Silkie thread!

[emvickrey]

The 2 daughters are definately larger than their mother. She is a small silkie. I really love the color of the pullet but I tend to like color that would be a DQ instead of a SQ. I have another black hen that I had intentions of taking her last year but her color has gotten dull. I'm sure it's due to all the egg laying and broodiness. Next year i'm hoping i'll have better quality. Thats what i'm working towards anyway. It just takes time. It's hard to find any quality around here. I have to get eggs shipped and work with that. I haven't gotten but a few chicks that I kept from shipped eggs all spring and summer and if something didn't get them they died. I have 1 sizzle from a spring and summer of hatching. I'm looking into getting a better white roo for my white pen. My roo is non bearded and I want bearded and this other guy has a fluffier head and good feet. I don't have permission to post pics of somebody elses bird or else I would show you. He's better than mine so thats a plus.

Back to mine... Most of the fluffier birds are small in size where the not so fluffy are larger. My black pullet has broken feathers on her feet and if I plucked them she wouldn't have any so i'm sure that will count against her and her wing feathers seem to be more "frayed" looking than the partridge's. I would love to be able to get a good look of one of ya'all's puff ball silkies. Shoot, I'd love to have them but just to get to have a good look at them and feel their feathers would make my day. To get pictures of every part that the judges look at and what they look for would be great. I hope I get that chance at the show. If there is one like that I know I have no chance against one but at least I will get to have a good look and ask lots of questions. Maybe I can save up my egg money and buy some eggs from somebody's beautiful birds.

 

[Gordonhillfarm]

emvickery listen to sonorans advice

take the daughter or both . The daughter from what I see has a broder chest , a fuller cushion and a nice crest , you've already said all toes and feet look full of feathers . if this show hasn't happened yet Take the daughter lol ~~~ Tammy ( PS let us know how ya did )

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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I agree!

Good Luck @ the show.

 

[Chicklette 1]

Sundown, I have a rooster that I think is beautiful but I have no idea if he is really good or not and worthy of breeding. I do not have a pedigree on him so have no background on his breeding. Please let me know what you think of him. Thanks

 

[racuda]

My favorite pullet, hatched late last year.

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[jen5680]

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[peepblessed]

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Wow! What an explosion of poof!!

 

[Smoky73]

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What color is he supposed to be? If showing is not something you do, breed away! But if you are concerned about type and color variety I would not breed from him. He looks like he is a splash or even a lavender but, with his red coloring coming in he is not going to be anything you want for a standard color. His comb is too red, wattles are noticeable,, does not seem to have much of a crest and too many hard tail feathers. Those are just points I can see from the picture.

 

[Chicklette 1]

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What color is he supposed to be? If showing is not something you do, breed away! But if you are concerned about type and color variety I would not breed from him. He looks like he is a splash or even a lavender but, with his red coloring coming in he is not going to be anything you want for a standard color. His comb is too red, wattles are noticeable,, does not seem to have much of a crest and too many hard tail feathers. Those are just points I can see from the picture.

Thanks very much for the analysis.......I got him from some breeder near Lex. but from the looks of the place, I wasn't even sure he was really purebred. I needed a couple of chicks to keep a single hatch chick company and theirs were about the right age. I just like his coloring and would not show him. At the moment, I do not need more chickens so I will just collect my eggs and not do any hatching except for My Seramas. He was just so different looking that I wondered what I had and I really appreciate the time you took to answer me. I'll just go on loving him!

 

[robin416]

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What color is he supposed to be? If showing is not something you do, breed away! But if you are concerned about type and color variety I would not breed from him. He looks like he is a splash or even a lavender but, with his red coloring coming in he is not going to be anything you want for a standard color. His comb is too red, wattles are noticeable,, does not seem to have much of a crest and too many hard tail feathers. Those are just points I can see from the picture.

Thanks very much for the analysis.......I got him from some breeder near Lex. but from the looks of the place, I wasn't even sure he was really purebred. I needed a couple of chicks to keep a single hatch chick company and theirs were about the right age. I just like his coloring and would not show him. At the moment, I do not need more chickens so I will just collect my eggs and not do any hatching except for My Seramas. He was just so different looking that I wondered what I had and I really appreciate the time you took to answer me. I'll just go on loving him!

Been doing this a while. Actually I'm surprised how long I've been raising Silkies because it just doesn't seem like it. In the beginning I thought my attachment to the oddballs was that they were new to me. Fast forward a few years and it remains the same, the oddballs are my favorites. I've managed to breed some very nice birds but they lack something. For most of them its personality. Maybe without the occasional oddball popping up I wouldn't be raising them now. Who knows. Every coop needs a special bird or two.