Silkie thread!

[Lacey1988]

Oh it's a boy alright. You can't tell from the earlier pictures but he has long streamers and bright blue earlobes plus he was trying to crow the other day.

Here's a side view of his head.

 

[Sylviaanne]

Did you mean blue earlobes??

I believe I do but I didn't know it. LOL

 

[Fancychooklady]

Yes the streamers are more obvious. He's a cutee.

 

[Fancychooklady]

Many of the top breeders of silkies will tell you that "show quality" means a bird was shown at a sanctioned event and placed. To be entered in a show does not necessarily mean a bird is "show quality". Neither does a bird bred from show quality pen. Chicks with DQ points can come from any breeding. Even from show champion stock. Most top breeders do not sell chicks for this reason. Breeders want to grow out stock from their best birds and keep those that could win on the bench for themselves. You can start to really see quality in individual birds around six months or so. Around nine for some family strains. Looking for birds that look closest to the SOP will be your best bet for a show quality contender.

Well said. A lot of people advertise day old chicks as ' show quality ' because 1 or both of the parents have ribboned at a local show. Buying in birds from quality stock as close to the SOP as physically possible is a good start . Read the SOP and look the bird over with a critical eye and if you feel that it is close take it to local show and try your luck.

http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Standard.html

 

[MumsyII]

Not purebred silkies.. Looks like Mom is throwing off straight feathers but then again she's a smooth silkie which isn't a true silkie and dad looks like a Silkie but with some DQ's against him.. apparently, mixing the two you are not getting a purebred breed. you have someone throwing off four toes instead of Five and yellow skin. I wonder if Mom has four toes? Lots of DQ's in those babies but the colors are actually cool..

They look like half silkie first generation to me. Bred back to a pure silkie will give silkie feathers and better crests and feet. I happen to love half breed silkie colors. They can be really surprising and often stunning but not standard colors. Pretty though. One of my half breed silkies has so many different colors, he looks like an EE.

 

[Fancychooklady]

They look like half silkie first generation to me. Bred back to a pure silkie will give silkie feathers and better crests and feet. I happen to love half breed silkie colors. They can be really surprising and often stunning but not standard colors. Pretty though. One of my half breed silkies has so many different colors, he looks like an EE. 

I had a sizzle from pure parents. Only ever happened once , but it does happen.

She looked like a polish.

 

[Lacey1988]

Yes the streamers are more obvious. He's a cutee.

Thank you.
Here's the hen I'm gonna breed him to. My cousin looks like he's squeezing the poop out of her. lols

 

[Fancychooklady]

Thank you. Here's the hen I'm gonna breed him to. My cousin looks like he's squeezing the poop out of her. lols

Oh my , they should make beautiful babies. Tell your cousin not to squeeze too tight around the reproductive organs or there will be no babies.

 

[MumsyII]

I had a sizzle from pure parents. Only ever happened once , but it does happen.



She looked like a polish.

If male and female both carry the smooth (barbed) feather gene, a smooth feathered chick would occur on occasion for sure. I think she looks like a silkie crossed with a White Sultan because of her mulberry comb and wattles. Her smooth feathers looks like she is a cross to my eyes. Phenotype if you will. Though her genotype is silkie.


I used to raise bearded Sultans. They have a V comb. Sultans also have five toes.

Chicken genetics are so interesting and so much is still unknown. I love anomalies and your pictured hen is beautiful regardless of the genetic soup.

 

[Fancychooklady]

If male and female both carry the smooth (barbed) feather gene, a smooth feathered chick would occur on occasion for sure. I think she looks like a silkie crossed with a White Sultan because of her mulberry comb and wattles. Her smooth feathers looks like she is a cross to my eyes. Phenotype if you will. Though her genotype is silkie. I used to raise bearded Sultans. They have a V comb. Sultans also have five toes. Chicken genetics are so interesting and so much is still unknown. I love anomalies and your pictured hen is beautiful regardless of the genetic soup.

Thanks, if anyone else had bred her I would have said she had polish in her, but I bred her and she was definitely from my white silkies. An anomaly ! I've never seen a sultan , they look interesting.