Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[aoxa]

with polish i had crest peckers the eat blood feather out crest as the grew in i but rooster in his own cage and let him grow his crest back completely and they stoped 

Cannibals I tell you!

Keeping this on silkies.. I have this broody who chases down other birds, plucks feathers and feeds them to her chicks! Crazy broody!

 

[chickendales]

Splash is an AOV for Ameraucanas. You can show any colour, but you won't win BB with them of course. However, she was a product of a Blue x Blue mating - so I don't see why it's taking them so long to admit splash as a colour in Ameraucanas.
She's definitely not my best. I'd say she would be my least pretty girl. I show all 5 of my breeding birds though. They are so rare here. Especially the bantams.

because the APA dosent recognizes splash as a color

 

[chickendales]

Splash is an AOV for Ameraucanas. You can show any colour, but you won't win BB with them of course. However, she was a product of a Blue x Blue mating - so I don't see why it's taking them so long to admit splash as a colour in Ameraucanas.
She's definitely not my best. I'd say she would be my least pretty girl. I show all 5 of my breeding birds though. They are so rare here. Especially the bantams.

and i know there AOV

 

[chickendales]

because the APA dosent recognizes splash as a color

because the splash pattern isnt set in stone like other colors

 

[aoxa]

because the APA dosent recognizes splash as a color

All colours get into the standards somehow.

 

[chickendales]

All colours get into the standards somehow.

APA refuses to let splash in

 

[aoxa]

APA refuses to let splash in 

SPLASH SILKIE STANDARD OF PERFECTION

From The American Standard of Perfection 2010

American Poultry Association, Inc.
Permission to make quotations from the test of this book is granted solely
for the purpose of dissemination of knowledge, provided proper credit is cited.

DISQUALIFICATIONS: any appearance of rust in plumage.

Color – Male and Female

PLUMAGE: Slaty blue and white that has a faint bluish gray tinge. Blue in the feathers in the form of large irregular shaped blobs as distinct from V-shaped ticking. Main tail feathers and primary wing feathers with a lesser amount of blue than the rest of the plumage.

COMB, FACE, AND WATTLES: Deep mulberry, approaching black.

BEAK: Leaden Blue to black.

EYES: Black.

EARLOBES: Light blue turquoise.

SHANKS AND TOES: Slaty Blue, nail: horn to black.

SKIN: Dark Blue.

 

[chickendales]

good see they finally gave in but now that what splash standard has be for every breed that want use turm splash

 

[Adoravachick]

Cannibals I tell you!
Keeping this on silkies.. I have this broody who chases down other birds, plucks feathers and feeds them to her chicks! Crazy broody!

Really? Arent you worried she will teach the chicks to do that?

 

[aoxa]

Really?  Arent you worried she will teach the chicks to do that?

Well her last batch is 12 weeks old and shows no signs of that issue. She's just really mean. Feather picking isn't usually a bully move. They will just pick the feathers and eat them right there, not flog them, rip out their tail feathers and call their kids to the buffet.

They never did eat the feathers, they just ran around with it and played keep away.