Silkie thread!

[michellemire]

1 year old

 

[BonRae67]

1 year old

Yeah I would say a pretty girl.

 

[judy mclean]

What makes a silkie show quality

 

[silkiecuddles]

What makes a silkie show quality

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[Sustained]

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http://www.americansilkiebantamclub.org/standard.asp

 

[howfunkyisurchicken]

A show quality bird would adhere to the SOP as close as possible. Read the SOP (Standard Of Perfection) it will tell you what makes a Silkie SQ.

 

[silkiecuddles]

Would someone post a pic of a Show quality silkie. Nice to have a visual.

Are silkies pretty much the hardest to get show perfection?

 

[Sylvester017]

What makes a silkie show quality

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In addition to the SOP show quality Silkies and show judges' subjectivity, there are several websites of Silkie breeders on the internet showing photos of their show-winning birds. That's how I refined the look I wanted in a Silkie when I purchased from a breeder.

 

[tinkerfairy]

I posted a question earlier but I guess it was overlooked, so ill as again.
has anyone seen a silkie with a regular comb? I bought one from tsc, it has black skin, and 5 toes, but has a black comb like my regular bantams. At around 6 weeks the comb is tiny compared to my bantams the same age, this is the only one out of 7 like this. I thought it was a partridge but it doesn't have a chipmunk pattern, its a dark red brown with black lines around its eyes but the body was just a little two toned. Its wings are coming in a grey brown with the original deep red horizontal stripes. These are my first silkies, and first time raising chicks at all, I guess I shouldn't use this one for breeding since the comb is wrong
I got silkies after reading how docile they are mine are inside since them and my bantams are tiny, I handle them daily but most run away from my hand and don't really want to be handled

 

[Sylvester017]

I posted a question earlier but I guess it was overlooked, so ill as again.
has anyone seen a silkie with a regular comb? I bought one from tsc, it has black skin, and 5 toes, but has a black comb like my regular bantams. At around 6 weeks the comb is tiny compared to my bantams the same age, this is the only one out of 7 like this. I thought it was a partridge but it doesn't have a chipmunk pattern, its a dark red brown with black lines around its eyes but the body was just a little two toned. Its wings are coming in a grey brown with the original deep red horizontal stripes. These are my first silkies, and first time raising chicks at all, I guess I shouldn't use this one for breeding since the comb is wrong
I got silkies after reading how docile they are mine are inside since them and my bantams are tiny, I handle them daily but most run away from my hand and don't really want to be handled

No chicks really care to be handled by a human hand 3x bigger than themselves. Even grown-up Silkies will kind of stay clear of a human not because they are afraid of you but because they are cautious about their diminutive size and want to make sure something doesn't step on them. You'll find when you are sitting or hand-feeding they will come up to you when they see you aren't moving around. We had a Dominique chick that we let run around the computer desk and she got accustomed to sleeping on the warm laptop keyboard, or on our arm, or in the palm of our hand and go to sleep. You just need to let the chicks be the one to approach rather than reaching for them. And every Silkie has a different personality. Some are gregarious and some are timid.

Can't help about the comb but I heard it occasionally happens just like 4 toes on one foot and 6 toes on another foot or 4 toes on each foot. Anomalies happen.