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Ponypoor said:
I am so stoked she laid her first egg today, I wasn’t really expecting it as she hadn’t been squatting. But at 20 weeks I guess it isn’t unusual. And it’s a nice pink colour.
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She is stunningly beautiful. :love I bet you could enter her in a contest if they have any up there. Around here, some who have bought our silkie chicks say they're hoping to raise some 4H competitors. I don't even know about competitions higher than that around here, but I know they have some in Milwaukee. That's 2.5 hours south of us though. It doesn't matter as I've never had a single urge to enter any of mine in anything. I just like raising them.

Five months old is quite early as by then we know what sex they are, but I don't think I got a first egg from any of them prior to around 8 months old. Pretty cool!!
 
janiedoe said:
The naked necks look so much smaller, Debbie. Is it because they don't have as much fluff?
At what point, or how many generations of breeding, before a naked neck is referred to as a showgirl?
Anyway they are an adorable little flock!
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No, they are way smaller. They all hatched 3/13 so I guess those two wound up being runts? :confused: I don't know the timing of the "showgirl" term. Maybe I should be calling them that instead of "the NNs" like it's a dirty word. 😊

The other NN I have is a cuckoo and out in the aviary with its 9 "siblings" but it's the same size as they are. It's the one on the waterer about 3 weeks ago. We moved them outside that day.

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Back then they were moved to our parrot aviary converted to a temp coop.
There's a little tan-colored cuckoo that's a runt in that bunch. She's over on the right. She likes me and is the only one to come running when she sees me. :)

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janiedoe said:
The naked necks look so much smaller, Debbie. Is it because they don't have as much fluff?
At what point, or how many generations of breeding, before a naked neck is referred to as a showgirl?
Anyway they are an adorable little flock!
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Janie, you made me do some digging about showgirls. I found this old thread: Difference between Silkie and Showgirl? Kind of funny :lol:
 
N F C said:
Janie, you made me do some digging about showgirls. I found this old thread: Difference between Silkie and Showgirl? Kind of funny :lol:
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OMG you were right, Deb, those replies were cracking me up. I loved "You forgot about the teeth," but the one who said "A Showgirl is even more evil than a silkie. Showgirls put off low levels of Gamma radiation also," takes the cake. :lau
 
Debbie292d said:
Not a silkie!

But, we gained these last night. The lady then asked me if I had a rooster she could have. 😳

Needless to say, she left with a silkie rooster and hen, and we wound up adopting two parakeets. :D Meet Sugar Syrup and Lemonaid.

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So cute! More parrots to the bunch, huh :love ?
 

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