i Have a HUGE silkie, the chicks we ordered r here! pics added pg 8..

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Single comb is recessive to both rose and pea comb genes. You need both for a true walnut comb. Best bet is to breed to a male with a vproperly shaped true walnut comb.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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if that hatchery had them wouldnt they post that they have standard silkys ?

There not a Large Fowl silkie there a cross, look at the comb..
The comb that the OP posted look to be a modified single comb and not a Walnut. Silkies have a Walnut Comb..
All so it look like the OP's bird has blue shanks, Silkies should be Black..

Chris

The standard calls for slaty blue shanks and toes for all varieties except black, blue and partridge, where it calls for bluish black.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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whoa did not realizeshe was that old

She still lays occasionally. She's still a pretty girl even in her old age.

The European standard says the hen should weigh 3 pounds and Wooly weighs 3 1/2 pounds. So she is in the weight range for a standard silkie.

The Australian Standard says 3 1/2 for a large fowl hen, making her the perfect weight

 

[shadowpaints]

where do i go about finding a good quality white BIG roo?? our only option here are hatcheries and i cant really afford to ship an adult chicken...

 

[silkieluver_07]

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She still lays occasionally. She's still a pretty girl even in her old age.

The European standard says the hen should weigh 3 pounds and Wooly weighs 3 1/2 pounds. So she is in the weight range for a standard silkie.

The Australian Standard says 3 1/2 for a large fowl hen, making her the perfect weight

Sonoran, if I plan to breed her, I should find the largest/heaviest silkie male (either in blue/black/splash) to breed her with?

 

[ultasol]

If this project is a priority, then saving up rather than buying the first big rooster you can should take precedence. Instead of 40 feedstore silkies, you likely could have purchased an oversized silkie roo. If you want to improve type, you have to bring in type. Hatchery silkies to hatchery silkies is going to make more hatchery quality birds. Pardon the expression, but you can't polish a turd. I was taught to start with the best stock you could afford (within the budgetary constraints of your project), and when you are trying to improve a bird with faults, bringing in quality becomes even more important.

My library has a Standard of Perfection. Perhaps your library would as well, and that would give you a good idea of what needs to be improved on your hen. Look for a cock that compliments,.. and yes, white to white first. It would be best to work on the type first before you worry about the different color varieties.

 

[RAREROO]

I would love to have a LF sized silkie with the broody tendencies of bantams Silkies so they could cover more eggs, I wouldn't really care whether they conformed to a standard or not. And I agree that you should go with the whites and get them up to large size and work on other colors later if that is what you want.

 

[shadowpaints]

i realize that i need to breed her with the best roo. but since i only have 1 now (since i sold the others last summer) wouldnt it be best to have more than one?? im hoping there are a lot of hens like last year. last year i only got one roo out of the entire order!!


there are no silkie breeders around me so, that means for me to get a quality white roo, that would mean shipping a adult male or hatching eggs.. we are working on the hatching eggs part!

 

[BamaChicken]

There used to be a fellow in Ca that was breeding standard size silkies. He would sell eggs on ebay. He mixed his colors up too and had some very beautiful creations. His eggs always sold for a lot. I can't remember who it was now that i haven't had silkies for over a year.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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The Australian Standard says 3 1/2 for a large fowl hen, making her the perfect weight

Sonoran, if I plan to breed her, I should find the largest/heaviest silkie male (either in blue/black/splash) to breed her with?

We're talking about Woolie, right? Then yes.