Silkie thread!

[ChicksNherps]

So fluffy!!

Thanks!
Pretty color! Looks like a girl.
Guess that cinches it!
My husband always takes them to a public location. We get $5 up front via paypal or mail so we don't get stood up.
Great idea!
Silver partridge is gray.

Gray Silkie Bantams (Bearded and Non-Bearded)

Color - Male Plumage
Head
Dark Gray
Neck
Hackle - light gray streaked with darker gray.
Back
Even shade of chinchilla gray.
Saddle
To match hackle.
Tail
Main tail, sickles, and coverts same as back.
Wings
Shoulders, fronts, bows, and coverts same as back.
Primaries slaty gray with center shafting of darker shade.
Secondaries slaty gray.
Breast
Light gray.
Body & Stern
Same as back.
Shanks & Toes
Slaty blue
Undercolor
Smoky gray of a shade not darker than top color.

Color - Female Plumage
Head
Chinchilla Gray
Neck
Hackle - light gray streaked with darker gray.
Back & Cushion
Even shade of chinchilla gray.
Tail
Main tail and coverts same as back.
Wings
Shoulders, fronts, bows, and coverts same as back.
Primaries and secondaries solid even shade of slaty gray.
Breast
Light gray.
Body & Stern
Same as back.
Shanks & Toes
Slaty blue
Undercolor
Smoky gray of a shade not darker than top color.

I thought so but didn't want to say definite

 

[Sanna]

why do some silkie roos have red combs and others black, is the red less desirable for showing?

Red comb is a DQ, I believe. The ideal color is the dark mulberry if I remember right.

 

[heirloomorps]

So fluffy!!
Thanks!
Pretty color! Looks like a girl.
Guess that cinches it!
My husband always takes them to a public location. We get $5 up front via paypal or mail so we don't get stood up.
Great idea!
Silver partridge is gray.

Gray Silkie Bantams (Bearded and Non-Bearded)


Color - Male Plumage

Head

Dark Gray

Neck

Hackle - light gray streaked with darker gray.

Back

Even shade of chinchilla gray.

Saddle

To match hackle.

Tail

Main tail, sickles, and coverts same as back.

Wings

Shoulders, fronts, bows, and coverts same as back.

Primaries slaty gray with center shafting of darker shade.

Secondaries slaty gray.

Breast

Light gray.

Body & Stern

Same as back.

Shanks & Toes

Slaty blue

Undercolor

Smoky gray of a shade not darker than top color.


Color - Female Plumage

Head

Chinchilla Gray

Neck

Hackle - light gray streaked with darker gray.

Back & Cushion

Even shade of chinchilla gray.

Tail

Main tail and coverts same as back.

Wings

Shoulders, fronts, bows, and coverts same as back.

Primaries and secondaries solid even shade of slaty gray.

Breast

Light gray.

Body & Stern

Same as back.

Shanks & Toes

Slaty blue

Undercolor

Smoky gray of a shade not darker than top color.

This is very helpful! We are working on our greys at the moment... Most of our hens are too light. However, grey is SUCH a gorgeous color for Silkies - although Silkies look good in most colors!

 

[ceocka]

I am also using cabinet boxes from people remodeling their kitchen for nesting boxes! Works great!

 

[fluffyfeathers]

So fluffy!!
Thanks!
Pretty color! Looks like a girl.
Guess that cinches it!
My husband always takes them to a public location. We get $5 up front via paypal or mail so we don't get stood up.
Great idea!
Silver partridge is gray.

Gray Silkie Bantams (Bearded and Non-Bearded)


Color - Male Plumage

Head

Dark Gray

Neck

Hackle - light gray streaked with darker gray.

Back

Even shade of chinchilla gray.

Saddle

To match hackle.

Tail

Main tail, sickles, and coverts same as back.

Wings

Shoulders, fronts, bows, and coverts same as back.

Primaries slaty gray with center shafting of darker shade.

Secondaries slaty gray.

Breast

Light gray.

Body & Stern

Same as back.

Shanks & Toes

Slaty blue

Undercolor

Smoky gray of a shade not darker than top color.


Color - Female Plumage

Head

Chinchilla Gray

Neck

Hackle - light gray streaked with darker gray.

Back & Cushion

Even shade of chinchilla gray.

Tail

Main tail and coverts same as back.

Wings

Shoulders, fronts, bows, and coverts same as back.

Primaries and secondaries solid even shade of slaty gray.

Breast

Light gray.

Body & Stern

Same as back.

Shanks & Toes

Slaty blue

Undercolor

Smoky gray of a shade not darker than top color.

So I guess this is open to the judge's interpretation? The judge from this past weekend looked at my bird and just wrote "color"on the coop card. I asked him about it and he said penciling wasn't allowed.

 

[powersurbanfarm]

I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I thought I would give it a shot. I have a silkie who is almost 6 months old. In november I thought she did the squat for me, so i waited and waited for her to lay an egg. Needless to say, she has yet to lay an egg but she keeps doing this thing when I try to pet her that is more like a crouch. She gets as low to the ground as possible, even if I gently touch her back. Has anyone else had this happen? She is really friendly and will come up at "talk" to me when I am out there and she lets me hold her, but this crouch thing is just a little different than the way my other girls act. Thanks for any advice.

-Jen

 

[ChicksNherps]

So I guess this is open to the judge's interpretation? The judge from this past weekend looked at my bird and just wrote "color"on the coop card.

I asked him about it and he said penciling wasn't allowed.

That silkie looks to have gold leakage, which is a DQ if i'm not mistaken in greys. Or it looks to be a blue partridge.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

She is pretty. I just went to the PPBA show and the judge said gray should look like a Japanese grey in the color. The Japanese were mostly black with silver around their neck and on the chest. He said there should be no penciling or ticking anywhere else. Your bird looks closer to that than mine. Here is a picture of the Japanese.
Quote: Grey as in silkies has it own standard separate from that used in other breeds. Page 235 of the 2011 Bantam Standard. These two standards are significantly different.

 

[fluffyfeathers]

There isn't any gold leakage. Must be the picture. The judge specifically said it was because of the penciling.

So I guess this is open to the judge's interpretation? The judge from this past weekend looked at my bird and just wrote "color"on the coop card. I asked him about it and he said penciling wasn't allowed.

That silkie looks to have gold leakage, which is a DQ if i'm not mistaken in greys. Or it looks to be a blue partridge.

 

[fluffyfeathers]

Very interesting.

Grey as in silkies has it own standard separate from that used in other breeds. Page 235 of the 2011 Bantam Standard.  These two standards are significantly different.