Silkie thread!

[aoxa]

Thank you!  I did see it asked a bit earlier but didnt see an answer and gave up searching through the thread, this thread is LONG!!!!   LOL

Mine is 10 weeks and not covering the eyes yet, Im sort of hoping it will be a small enough crest at the end I dont have to trim.   Im not sure what the standard is here in Australia, over the eyes like you guys seem to be or not like some other countries so not sure what its parents had.  The curiousity is killing me LOL

My little partridge silkie Penny at 10 weeks

She's adorable! Don't worry too much about it.

Always enjoy seeing photos of your beauties!!
I often see a marked improvement in crests between 5 - 7 months.

Good to know! I bought my trio when they were older, and I'm just hitting six months with the first chicks I've hatches. They have large crests now. I wouldn't want them to get much bigger, or I'll have to worry about trimming. They already can hardly see

I'm betting your Australian standard is more like the European one (I know that is the case with a lot of large fowl breeds) and if so, you won't get the kind of crazy, blinding crests bred for in America. In fact, in Europe, you will be DQ'd for a crest that blocks/obstructs vision. Personally, I LOVE the look of the bird you have posted. There is a load of personality in that photo!

Do unbearded silkies have less of a crest? I have always thought so. I do love this photo. It's so well done!

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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Unbearded can still have awesome crests, however, to my eye, it is the muffs that truly "blind" my Silkies. Crests, for the most part, stand up and that's that. I think the muffs and beards often give the illusion of a fuller 'crest'. In my limited experience, a lot depends on the sex of the bird. Pullets are MUCH more crest heavy at my farm.

 

[blessedchick]

Well that makes sense

I thought she was just looking at the photos and saying that.

I was about to send her a flurry of pictures

HILARIOUS!

I was going to do the very same thing!

 

[aoxa]

HILARIOUS!  I was going to do the very same thing!

She would have been bombarded by silkie butt shots trying to figure out their pelvic spacing and width

 

[Moonchild]

Thank You Peeps for all the pics I love looking at them...
Now I must share mine...MY FIRST SILKIE...still wet!!!!

SO excited!!!!!!

I hear Silkies are just so sweet I can't wait to take this little chick out of the bator...and why did I wait sooooo long.

 

[blessedchick]

Thank You Peeps for all the pics I love looking at them...
Now I must share mine...MY FIRST SILKIE...still wet!!!!

SO excited!!!!!!

I hear Silkies are just so sweet I can't wait to take this little chick out of the bator...and why did I wait sooooo long.

SUPER CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have officially been bitten by the bug! Be sure to post more pix of your teeny one...are the rest of those eggs silkie too??

 

[BarnGoddess01]

Thank You Peeps for all the pics I love looking at them...
Now I must share mine...MY FIRST SILKIE...still wet!!!!

SO excited!!!!!!

I hear Silkies are just so sweet I can't wait to take this little chick out of the bator...and why did I wait sooooo long.

The only thing better than a wet Silkie is a dry Silkie!!!

 

[dwegg]

Congrats on the new family member...silkies are awesome but so are other breeds as well...looks like a little buff you got there...

I have 11 eggs in the bator...so I have 5 hatched so far...3 paints, 1 black and 1 splash...4 others with pips...

 

[Moonchild]

SUPER CONGRATULATIONS!!! You have officially been bitten by the bug! Be sure to post more pix of your teeny one...are the rest of those eggs silkie too??

Silkie and PolishxSilkie and my fav EE's

 

[ChicksNherps]

There was a woman at the show I was at today with 2 cochinXsilkie pullets, they were GORGEOUS! They were white with black lacing on their bodies and cute little white heads and crests. She is going to breed some more for pets because everyone is commenting on how beautiful they are.