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post #1 of 7
10/27/11 at 12:14am
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Just wondering if anyone can help with our silkies as to what quality type they are, the black one is from a show breeder, she is having some bad fluff days due to the rain and she went under the pen and got some webs on, then we sprinkled lice powder on her, don't know how to tell quality though, the breeder said she was good, any ideas? and the little grey one we aren't sure of her exact colouring and her quality as we got her from the local pet shop as unsexed, thank goodness she is a girl, the grey one is around 8 months old and the black one is around 6 months old, with the black one one photo is with flash the other without flash.
Black hen:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/95201_img_2904.jpg

with flash
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/95201_img_2905.jpg

The little grey one:
http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/95201_img_2920.jpg

http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/95201_img_2922.jpg

Thanks.

Mother to 4 boys, 1 Dog, 8 goldfish, araucana's, Australorps, RIR's, Ancona's, Silkies, and 1 white leg horn with a few mix breeds, Loves hatching babies and watching the mother hens brood over them produces
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post #2 of 7
10/27/11 at 12:24am

black, blue, and the last looks white as far as quilty goes idk that sorry

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post #3 of 7
10/27/11 at 12:46am

The top two pictures (of the same hen?) are black. The seond one may be a dirty white? or a buff. Silky breeders will come along shortly and be more certain I'm sure.

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You might have noticed, I'm not all there myself. 


"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living." -Dr. Suess

 

Second Chance for Gus

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post #4 of 7
10/27/11 at 12:49pm

They're cute! I am not a silkie breeder, but I have seen enough silkies to know your black one appears to be SQ, and your white one, while being much much better quality than most hatchery birds, is not. She's still cute! The flaws I see, btw, are big wattles, off coloring (maybe she's just dirty?), and a yellow/green tinge to her beak and feet. hth!

Wendy, chemist, mama to 4 human children, a crazy Husky/Australian Shepherd cross dog, a cat, several fish, bunnies, 17 goats,and our ever growing flock of chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese.

My oldest son is breeding BBS Orps! Looking for breeding stock!

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Wendy, chemist, mama to 4 human children, a crazy Husky/Australian Shepherd cross dog, a cat, several fish, bunnies, 17 goats,and our ever growing flock of chickens, ducks, turkeys, and geese.

My oldest son is breeding BBS Orps! Looking for breeding stock!

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post #5 of 7
10/27/11 at 1:01pm
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Originally Posted by mama24 

They're cute! I am not a silkie breeder, but I have seen enough silkies to know your black one appears to be SQ, and your white one, while being much much better quality than most hatchery birds, is not. She's still cute! The flaws I see, btw, are big wattles, off coloring (maybe she's just dirty?), and a yellow/green tinge to her beak and feet. hth!


She also has very little sparse feathering.  Hard to tell on the 1st one how the leg feathering is.

Another thing that is looked at in show birds is the 5th toe and the toe spacing.

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post #6 of 7
10/27/11 at 1:19pm

The first one is blue, not dark enough to be black, I'm guessing hen but with silkies you can never tell.  And it's SQ.

The second doesn't seem to have enough toes and the leg feathering isn't there. Wattles aren't so much a proble
since it seems to be non bearded. As for gender...no idea...

Father to 2 French Black Copper Marans, 2 Lavender Orpingtons, 1 Lemon Cuckoo Orpington, 1 Red Sussex, 1 Coronation Sussex, 1 Silver Sussex, 1 Double Laced Barnevelder, and 5 Silkies including Featherbottom, the BEST CHICKEN EVAR!!!!
Featherbottom conquers all!
...I only had 6 chickens last year...what happened?
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Father to 2 French Black Copper Marans, 2 Lavender Orpingtons, 1 Lemon Cuckoo Orpington, 1 Red Sussex, 1 Coronation Sussex, 1 Silver Sussex, 1 Double Laced Barnevelder, and 5 Silkies including Featherbottom, the BEST CHICKEN EVAR!!!!
Featherbottom conquers all!
...I only had 6 chickens last year...what happened?
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post #7 of 7
10/27/11 at 1:42pm
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Thank you, the Blue/Black hen has five toes with feathering facing outward, she has more than feathering on her feet than the grey one. Thank you, my 11 year old son wants to show the dark one at the local show in MAy next year, he has to learn how to clean and prepare her first though, there is an expo this weekend at our local showground for small farms and there is a teaching session on cleaning chickens and preparing them for shows, hopefully we can take him there and see. smile

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