How To Make A Show Girl?

[allanimals21]

I would like to try and create my own showgirl. How would I go about doing so? Is it best to use a turken roo on a silkie hen or a silkie roo on a turken hen? I love mutt chickens anyways so I figured it was worth a shot. Also pics of your showgirls would be cool too.

 

[silkydragon]

i dont have any but have done research becouse i have thought about breeding my own i think you go nn roo to silkie hen

 

[allanimals21]

Tucker will be happy to here that! lol

 

[pgpoultry]

Tucker is looking ready to oblige!

Sandie

 

[Mahonri]

I think you use a NN roo over a silkie hen.

But if you want a real FLOOSIE... you use this guy.

 

[apc]

Id probably use a bantam Nn rooster over silkie hens. And then youd take the offspring of pullets back to the rooster, as silkie is recessive.

I have some charming nn girls with black skin, was hoping they were boys

but if you lived closer Id give them to you.

Good luck! The showgirls I have are around 12 generation, :O thats a really long time! (if your thinking from a breeders perspective!)

 

[wclawrence]

The least of your concerns is which is the rooster and which is the hen.
if you can find a naked neck that is blue legged and pea or cushion or rose combed, that would be the one to use.
And make sure you use a really dark (skinned) silkie.

The kicker is that you have to breed the naked necked offsprings back to one another OR back to silkie to get silkie feathering.
If it was me I would probably do both. Because you will have to breed for type and other things besides just naked neck and silkie feathering.
In three or four years you should be getting along nicely.

 

[gootziecat]

Seems to me a std NN roo would crush a Silkie hen. I think it would be wiser to use a bantam NN roo. A NN hen to a Silkie roo will take a lot longer to get the size down.

 

[ultasol]

It's really best to start with showgirls. There are some REALLY good lines, and some people who have mostly showgirls, where they are quite refined and look fantastic.

It takes many crosses back to silkies to get them where they are now.

This is a bird of mine that I purchased as a chick from Sheryl Butler. I highly recommend her for showgirls. She's a sweetheart and shows.

 

[Chickenmaven]

I wish you lived closer. I would GIVE you some Showgirls.