Registering for Fair...please confirm...roo or hen...PLEASE =)

[Camelot Farms]

Thank you!

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Sorry, she has a single comb, that's a disqualification.

 

[Camelot Farms]

No. Say it isnt so Rodriguez! My DD is gonna stress out.

What kind of comb am I looking for? Maybe I have another better qualifier in the coop...

And its a SHE? lord, I need to pay attention better. I truly thought roo.

 

[Emzyyy]

Silkies have Walnut Combs. She's still very pretty though.

 

[shay20]

I think she is a girl, BUt yep wrong comb type. she has a single comb and she is supposed to have a walnut comb.
And the feet feathers should be fuller for show.
But i LOVE the color. Beautiful.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

The bird is also too young--to be old enough, it should appear to be completely mature, but perhaps smaller than an older bird. The one you posted still looks like a youngster.

If we were to relate pullets to people, a pullet would look like a 17 or 18 year old young lady, but the one you posted looks like a 12 year old little girl.

A walnut comb looks rather like a walnut; oval with a horizontal crease at about the center. It should be wider than tall. On females the comb is often nearly flat, but not always. The crease is not always present. Also, the comb is sometimes covered with small bumps.

 

[becky3086]

Someone has got to have a picture of a walnut comb...
this is the only photo I have of my silkies, that I sold last week.

 

[Camelot Farms]

Thanks Sonoran!

Our fair allows 4h'ers to bring a hen, a roo, a pullet and a cockeral. They define pullet and cockeral as any bird under 1 year. Its just a small country fair. I think it will be a good 1st show experience for 8yr old dd.

And I have another splash in the coop that might meet that definition of walnut comb

Thanks again!!

 

[shay20]

This is a walnut comb, and it should be a dark color not red. yours has the right color but wrong comb type.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Well a couple of folks have posted photos of roosters with the correct combs. This thread has a photo of a correctly combed pullet, and a close-up at that

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=229023