Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

[pennie1]

I know that we have a Silkie thread, but how about a partridge Silkie thread for JUST the partridge? I love the partridge and I'm sure others do also. Here are some pics of my babies.

This is Watson. I also have his brother that looks just like him except he doesn't have quite as heavy of feathering on his feet. They are 4 and 1/2 months old.

This is 1 of several pullets that I have. They all are in the same age range of 4 to 4 & 1/2 months.

Another pullet

These are from the second hatch. They are all between 5 wks. and 9 wks. old

This last picture is of a cockerel from the first hatch. He is of awesome type and very large (hence the name Baby Huey). I have question on his color. Would he be considered blue?

Thanks for any input and I hope others will post pictures of their beautiful partridge.

 

[ILuvMyPetChickens]

My Partridge Silkie Rooster. His names Abraham Lincoln because he has a beard.

 

[Bat Cave Silkies]

Pennie~~ THRILLED that you started this thread

Just love your beautiful Partridges; it's MY favorite color in Silkies too. You're right though---very few breeders show them (unfortunately). I always try to take 5 or 6 to the shows and am always surprised at the number of people who have never even seen a Partridge Silkie

I'll start with a couple of pics now, then add more later today...

Spartacus--my main breeding cockerel

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

I am told "Slim Shady" is a partridge, though I associate partridges with being more brown/chestnut colored than red based.

but "Shady" is a beautiful cockeral. I hate that I have to re-home him

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

The new partridge female I'm getting at the end of the month!

 

[Sylvester017]

End of breeding season plus I didn't have luck finding anyone with an old Silkie female to be a companion to my 9-yr old Partridge female. One of my local feed stores had a couple half-grown young Silkies (one was Black and one was White) but I didn't want to deal w/ those colors. Black turns rusty red in our brutal SoCalif summer sun and White turns dingy yellow to dirty brown foraging in our chicken yard and garden beds. The feed stores have plenty of incoming baby chicks from hatcheries but I didn't want to deal with brand new babies, kiddie pools, heat lamps, etc.

So I finally contacted Amber Waves Silkies in Norco and bought a DNA-sexed Partridge female a little over a month old. She's a little bitty thing but already on solid foods like chick crumble, midget millet seeds, Amaranth seeds, grapes, cukes, produce treats and the little rascal already chased, caught & gulped down two large crickets on our kitchen floor! She follows me around the house because she is a lone chick w/ no other chick companions so this little bitty is going to be spoiled before she grows up to join the outdoor girls. It'll be interesting and possibly a challenge to get her and my old Partridge acquainted enough eventually before I release them together with the bigger standard hens.

Some pics

ZZZZZZ - somebody fell asleep during Netflix!

Look at the enormous feathered foot tucked under her! Her feet look like giant boots under her!

 

[pennie1]

Thanks a lot. I love the partridge and they don't seem to get the recognition that they deserve. I know partridge is 1 of those varieties that seems open to the interpretation of the judge at the shows and the people that breed them. That's why I would like to see pictures of other partridge Silkies. It would be great to see some that have done well at shows.

 

[jen5680]

Oh I love the partridge!! My fave for sure!! I need to get some new pictures but here are a few.

 

[teach1rusl]

Here's my little beardless hatchery silkie Fonzie - he just went to his new home yesterday

and I miss his silly antics. He was about 15 weeks here. Although just a hatchery bird, I thought he was adorable...

 

[HatchingFever]

Heres My partridge Rooster that placed first

And my hen that placed 2ed

Ill get a new picture of the hen today shes young in the picture