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I think there are plenty still breeding and showing, but there has been a lot of controversy over what constitutes a porcelain and what does not, and what name to call them by. And that as a result of that controversy (both here on BYC and on other boards), a lot of folks have simply stopped discussing it. I know that I won't say nearly as much on this thread or several others as I used to--I get tired of being bashed by people who have had chickens half the time that I have.
The top photo and at least two of the three (maybe all three) in the second look to be porcelain.
Wow! You sound seriously over-whelmed!! I was on your site recently. You have a beautiful flock of silkies!http://indigoegg.us/2011CrossroadsInverness.html Got a picture of Cream Puff on this page http://indigoegg.us/February-March2011.html and a few others on this page.... Got a couple coops going... Porcelain was just a cool color that popped up every now and then from a Splash/Blue/SelfBlue coop I had... that may have had George descendants in it. LOVE them .. Then I kept a couple odd colored chicks from another coop and they ended up being kind of the same color... and I traded for a couple creamie ones from Aimee ... then a couple popped up from my Lavender to Lavender Split coops.. I'm no geneticist, but a pretty Silkie is a pretty Silkie no matter what color! I also have a couple SelfBlue/PartridgieBuff girls ... yeah... go ahead and laugh. I love them!!! I haven't been on BYC in ages... but this thread popped up in my email. I'm pondering Mille Fluer and red columbian and mottled buff at the moment way over my length of attention span, but I'd love to have Silkies in all those colors. I plan to get serious and read Sigrid's book, but a little girl I know has it doing a book report on Silkies... I can't wait to hear all about it!