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Just listed 3 auctions for breeding age Paint Cockerels and 1 for a quad of Paint Chicks - soon it will be too hot to ship in N TX - but next week looks great!! Check it out here: http://www.bidbird.com/

Actually 3 of them went right away on buy it now, so I only have 1 left. It came up fine for me this afternoon, so maybe they were just doing maintenance on the site or something.

Listed 3 bearded white silkie girls and a Paint silkie cockerel on bidbird tonight.......need to make some room in my breeding pens! All 4 are REALLY nice birds!

Maybe the beginning of Columbian? Suze might know......or certainly Sigrid. Very pretty, though and lots of potential!

Quote: Because the breed standard for silkies requires black skin, therefore the "holes" in skin pigment, whether you like them or not, are a fault. Silkies are different than colored horses, in that, you can still have the black skin and light feathering. And since it is relatively easy to...

Quote: I really don't think that anyone here views themself as any kind of "resident expert", especially when we are talking about a color of which we don't know the genetics! The entire purpose of this thread is to discuss the breeding results. Your bird is very interesting, Jerry. I...

I am thrilled to say that the Sigrid van Dort's latest book about Silkie Bantams, is on its way to the US! Sig shipped 17 copies of the book to me today, and I expect they will arrive within 7 to 10 days. As soon as they arrive, I will take one to the PO and determine the most cost effective...

Lavender Silkie Approval Update! Yesterday, I received an email from Sam Brush, president of the APA, regarding the approval process for our lavender, self-blue silkies. The qualifying judge, Jamie Matts, recommended that the self-blues be added to the standard, and after the regular APA...

I had pics of the paint chicks when they hatched, but my puter died and I must have lost those. The best paints hatch with their spots bright and bold. If the spots are distinctive at hatch, they will grow with the chick and be loudly colored as adults. Some have a few faint spots, and...

Here's an image of a pullet with the pigment holes on the soles of her feet. Not all the paints have this and crossing on black seems to really help get rid of it. I am not sure that Judy's Adam was actually the X factor, more likely he was incidental. From talking with Sigrid, she thinks...

TO ANYONE WHO CARES: I have 'edited' my original post to remove any reference to parent poultry organizations, as I am being threatened with legal action and accused of slander. If the BYC "powers that be" wish to delete any reference to that apparently 'ill advised' statement, they certainly...

And this is why I rarely post on forums........going back to lurkdom now!

Deb, as a representative of the ABA, and as someone who has known and worked with the man who was the Chairman of the Standards Committee for many, many years until his death, August Vinhage, I have to say your statement must be false, and frankly, I find it rather offensive. Gus would never do...

Quote: I'm confused by this.....there are outstanding black silkies, as a matter of fact, the BB and Res CH FL at the APA National in Shawnee was a black silkie hen, and she was beat only by the cochin who won the entire show! Blacks equal whites as far as quality is concerned. Buff is...

You're preaching to the choir, Suze! We don't determine the name of the variety, the APA and ABA do that. They have hobby names and genetic names and some of them go back so far, they will never be changed. Personally, after breeding and showing these birds all these years, I just want them...

Yes, there were about 7 birds that were entered as lavenders, and we made sure they were judged along with all the "self-blues" as part of the qualifying meet. Quality and consistency does count, but not more than it would count at any other show. In the self-blue qualifying meet at OH, most...

Please, if anyone is within driving distance of Shawnee, OK - and has lavender silkies, Please consider showing at the APA qualifying meet on 12/11 and 12/12. We need to have 50 lavenders there and at least 5 exhibitors. We might have the # of exhibitors, but the 50 birds is gonna be really...

There is no such thing as SQ eggs - even if both parents have done well in shows, the resulting eggs are still a crap shoot. This is a real "hot button" for me, as bad as SQ chicks. Only when the bird has matured enough to properly evaluate its potential, can it ever be called "SQ" and...

I'm really sorry that there is so much misinformation and deception out there about this color. If it is done correctly, it is so easy. Breed lavender to lavender = you get lavender. Breed lavender to black = you get black silkies carrying 1 copy of the lavender gene (AKA lavender/black...

I received a response today, I was very surprised. Here is what the site owner said: " I asked for some example pictures of poultry at a bird club function and was inundated with photos. I will have my website person take the whole poultry page down asap. " Perhaps they really didn't know...