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  1. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    These are both perfectly normal .. by the time they are grown you probably wont be able to tell which one has the vaulted skull. The one without can have just a nice a crest as the other one depending on the genetics of the parents.
  2. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    That is what I do... I didnt know why though... So far so good with the cocci...
  3. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    Not only are they darker but they were also pointy as I remember...
  4. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    Gees, I just cant see this. Not from the genetics involved, but from the hatches I had from this pair. Another interesting thing is that the Partridge hens eggs were darker than my other hens eggs... but of course color is relative to what you are comparing to. I never had them with anything...
  5. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    Very cute, Love the puppy as well.... I have a blue Brindle Domino girl "Ophelia" she just turned 2 :) I think there is a sizzle thread here somewhere. You might try there and take some more close up pictures.
  6. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    My Boy that everyone thought was a girl until he was about 5 months old is trying to breed everything he sees at 6 months lol! Hopefully we will get some fertile eggs when he figures out which end is which :)
  7. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    He is actually blacker than the pictures.. i hate taking pictures of blacks lol! I have a heard time getting the lighting to show the true color. He is lacking foot feather a bit.. dont like that but will work with it for the type. I will certainly look up Marty Mcguire :)
  8. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    No it makes you a good neighbor How nice of you to introduce them to chickens and how much fun they are!! I am changing over my breeding program to Blacks and B/S only .
  9. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    Such a good answer to this Question. There is nothing like a beautiful very dark black with the green sheen! Im not afraid of black from BBS.. they are genetically Black not dark blue and some of them very nice and dark but breeding back to a nice black from generations of black breeding is...
  10. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    Send some pictures .. love to see peoples coops...
  11. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    That is great!!! Glad you are able to rebuild a flock so quickly. Did you find a nice coop?
  12. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    Im sure you would have ... Did you find the Silkies you were looking for . I saw you got some nice ones from Judy :)
  13. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    I hope the smell is just from maybe being kept in dirty quarters .. dont like "bad smells " :(
  14. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    You might check out this site if you havent already and see if it might be a problem for you. Dont know if that info would be there http://www.cpif.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=87&Itemid=100
  15. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    Not sure about chickens they use that name on a breed of duck.. think it is a Welsh Harlequin
  16. Feathersprings

    Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

    How exciting for you.. you should have a wonderful time and you have a couple nice entries there!
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