Silkie Bath Time!

[N F C]

Haha she has a big personality! They feel like a bunch of marshmallows too.



Yes, they do have blue earlobes!





Thankyou both! Today's been hectic sorry for the late replies.

So...

PomPom came second!
View attachment 1837957

Flump came first, won best soft feather bantam and also won overal show reserve champion!
View attachment 1837958
View attachment 1837959
View attachment 1837961
(Ignore the number on this image, they fell of the cage at the end of the day so were just stuck randomly back onto cages).

I'm still shocked and have absolutely no words to say but I was so happy I could have cried!

Congratulations!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Wow, congratulations!

I'd heard that a chicken's egg color would match the color of their ears. But surely I'd have heard if silkies laid bright blue eggs. What color eggs do they have?

that's actually a huge wives tale, it doesn't actually have anything to do with it.

 

[b.hromada]

They're so adorable! Love the bath pictures! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Celticdragonfly]

that's actually a huge wives tale, it doesn't actually have anything to do with it.

Well, good to know better then.

 

[drumstick diva]

congratulations - great win for a beautiful silkie

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Well, good to know better then.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Congratulations!

Thankyou!

They're so adorable! Love the bath pictures! Thanks for sharing.

Thankyou and no problem, glad you like them

congratulations - great win for a beautiful silkie

Thankyou so much!

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Congratulations on the bathing and the ribbons.!

What is that blue patch behind and under their eyes - do they have blue ears??

Wow, congratulations!

I'd heard that a chicken's egg color would match the color of their ears. But surely I'd have heard if silkies laid bright blue eggs. What color eggs do they have?

The closest you'll get to a blue lobe and a blue egg is the CCLegbars. The lobes are white but with a bluish tint. Most blue egg layers have red lobes.
While generally true, white lobes = white eggs, red lobes = brown eggs. There are a number of exceptions to the rule not as well known.
Penedesencas and Empordanesas have white earlobes yet lay a very dark egg.
Appenzellers lay white egg and have bluish lobes.
Silkies lay tinted eggs and have turquoise lobes.
Yokohamas lay a tinted egg and have white lobes
Redcaps lay white eggs and have red lobes.
Phoenix lay white to tinted eggs but with red lobes.
Naked necks lay a very light creamy egg yet red lobes.
The, now thought to be extinct, breed of Lamona laid white eggs and had red lobes.
Fayoumis, tinted eggs, white lobes.
Crevecoeur and Dorking, white eggs, red lobes.
Sabelpoots, Japanese bantams, Nankins, Old English Games, Modern Games white eggs, red lobes.
Sebrights and Sumatras lay white eggs and have purplish combs.
All Mediterranean breeds I'm aware of have white lobes.

 

[Fur-N-Fowl]

Congratulations on the bathing and the ribbons.!






The closest you'll get to a blue lobe and a blue egg is the CCLegbars. The lobes are white but with a bluish tint.
While generally true, white lobes = white eggs, red lobes = brown eggs. There are deviations from that rule not as well known in addition to what we discussed above.
Blue egg layers have red lobes.
Appenzellers lay white egg and have bluish lobes.
Silkies lay tinted eggs and have turquoise lobes.
Yokohamas lay a tinted egg and have white lobes
Redcaps lay white eggs and have red lobes.
Phoenix lay white to tinted eggs but with red lobes.
Naked necks lay a very light creamy egg yet red lobes.
The, now thought to be extinct, breed of Lamona laid white eggs and had red lobes.
Fayoumis, tinted eggs, white lobes.
Crevecoeur and Dorking, white eggs, red lobes.
Sabelpoots, Japanese bantams, Nankins, Old English Games, Modern Games white eggs, red lobes.
Sebrights and Sumatras lay white eggs and have purplish combs.
All Mediterranean breeds I'm aware of have white lobes.

Thankyou!

 

[Mybackyardpeepers]

Congratulations!!! They are stunning.