Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

[Debbi]

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well sence hard feather are a fault and his color dosent quight meet standard it might be best find diffrent male not saying u have to or that he wouldnt make u some nice babies but he realy red

Yes, kind of what I was thinking too. His crest could be fuller for my liking as well. This is my first go round with Silkies, so I'm learning as I go. I initially hatched 7 Partridge marked chicks. Two of them turned a solid dark blue? Then this one cockerel that's turning red. The other 4 are nicely marked and very typey, although one of the pullets has a somewhat faded coloring, but it's still obviously Partridge.

 

[Debbi]

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well sence hard feather are a fault and his color dosent quight meet standard it might be best find diffrent male not saying u have to or that he wouldnt make u some nice babies but he realy red

standard allows non silkie feathers on primaries secoundaies leg toe main tail



Yes, I remember reading that. It's just personally, I myself don't care for the looks of it.

 

[chickendales]

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well sence hard feather are a fault and his color dosent quight meet standard it might be best find diffrent male not saying u have to or that he wouldnt make u some nice babies but he realy red

Yes, kind of what I was thinking too. His crest could be fuller for my liking as well. This is my first go round with Silkies, so I'm learning as I go. I initially hatched 7 Partridge marked chicks. Two of them turned a solid dark blue? Then this one cockerel that's turning red. The other 4 are nicely marked and very typey, although one of the pullets has a somewhat faded coloring, but it's still obviously Partridge.

if that blue looked like chickmunch as baby i use him
and other on might be a blue partrdge but there many shade of partrdge as u can see by pic on this sight u did well for ur first go around thats very nice pullet

 

[Debbi]

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Yes, kind of what I was thinking too. His crest could be fuller for my liking as well. This is my first go round with Silkies, so I'm learning as I go. I initially hatched 7 Partridge marked chicks. Two of them turned a solid dark blue? Then this one cockerel that's turning red. The other 4 are nicely marked and very typey, although one of the pullets has a somewhat faded coloring, but it's still obviously Partridge.

if that blue looked like chickmunch as baby i use him
and other on might be a blue partrdge but there many shade of partrdge as u can see by pic on this sight u did well for ur first go around thats very nice pullet

Yes, they all looked like little chipmunks when hatched, and up until around 2 weeks or so. One of the now dark blues is very nice, the other is pet quality, not enough crest for me. I expect that somewhere down the road, the blue ones will start to show some brownish hackle feathers? Right now, they are as dark as my real blues, so dark they almost look black. Yes, I was very pleased with how the majority of these are turning out. It's about time I got lucky, my other breed is not doing as well.

 

[chickendales]

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if that blue looked like chickmunch as baby i use him
and other on might be a blue partrdge but there many shade of partrdge as u can see by pic on this sight u did well for ur first go around thats very nice pullet

Yes, they all looked like little chipmunks when hatched, and up until around 2 weeks or so. One of the now dark blues is very nice, the other is pet quality, not enough crest for me. I expect that somewhere down the road, the blue ones will start to show some brownish hackle feathers? Right now, they are as dark as my real blues, so dark they almost look black. Yes, I was very pleased with how the majority of these are turning out. It's about time I got lucky, my other breed is not doing as well.

if she a girl you might beable yo get some nice babies out her so dont count her out

 

[Debbi]

Well, so far, no one is going anywhere. Trying to thin out the flocks before winter hits, and around here, NO ONE is buying chickens! I only want to keep the best of them so that I have a better chance of getting better as I breed forward. I'm pretty sure the pet one is a cockerel, he seems to do some frequent mini-spars with the white cockerel. Those are the only two trouble makers in the bunch, the rest are pretty laid back and peaceful...thankfully!

 

[chickendales]

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seems like thats all ive been doing is buying

 

[Debbi]

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seems like thats all ive been doing is buying

Sounds like me last year. I've got 18 Marans eggs in the bator right now, and I promised myself that's it till spring!!!

 

[chickendales]

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seems like thats all ive been doing is buying

ive bought 10 new birds in last 2 weeks all from samebreeder 2 diffrent trips

 

[NewToFarming]

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Awesome! That's about 3 hours from me. And brr that's chilly!

It is and frost for tonight! That isn't too far and maybe we could meet one day!!!