross between a white silkie cockerel and a light sussex hen- the silkie is genetically gold and the sussex silver- hence the pullets are gold. I am sure she will be a great broody.
regards, David :)
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then I have been mis-lead to believe that it was a LS hen and black silkie cockerel....
what will I get then??

I think your hen is beautiful by the way :)
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No you haven't been misled Blue, it is just that a the white Silkie gene works differently! This is Mary my lovely Gold Top. She is broody around 3 times a year and a doting mother! :D
 

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i dont think it matters which way you do the cross as the whole point is hatching a good sized hen that makes an excellent sitter and mother!
 
phew, thats ok then!
Lenin will be busy, once the LSes finally get round to laying eggs :roll:

Mary is gorgeous ... I'm a sucker for markings like that!
 
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