Silkie thread!

[aoxa]

Beautiful.

Every day should be like Halloween when you have black cats. Mine actually showed up the night before Halloween when we were carving pumpkins. She literally came right to the door. Go figure.
The calicos fit in because they have black. I have two of them!

I'm well on my way of becoming the crazy cat & chicken lady.

That's a blue?? Or a self blue?


I have some Catdance chicks growing. I was thinking of ordering one more batch from a different breeder.

The hen you are asking about is a self blue.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Hoping to get some opinions on this beardless girl. I've never had a beardless silkie before...or seen one in person. She is super sweet. And also, I was looking for the picture on beak sexing...did anyone know what page it was on? Or can someone repost? This one is for sure a girl, but I have some younger ones I'm not sure of. Thank you all!

I can't tell if she is completely beardless or has a small bit of beard from the photo, but if she is completely beardless, she is one of the nicest ones I have seen!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: I really have not see that. The splash with the best type should the variety so long as the colouring falls within the standard. I have see ones that are lighter, ones that are darker, ones with more contrast and ones more evenly coloured win. However any brassiness, gold or red tends to cost big time.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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If I understand correctly, Lavender is also called "self" Blue. My Splash Orp rooster is from a self blue English line from HinkJC. My breeder bred the self blue to an American dark Blue to get the good dark splash. You can see pics of him on my profile.
They are two different genes. You have to have blue (Bl) from each parent to get splash (Bl/Bl). Now you can add lavender (lav) in, either in one or two doses and still get splash, but both parents must provide a copy of blue.

My experience is that lavender splash (lav/lav Bl/Bl) tend to look much more like splash, and be nearly indistinguishable in appearance from splash without lavender. However, I do not think you can get a really dark splash with two copies of lavender. One copy of lavender would not make any difference in appearance (Lav+/lav Bl/Bl); lavender must be present in two copies to have any affect.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Lavender is the name of the gene; self-blue is the name of the variety. You create the self-blue variety with two copies of the lavender gene. Look at it like lavender is the name of the fabric (cotton or silk or nylon or polyester) and self-blue is the name of the garment (shirt or jacket or slacks or socks).

 

[aoxa]

Look at it like lavender is the name of the fabric (cotton or silk or nylon or polyester) and self-blue is the name of the garment (shirt or jacket or slacks or socks).

I like that reference

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: The muffs tend to block the eyes much more than the crest, so beardless birds have far fewer issues with seeing.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Foot feathers can break off and look a lot less full than after a nice molt. Bedding and surroundings make a difference in the quality of how foot feathers are maintained.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Thank you. Yeah I tried CL and other places. I don't want to say FREE on CL because someone will just eat them anyways...so it might as well be me lol!

Do you have any feed stores that will purchase them?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Why isn't she breeding material? Nonbearded are recognized varieties, and relatively few are shown, so winning the variety is usually more likely. (Bearded blue and non-bearded blue are separate varieties. Ditto for other colours/patterns.)