Hello everyone!

I have read about silky feathering cropping up in Japanese Bantams, Cochins, Rhode Island Reds, Turkens, Spanish and Sumatras. I am aware that several breeds carry a recessive gene for "silky" feathers besides the Silkie breed. There is an old article that refers to nine breeds where this may occur...but I haven't gotten my hands on it yet. I would like to talk to breeders of one of these other non-Silkie breeds who have witnessed some of these crop-out silky birds. I am a big Silkie fan and always interest in a good discussion of Silkie genetics.