Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

[pennie1]

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I'm not really sure, but I would imagine a washed out partridge or buff with too much black. Just a guess though. We would need the imput of Sonoran Silkies to figure it out.

 

[Lovesdisney]

The buff isn't too vocal. My partridge talks allllllllll the time. So then separate her with a box of eggs?? And how can I keep partridge eggs to stick under her?? Anything special?? And how long can I keep them? Any other tips??

Oh and a partridge roo with buff hen.... Makes breakfast!

 

[pennie1]

You can tell a broody hen when she wants to climb on any egg she sees. Many times she will stop laying herself so she can spend all of the time on the eggs. Put her in a small cage with a couple of eggs for a couple of days and she what she does. When a hen is actually broody, she won't get off of her nest except to eat and drink a little. That is a great time to slip in new eggs. She will happily climb on top of all of them. They are so cute to watch rearrange all of the eggs to fit. You can keep eggs sitting at room temperature for a few days without any harm to their developement.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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I think I've said it before, but this cock is the best I have ever seen for colouring.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Lots of the partri are red based. I like it!
This is a pic of one I used to have. I loved him!!
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/34701_redpartridgeroo.jpg

I would not call that partridge; I would call it red.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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because we deside not follow there standard lol

No, not really. It is because every large poultry organization has its own standard: The APA and ABA standards govern birds shown in the US, and are very close to each other, but not quite identical. American silkies do not usually compete with English ones (quite a distance to travel

). The English have their standard. Likewise various European countries, Australia, and other places have their own standards. If you look at English and European silkies, their standard is rather different than ours.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I've never heard of "bright" or "bronze" partridge, and they are not recognised varieties (neither is blue partridge), so the best they could place would be best of variety.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Can't really tell type from the photo, and type is much more important than colouring. Nice face and crest. Colour-wise, she is too light with not enough penciling on her breast. My partridge hen who has the best type has similar colouring to yours.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Type will beat colouring every time. Of my mature birds, the one with best type is too light. But she always beats the my better coloured birds. There are some colouring disqualifications, but being too light or too dark is not one of them. Insufficient black in the breast of a male is supposed to be a DQ. Pretty sure white feathers are a DQ. Showing a blue partridge as a partridge can get the bird DQed or the variety changed (depends on the judge--I've seen them do it both ways).

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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I'm not really sure, but I would imagine a washed out partridge or buff with too much black. Just a guess though. We would need the imput of Sonoran Silkies to figure it out.

You got it. Insufficient penciling on a too light bird for partridge, or a buff with a lot of smutty undercolour and black on wings and tail.