Silkie thread!

[Sonoran Silkies]

I think silver partridge and grey are different from each other because of what the judge said. Seems like silver partridge would have penciling like a regular partridge. But I might be wrong? I would like it if they were both recognized.
Quote: If you look at some of the threads on the club forum, there was a discussion about the males and females not matching in either phenotype of genotype. Pretty sure Sigrid began that thread. Anyways, silver partridge is a duckwing pattern, and the standard for grey silkie males calls for a duckwing pattern. The standard for females is a crow wing pattern. Grey for other breeds (this is a separate listing in the standard) is a crow wing pattern. The only difference I could find between grey and birchen was that birchen calls for less breast lacing than does grey.

 

[ChicksNherps]

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.

This is a good example of your $3 judges opinion. Same went for my blue pullet at the show I went to. She and another hen are a lighter blue than the dark ones, but they ARE the standard. The judge wrote color on both of their cards as well. Unfortunately when I tried to find him after the show he had disappeared. It may have been the lighting that made her look more like a lavender, but the hen had a distinguished dark head and hackles.

Photo from the photographer where the lighting makes her look lavender




and this is Icelynn and the hen at the show, clearly dark head/hackles and slate blue bodies.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: I do not see gold leakage or blue. But photos often do not display the same from one computer to another. IMO, the bird looks darker than ideal, but I don't see a reason for marking it down.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

There isn't any gold leakage. Must be the picture. The judge specifically said it was because of the penciling.
Quote: In the top photo the colour looks correct, except it looks like I may be seeing salmon on her lower breast? or is htat a reflection?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: This is a case of where you note the judge's name and decide to either 1) not show under him/her again, or 2) realize their inaccurate interpretations and either a) select the birds you plan to exhibit accordingly or b) make sure you have a copy of the standard and the $25 to make a protest if you feel it is warranted.

 

[ChicksNherps]

This is a case of where you note the judge's name and decide to either 1) not show under him/her again, or 2) realize their inaccurate interpretations and either a) select the birds you plan to exhibit accordingly or b) make sure you have a copy of the standard and the $25 to make a protest if you feel it is warranted.

What is the $25 for? I will have to look up who the judge was...

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

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

A lot of hens do that, different breeds, too, when you pick them up. Not sure why- maybe submitting to you? I have some that do, some that don't.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: A protest fee. If your protest is upheld, you get your money back. If not the club sponsoring the show keeps it. The standard lists the procedure for protests. It is not done often, but it can be done. Must be in writing, and must be before the show is complete. Read the standard for specifics.

I am not advocating protesting when the judging does not go your way. But it IS appropriate if the judge really screws up badly. I know someone who protested his own bird's win...he felt that there was a much better bird that should have won.

 

[peepblessed]

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!

I agree!

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

I have one who has been squatting for months. She is 10 mos now and still hasn't laid.

A protest fee. If your protest is upheld, you get your money back. If not the club sponsoring the show keeps it. The standard lists the procedure for protests. It is not done often, but it can be done. Must be in writing, and must be before the show is complete. Read the standard for specifics.

I am not advocating protesting when the judging does not go your way. But it IS appropriate if the judge really screws up badly. I know someone who protested his own bird's win...he felt that there was a much better bird that should have won.

That is the greatest story! God bless him! Thanks for sharing.

 

[sheeshshe]

I think my hen went broody. I have ONE of her eggs in the house and that is all I have. I was hoping she'd lay more (she's laid about 10 before she went broody, but a bunch broke bc they were too soft shelled and then someone was eating some.. then I had another one in the house my my family ate it, GRR), but today she's been on the nest most of the day, although not always on it, but hasn't laid an egg today at all. it is cold and winter here and snowing. Shoudl I give her the egg I have in the house here? is it too cold for her to raise a chick? is one chick too few? would she take care of it, or would she keep getting off for long periods of a time? right now she gets off for long periods, but she doesnt have an egg there.

or is she just having a hard time laying an egg? I noticed that the last 2 were oddly shapen.