How easy are showgirls to sex when they're young?
Like silkies, it depends on the quality...many can't be sexed until they're a few months old.
And are the males called showgirls? showboys? chippendale dancers? what?
hmmmmm chippendale dancers sounds good, but everyone calls them showgirls...
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The breeders I know working on showgirls will disagree with that statement, and they have some of the best. I don't breed them, have never had any, so I rely on what they have said. Several month back the discussion on whether they should work towards being standardized as a variety...
The goal for breeding showgirls is to get silkie type and characteristics, with a naked neck. They can be bearded and nonbearded, homozygous or heterozygous. When shown, they're done so as an AOV silkie. It takes many generations to get a decent showgirl. They don't need to be bred back to a...