- Aug 5, 2013
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So I am learning to breed white silkies and I need to learn some tips about selection. I bought a standard and have been studying it.
I am sort of thinking that the first step of selection would be to go through all the birds and eliminate anything that had a disqualification. So that would narrow the birds down some.
I know that some of the males in the line I have have too many hard feathers in their tail, so I have to select against that,
Then would I look at the over all shape of the bird next? or the head points? ( crest, comb, beard, ect)
What process do you go through when you start to select your breeders?
I am sort of thinking that the first step of selection would be to go through all the birds and eliminate anything that had a disqualification. So that would narrow the birds down some.
I know that some of the males in the line I have have too many hard feathers in their tail, so I have to select against that,
Then would I look at the over all shape of the bird next? or the head points? ( crest, comb, beard, ect)
What process do you go through when you start to select your breeders?
