vaulted skull silkies?

rebel yell

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i am fairly new to silkies & keep reading about silkies haveing vaulted skulls, can someone explain what this means or have a photo of one vaulted & one not.
 
Look at this site to read about it. It's desired by some, but my experience has been that they are very vulnerable. I even had one hatch with crookneck because of pressure on the brain due to being pressed on for so long- the skull is soooooooooo vaulted. I know there's got to be almost a complete lack of skull there on this guy.

I prefer birds with legitimate crests of fuzz, not bare brains.
 
here are two silkies that were born yesterday one has a vaulted skull the other does not
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the vaults make the crests look bigger. this roo has a vaulted skull
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I think more and more silkie breeders who used to breed FOR the vaults are coming to this conclusion; that said, vaulted ones do tend to be more prone to head injury, but only slightly so.
 
I think more and more silkie breeders who used to breed FOR the vaults are coming to this conclusion; that said, vaulted ones do tend to be more prone to head injury, but only slightly so.

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This is true! It really doesnt matter if its vaulted or not as long is it has a nice crest. Ohh and Im sure there are many exceptions to this but many people think that vaulted skulls should be avoided like the plague and will die with just a tap on the head. I have 24 silkie chicks. Out of those, I may have had about 5 non vaulted ones. I have had no problems what so ever with them. They sure are cuter as chicks!
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