Fwoof's chicken trivia!

[MeanCheek]

People who own the chicken encyclopedia by Gail Damerow, go to page 310 and find Silkie on the chart. It says their size is small!

I can't find mine, but could it have meant 'small' like an OEGB is small, a Dutch is a small breed ect. ?

 

[Fwoof]

QUESTION #31
What is a lopped comb?

 

[MeanCheek]

QUESTION #31
What is a lopped comb?

A comb that falls to the side?

 

[Fwoof]

I can't find mine, but could it have meant 'small' like an OEGB is small, a Dutch is a small breed ect. ?

All other bantams were classified as bantam!

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

Isn't this what it says?Silkie \ An ancient breed most likely originating in China (the breed is sometimes called Japanese Silkie, even though it probably arrived in Japan via China). The breed name comes from its soft, furlike plumage, resulting from the inability of the feather barbs to lock. All that fluff makes these birds look bigger than they really are. Silkies can mature to a weight of 4 pounds (1.8 kg) or more, but in North America they are bred to be small and therefore are not true bantams. A Silkie has a crest, walnut comb, turquoise earlobes, feathered legs, and five toes (some have six). The skin and shanks are black, and the face, comb, and wattles are nearly so. Silkies come in a few color varieties, of which white and black are the two most common, and may be either bearded or nonbearded. They are friendly, docile chickens that can't fly (and many won't perch), and their plumage offers little protection from rain and extremes of temperature. The hens are decent layers of tinted eggs

 

[Fwoof]

A comb that falls to the side?

Yep! (but that was an easy one)

 

[Fwoof]

Isn't this what it says?Silkie \ An ancient breed most likely originating in China (the breed is sometimes called Japanese Silkie, even though it probably arrived in Japan via China). The breed name comes from its soft, furlike plumage, resulting from the inability of the feather barbs to lock. All that fluff makes these birds look bigger than they really are. Silkies can mature to a weight of 4 pounds (1.8 kg) or more, but in North America they are bred to be small and therefore are not true bantams. A Silkie has a crest, walnut comb, turquoise earlobes, feathered legs, and five toes (some have six). The skin and shanks are black, and the face, comb, and wattles are nearly so. Silkies come in a few color varieties, of which white and black are the two most common, and may be either bearded or nonbearded. They are friendly, docile chickens that can't fly (and many won't perch), and their plumage offers little protection from rain and extremes of temperature. The hens are decent layers of tinted eggs

That's what it says, all right!

 

[Fwoof]

And that's all for trivia today! I gotta go, now. Bye!

 

[MeanCheek]

@Fwoof, may I ask one that you could answer? Not to steal your thread

 

[AmeraucanaHank]

And that's all for trivia today! I gotta go, now. Bye!

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