Showgirl thread- for posting pictures and discussing breed! - Page 146

Well, I finally hatched my first showgirl chicks, I ordered the eggs off E-bay. Out of 13 eggs 8 hatched, 4 SG and 4 silkie. The showgirls I got are 2 partridge, 1 black (not sure it's pure black at this point), and a white. The white does not have black skin, and of course has the greatest naked neck of them all :(. So question, should I keep it and breed to a silkie or cull it? I hatched some silkies from another breeder, in hopes that I will get one good quality rooster for my SG hens. Here is a pic of the white one. I have already ordered more SG eggs from another breeder, LOL I am hooked! And here is a pic of the non related silkie chicks, I am hoping the blue one is a rooster. 

to improve on the skin color breed them to silkies and not silkies you hatched with them 
 

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Originally Posted by ahartacres 

Well, I finally hatched my first showgirl chicks, I ordered the eggs off E-bay. Out of 13 eggs 8 hatched, 4 SG and 4 silkie. The showgirls I got are 2 partridge, 1 black (not sure it's pure black at this point), and a white. The white does not have black skin, and of course has the greatest naked neck of them all :(. So question, should I keep it and breed to a silkie or cull it? I hatched some silkies from another breeder, in hopes that I will get one good quality rooster for my SG hens. Here is a pic of the white one. I have already ordered more SG eggs from another breeder, LOL I am hooked! And here is a pic of the non related silkie chicks, I am hoping the blue one is a rooster. 

 

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Originally Posted by chickendales 

you send your Nn to many jenn there lovely birds to inprove you have add silkies 

Hey Jesse!! :)  You coming to the Spring show in Alma this year?   I'm going to enter some of my silkies and showgirls...leaving the speckled sussex at home other then anything i have for sale.

They are all so cute!  I am wondering if the white 2 1/2 month old baby in my avatar is a boy or a girl.  Looks like a girl but acts like a boy.  I may take some better pics tonight and see what yall think.  There are two very small "horns" on the comb but it's barely there.

i well be there 
 

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Originally Posted by RIRJen 

Hey Jesse!! :)  You coming to the Spring show in Alma this year?   I'm going to enter some of my silkies and showgirls...leaving the speckled sussex at home other then anything i have for sale.

 

If I'm not mistaken, in the first generation (F1) cross between NN and Silkie to produce showgirls, all the non-black skin chicks are boys.   There's a link to an article on the ASBC website re:breeding silkies that explains the steps. 

If this chick came from a silkie x showgirl (not NNTurken) breeding, then I would cull/not breed the chick with the non-black skin.

Anyone going to the swap next weekend in Iowa?

We are leaving saterday too. I want to bring birds but my parents don't want them in the car overnight, will you have any black silkies?

I will be bringing 8 whites....  6 cockerels, 2 pullets about 4 months old.  They are culls from my growout pens though.  I have another batch of chicks hatching this week and if there are any with dq's they will be heading along.  Generally I only sell pet quality at the swaps.  There is a mile long waiting list for anything else when I decide to part with some.