Silkie Color Acceptance Dates

[SilkieCRZYness]

Can someone who has an apa book or just knows inform me of the years (date) all six colors were officially accepted? Thanks!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

White from the very beginning; splash was the most recent, and was 2001.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

I was trying to find out when Buff was accepted, but no luck. I don't see anything written in the apa standard about when the colors were accepted. I have the apa color standard.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

It *might* be on the club website? I know I have seen the information somewhere, but really don't know when.

A judge recently told me "since splash is such a new variety and is just beginning to be shown"

Probably the most common variety I have seen other than white.

 

[destiny_56085]

Just looking at my SOP right now:

Bearded White 1874
Bearded Black 1965
Bearded Blue 1996
Bearded Buff 1996
Bearded Gray 1996
Bearded Partridge 1996
Bearded Splash 2001
Bearded Lavendar 2010?

Non-bearded White 1874
Non-bearded Black 1965
Non-Bearded Buff 1996
Bearded Gray 1996
Non-Bearded Partridge 1996

*** According to the 2001 SOP, the bearded splash is in the new breeds & varieties supplement way in the back of the book. It doesn't give a description for the non-bearded splash, only the bearded.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

That's odd; I know they were accepted the same year...

 

[destiny_56085]

Steph..... Its on page 283 of the 2001 SOP. The supplement pertaining the splash addition is on page 369.

 

[SilkieCRZYness]

I had no idea white silkies had been around/shown for 136 years!!! No wonder they are so far along and win all the shows!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Silkies were discovered in something like AD 1276 (guessing on exact year, but it can't be more than 10-15 years off) by Marco Pollo. They are an OLD breed. Dorkings are older; the Romans wrote about them.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Thanks destiny_56085

Never saw that in the book before, must have skipped over it.