are my silkies show quality

[jameswells2019]

Is my blue Silkie hen show quality

 

[Perris]

suggest you repost this to the Silkie thread, where the Silkie experts hang out

 

[NNYchick]

I believe she is a splash, she is pretty and I love the color. One thing that stands out is the wings look low and the primaries don’t seem to lay right. It is difficult to assess if a bird meets sop (has show potential) by looking at a picture you can kind of get an idea of balance but that’s it, you really have to pick the bird up and look it over from top to bottom. Here are a few of the things I learned to look for. How close it comes to meeting the breed standard which is everything from the tip of the beak to the end of the tail. The first 30 pages of the SOP list defects that can’t always be seen in a picture right number of toes add spacing, right comb, skin color, foot feathering etc. Then look for balance of the bird. You can see the three circles but you can also see the U shape between the crest and the cushion. Nice round chest, high wings forming a smile shape above the thigh, with the primary feathers of the wings folding neatly under the secondaries and the secondaries should then mix in with the cushion. Legs not to long for the body.