Do any of you guys think this is weird :O?

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I wouldn't say they ripped you off. Things like this are common in hatchery stock. The hatcheries don't focus on specific traits or quality, but mainly the quantity of the birds being sold. That's just what is expected.
 
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Horns on a silkie comb is not a DQ, it is a defect..you cannot get DQed for having horns on the comb.

The Standard says a "comb foreign to breed or variety" is a disqualification. I guess different judges might decide differently about the bird in question. It would probably depend on how pronounced the "V" was?
 
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Horns on a silkie comb is not a DQ, it is a defect..you cannot get DQed for having horns on the comb.

The Standard says a "comb foreign to breed or variety" is a disqualification. I guess different judges might decide differently about the bird in question. It would probably depend on how pronounced the "V" was?

The OP stated that at the BACK of the comb there are horns, not the entire comb. This is what is in the standard:

Defects

Poorly developed crest - Horns protruding from comb - Split crest - Oversized and/or lopped comb - Greenish colored beak - Eyes other then black - Mulberry ear lobes - Neck unduly long and/or narrow - Stiffness in tail feathers - Wings carried too low - High carriage of tail - Breast so low that feathers touch the ground - Bare middle toes - Too heavy foot feathering which usually brings out stiff feathering - Green soles on feet - Overall apperance of being a Creeper.​
 
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I wouldn't say they ripped you off either. The hatcheries sell purebred chicks, just not show quality. Says so right on their website.
My alpha roo is a LF brahma in every way, except his comb is not right and is too large for the breed. I paid $2.35 for him. I wasn't expecting perfection.
If you want SQ, you're gonna have to cough up more money and get them from a breeder.
 

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