Its the father that breeds silvers its a sex linked dilute of blue so the father is split for silver . Yellow and dun the dilute of black work in the same way to breed a dilute cock use a split cock on a dilute hen example the father back to the dilute daughter they are all naked when hatched ie dont have down barless mealies are usually not barless mealies but lavender to breed these use a mealy to a black the youngsters are the oppossite way round to the parents ie mealy cock and black hen breeds black cocks and mealy or (barless ) hens criss cross mating