Silkie thread!

[Teresaann24]

They are very pretty but look like only PQ. Looks like they may be Hatchery stock but still they are very pretty silkies!

hey guys i decided to bath my trio of white silkies today i was wondering what u guys think of them
do u think any of them are showable or are they just breeder quality or even worse PQ
and dont mind the dirt on the crest and on the beards i have a hard time washing those spots any tips on how to wash them would be appreciated. sorry for so many pics just trying to hear from the best

here is my hen






Pullet




here is the cockerel







again sorry for so many pics any advice would be appreciated

 

[peepblessed]

No one else has jumped in so I'll take a stab at it. Then they can come along and mop up my mess.

To get buff I'm pretty sure you need to breed buff x buff. I think if you breed your buff to partridge, you will probably get more partridges only without the standart coloring that's desired. If you breed anything but white to white, you are dipping your hand into the mystery bag and have no idea what you'll come up with. This is because white covers or hides whatever its other color is, and you don't know what that color is until you breed it to a non-white. This is generally not advised, at least not unless you know your birds bloodlines and are very experienced.

As for what your hen is, she doesn't look quite buff to me, but buff is a color with which I have very little experience. Maybe she's what people call a smutty buff? But I think that is usually tinting of black...not sure though. Maybe you could find a buff male for her? Cockerel's and roos are SO much easier to find than the ladies! And she is such a lovely girl!

Country Chickens, I think you've done a great job in explaining a very complicated issue.

 

[sager:)silkies]

They are very pretty but look like only PQ. Looks like they may be Hatchery stock but still they are very pretty silkies!

the pullet is actually from an estiblished breeder who has won alot and i think they are BQ as PQ u need DQs which i belive mine dont have DQs cause they do have the black skin,five toes and correctly spaced,small combs,no split wing they do have small crest but thats not a DQ not trying to be rude if i left and DQs out plzz let me know

 

[Teresaann24]

Well maybe someone could chime in more. To me they look like PQ.

the pullet is actually from an estiblished breeder who has won alot and i think they are BQ as PQ u need DQs which i belive mine dont have DQs cause they do have the black skin,five toes and correctly spaced,small combs,no split wing they do have small crest but thats not a DQ not trying to be rude if i left and DQs out plzz let me know

 

[sager:)silkies]

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Well maybe someone could chime in more. To me they look like PQ.

 

My photography skills probley didn't help also they weren't fully dry in those pics but if there pq there pq

 

[Teresaann24]

They are still beautiful birds. I use to raise a mixed color flock none were BQ OR SQ..lol They had everything correct with huge crest but none of them were standard colors. I liked my little out Cast silkies...LOL I have to start over now but fingers crossed everything goes good.

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My photography skills probley didn't help

also they weren't fully dry in those pics but if there pq there pq

 

[sager:)silkies]

Yay i know u weren't saying they weren't nice and yep they are pretty and very freindly to the cockerel normally has a bigger crest but unfortantely got into a fight and lost most of its head feathers

They are still beautiful birds. I use to raise a mixed color flock none were BQ OR SQ..lol They had everything correct with huge crest but none of them were standard colors. I liked my little out Cast silkies...LOL I have to start over now but fingers crossed everything goes good.

 

[sager:)silkies]

Also wish u the best of luck starting over again

 

[Teresaann24]

My Avatar pic is of my Cuckoo silkie pullet you don't know how hard I worked to get her. She was amazingly beautiful It makes me so mad to see her pictures. UGH!

 

[sager:)silkies]

She is very pretty i like the cukoo silkies but some ppl say they will never come a recognized color becuse the males can't have mulberry combs becuse of the double dose of the barring gene

My Avatar pic is of my Cuckoo silkie pullet you don't know how hard I worked to get her. She was amazingly beautiful It makes me so mad to see her pictures. UGH!