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Quote: Thank you! This now raises a new question, yes, I know I'm full of them. You posted a link to a 1930's show, and Sonoran Silkies mentioned show winners from "30 years ago".... So my question is, why the references to such old shows? Did something change in recent times that we are...

Quote: Good thought, but it's not practical for my situation. While their run is large, their henhouse itself is not big enough to create a division, and with the brutal NH winters they all need to cuddle in the winter or he would surely freeze to death. And I'm certainly not getting another...

Quote: Well, if you were to look at show WINNERS from 30-odd years ago, your birds would be quite competative. That said, only Henny seems to have many hard feathers. For hatchery birds, they are pretty good. To be show birds, shorter backs would help, as would the larger crests you...

Immature silkies often go through a very scraggley stage before maturing into a fluffy ball of feathers.

Generally the feather length and softness determines the fluffiness. Short feathers just do not fluff out as much, and harder feathers (think cornish versus cochin) tend to lie close to the body, also taking away from the fluffiness. Breeders tend to not use birds that are not as fluffy, or...