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5/15/08 at 2:50pm

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Does anyone know of a cite with silkie show quality disqualifications? I have 8 silkies that I got from the farm store I know 1 only has 4 toes and some are missing toe nails, 1 even has different colored toe nails.

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5/15/08 at 4:07pm

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Anyone? Do different colored nails and missing nails mean they are not show quality?

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5/15/08 at 5:10pm

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You can google the American Silkie Bantam Club and they have all the Qualifications for every color.

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5/15/08 at 5:13pm

LilPeeps

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Here's the silkie standard on the ASBC site. DQs are at the bottom of the page to the left.

http://www.americansilkiebantamclub.org/silkie_standard.htm

Julie

http://tideviewbantams.webs.com
Bearded and non-bearded silkies in black, paint, and self blue (lavender). Bantam polish in white-crested black, chocolate, and khaki. Lahore and frillback pigeons.