Silkie combs.

[silkiechick05]

How do you know if your silkes will have the big comb or the ones that are barely noticeable.

I have seen hens with the large ones, so i don't know it is a sex thing or not...


anyone know?

 

[silkiechick05]

Anyone know?

 

[Sillystunt]

nope, but i am sure someone will chime in soon. I have one and have no clue how to sex it. I know they are supposed to have a walnut comb~

 

[Critter Crazed]

It's not a gender thing. All real silkies are supposed to have those big walnut combs but a few of mine have single combs and pea combs. That just means they aren't pure silkie. You can't really tell when they are little (I think). I can't, maybe a chicken expert can?

I have pictures of when my silkies were about 5 weeks old and I can tell you what their combs looked like.

When they are a little bigger you can tell what ones will have walnut combs. They will have like an imprint on their forehead.

This little guy grew up to have a walnut comb. It looks kinda like a thumbprint.

This is him before I gave him away at 16 weeks

This silkie grew up to be a pullet with a walnut comb.

Silkies that will get single combs will look like this

Then this is what a silkie with a pea comb will look like.

The one on the right has the pea comb.


Phew, I'm sorry for the quality on some of the pictures but they were all I could find. I hope I helped.

 

[silkiechick05]

i really like the pea combs better.

lol

so is a silkie with a walnut comb going to do better in a show than that with a pea comb?

 

[Foxhound lady]

Yes because Walnut is the perferred comb as stated in the standard of perfection

 

[silkiechick05]

Most walnut combs i have seen have been reddish in color.

Isn't that unwanted?

 

[Critter Crazed]

Silkie combs are supposed to be a mulberry color. So yep, red is unwanted.

 

[silkiechick05]

so by mulberry you mean sort of a dark gray with a little maroonishness?

 

[Stephanie-n-Hayden]

My silkie doesn't have a comb at all and she is about 7 mo. old?!?! Is something wrong with her?