Silkie breeding, genetics & showing

[BarnGoddess01]

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I was at Crossroads last year as well. Not meaning to cause problems here but the contention was yellow legs on that Marans not a side sprig. Same result, however. The bird was DQ'd.

 

[thedragonlady]

How nice to see REAL BLACKS again! Well done you!

That lighter underfluff is also due to the nature of the feathering itself. In hatchery caliber birds with very little of the 'fluff factor', yes you often see black all the way through. However when we get into the show caliber birds, they often have feathering that is 2-3 times as long and almost twice the undercoat for density of feathering. I can tell on my own birds when I'm bathing them especially. I'll see a silvery tint to the base of the feathers when they are wet on a blue, whereas they are dark on a black.

Here are some pics I got of my blacks this last weekend:







This is some of the older adults taken a few weeks ago.

 

[thedragonlady]

black and she lovely

x 2

 

[ChicksNherps]

How is this food? http://www.tractorsupply.com/dumor-reg-winning-show-poultry-feed-40-lb--1011420

 

[chickendales]

How is this food? http://www.tractorsupply.com/dumor-reg-winning-show-poultry-feed-40-lb--1011420

i dont like to feed medicated feed to anything other then chicks ido like that brand thow

 

[ChicksNherps]

i dont like to feed medicated feed to anything other then chicks

how about these two?
http://blueseal.com/product/?id=134&species=Poultry&search=true
http://blueseal.com/product/?id=136&species=Poultry&search=true

there's a blue seal right down the street.

 

[chickendales]

How is this food? http://www.tractorsupply.com/dumor-reg-winning-show-poultry-feed-40-lb--1011420

they make grower that not medicated i like that

 

[chickendales]

how about these two?
http://blueseal.com/product/?id=134&species=Poultry&search=true
http://blueseal.com/product/?id=136&species=Poultry&search=true

there's a blue seal right down the street.

i would try it looks like good feed

 

[ChicksNherps]

i would try it looks like good feed

okay thanks! It's hard to find a good feed around here that's high protein. Even the chick starter/grower is 15% wherever I look.

 

[chickendales]

okay thanks! It's hard to find a good feed around here that's high protein. Even the chick starter/grower is 15% wherever I look.

i have used every food you think of i get my food from a local mill here in michigan if works for u use it