Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[peepblessed]

I actually have a hen like this, no feathers on the middle toe...I bred her to a white roo with HEAVY foot feathering. Their chick is 8 wks and has super feathering.

Thank you! I am very happy with this little chick, now I am hoping for good wings....fingers crossed.

Love those feet!! Good to know that they came from poor feathering too.

 

[Adoravachick]

Love those feet!! Good to know that they came from poor feathering too.

Daddy brought some good genes to the table, which is what I was hoping for.

 

[Sanna]

I don't think it is a DQ, but maybe some points off?

DEFECTS
Comb: Frozen where portions of spike still visible 0.5 Enamel white on face

2​

Oversized, Lacking smoothness in Texture 2 Face BLK where RED is Spec.

2​

Horns or spikes,mishapen, oversized, EACH 2 Eye color other than specified

2​

Crest Divided or split 2 Wings shafting in primaries

2​

Wattles: Rough & wrinkled,oversized, out of proportion, EACH 1 Mealiness in surface color
Neck Dewlap 1 each section

2.5​

TAIL: Absense of main tail where foreign color disq. Each 0.5 Mossiness in surface color
Absence of sickle fthr where for color DOES DQ 1.5 each section

2.5​

Absence of sickle fthr where for color does NOT DQ 1 Bare Middle toe

1​

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The numbers are points off. Don't know why the one didn't line up when I copied it.

And I was thinking it was a DQ. Good to know.
Where did you find this?? I had a webpage once upon a time with all these points and what the birds get judged on. I lost the darn page! Is this it??

I actually have a hen like this, no feathers on the middle toe...I bred her to a white roo with HEAVY foot feathering. Their chick is 8 wks and has super feathering.

Wow, nice feet!

 

[peepblessed]

And I was thinking it was a DQ. Good to know.
Where did you find this?? I had a webpage once upon a time with all these points and what the birds get judged on. I lost the darn page! Is this it??

http://www.hattricksilkies.com/files/beardedwhitesilkiejudging_sheet.htm

 

[JacquiJ]

http://www.hattricksilkies.com/files/beardedwhitesilkiejudging_sheet.htm

Thank you!

 

[Fur N Feathers]

http://www.hattricksilkies.com/files/beardedwhitesilkiejudging_sheet.htm

Thanks PeepBlessed. That's the one I tried to copy.

 

[delisha]

I have a question for people who ship and hatch shipped eggs

I ordered silkie eggs..I have raised chickens for 35 years...but never Silkies
I have treated these eggs like I have treated all shipped eggs I have ever had.
They should be in lock down today but I need some advise

The air cells are small..but I have air cells
The chicks use very little of the egg. Just the top half of the egg is being used, the bottom half is clear liquid..I am freaking out a bit.

My temp is spot on and I used 4 thermometers to be safe. I dry hatch because my house humidity is 50% the inside of the incubator stayed at 30%. I raised that to 40-45% today.I have never seen the bottom of an egg clear at lock down. The embryo's are active.

Could this be normal?

 

[Fur N Feathers]

I actually have a hen like this, no feathers on the middle toe...I bred her to a white roo with HEAVY foot feathering. Their chick is 8 wks and has super feathering.

Could we see a whole picture of this little wooly booger????

I think those are the feet we all want!!!

 

[Fur N Feathers]

I have a question for people who ship and hatch shipped eggs

I ordered silkie eggs..I have raised chickens for 35 years...but never Silkies
I have treated these eggs like I have treated all shipped eggs I have ever had.
They should be in lock down today but I need some advise

The air cells are small..but I have air cells
The chicks use very little of the egg. Just the top half of the egg is being used, the bottom half is clear liquid..I am freaking out a bit.

My temp is spot on and I used 4 thermometers to be safe. I dry hatch because my house humidity is 50% the inside of the incubator stayed at 30%. I raised that to 40-45% today.I have never seen the bottom of an egg clear at lock down. The embryo's are active.

Could this be normal?

I honestly don't remember my eggs being clear at the bottom, but if your embryo's are active it sounds like everything is okay.

 

[peepblessed]

I have a question for people who ship and hatch shipped eggs

I ordered silkie eggs..I have raised chickens for 35 years...but never Silkies
I have treated these eggs like I have treated all shipped eggs I have ever had.
They should be in lock down today but I need some advise

The air cells are small..but I have air cells
The chicks use very little of the egg. Just the top half of the egg is being used, the bottom half is clear liquid..I am freaking out a bit.

My temp is spot on and I used 4 thermometers to be safe. I dry hatch because my house humidity is 50% the inside of the incubator stayed at 30%. I raised that to 40-45% today.I have never seen the bottom of an egg clear at lock down. The embryo's are active.

Could this be normal?

I'm thinking your eggs didn't lose enough water for some reason. I would put off lockdown until the day before hatching. I hatch in the upright position in egg cartoons because I feel it helps to prevent them from drowning if the fluid levels are high. Here's a good candling site. If your air cells are noticeably smaller, I would definitely wait for a later lockdown. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...g-candling-pics-progression-though-incubation