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Now, I have found the exact opposite. I have 2 partridge pullets that are very nice type, but people have been going crazy over them being "best to standard" pullets that they have ever seen. They both have the rich chestnut colored crest. Not too dark. They have won Res.Ch.FL at the only 2 shows that they have been entered. The last show there were a lot of black & white silkies that I think were more finished than my kids, but for some reason people have been making this huge fuss over these 2 ladies. And I don't mean just a little fuss, I mean a huge fuss. It has caused me to lose a friend over it, for which I am very sad.
I'm not sure I understand what you are meaning about your partridge pullets? Are you saying they were selected over better type birds?
I do agree with the comment about true friends. Why should differences of opinions about your birds matter to anyone but you?
I'm not saying that they are not better type at all. Just more finished. Maybe a little more weight on them and more fluffy. My birds are very nice. Every time they have been shown they have done extremely well. Judges are constantly talking to me about them. People have just been going ape sH&* over these birds. Mr. Wulff, from Poultry Press says that I have the best partridge Silkie pullets that he has ever seen. Several others have stated the same exact thing. I always thought that they were pretty, but these people are crying that they are "the closest to standard that they have ever seen". Maybe it's just the whites and blacks seem more filled out, but they could have been older. My kids are just now coming into the 6 month range. Some won't be 6 months until after CR. I don't know. I haven't been doing this long enough to know. I know what I think looks good. I dote over my kids and they aren't kept in cages, but get to go outside every day. They play in the dirt and are allowed to be chickens. Maybe they don't get as "finished" that way. I just don't know.
This is Weener, from Illini Poultry Club show. Not a real good picture of her because her crest decided to go flat.
And this is the newest winner Moe from the WI International show. She's a bit lighter than in this picture. My flash didn't go off.
Now, I have found the exact opposite. I have 2 partridge pullets that are very nice type, but people have been going crazy over them being "best to standard" pullets that they have ever seen. They both have the rich chestnut colored crest. Not too dark. They have won Res.Ch.FL at the only 2 shows that they have been entered. The last show there were a lot of black & white silkies that I think were more finished than my kids, but for some reason people have been making this huge fuss over these 2 ladies. And I don't mean just a little fuss, I mean a huge fuss. It has caused me to lose a friend over it, for which I am very sad.
I'm not sure I understand what you are meaning about your partridge pullets? Are you saying they were selected over better type birds?
I do agree with the comment about true friends. Why should differences of opinions about your birds matter to anyone but you?
I'm not saying that they are not better type at all. Just more finished. Maybe a little more weight on them and more fluffy. My birds are very nice. Every time they have been shown they have done extremely well. Judges are constantly talking to me about them. People have just been going ape sH&* over these birds. Mr. Wulff, from Poultry Press says that I have the best partridge Silkie pullets that he has ever seen. Several others have stated the same exact thing. I always thought that they were pretty, but these people are crying that they are "the closest to standard that they have ever seen". Maybe it's just the whites and blacks seem more filled out, but they could have been older. My kids are just now coming into the 6 month range. Some won't be 6 months until after CR. I don't know. I haven't been doing this long enough to know. I know what I think looks good. I dote over my kids and they aren't kept in cages, but get to go outside every day. They play in the dirt and are allowed to be chickens. Maybe they don't get as "finished" that way. I just don't know.
This is Weener, from Illini Poultry Club show. Not a real good picture of her because her crest decided to go flat.
And this is the newest winner Moe from the WI International show. She's a bit lighter than in this picture. My flash didn't go off.
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