Silkie thread!

[peepblessed]

i love the nighttime silkie pile-up!





here's my two prettiest silkies, B.B. and Yeti

Aren't silkies, the greatest fun!

 

[mama2my4]

question for you experts. Can someone tell me about roo comb coloring? Is dark preferred over light?

 

[sager:)silkies]

 
Aren't silkies, the greatest fun! e

 

Silkies sure are the greatest

 

[Sharksandguitars]

Imma gonna paint some lavender silkies today!

 

[BarnGoddess01]

You guys have to remember Sager is in CANADA - they do NOT have the same standards up there, nor a lot of the same blood in Canadian silkies - American Silkies are MUCH different than European Silkies, and Canada I think the silkies tend to look more along the lines of European with more Canadian breeders TRYING to breed to American Standards...

Sager, its hard for us in the US who are used to the American standards to critique your birds. Have you tried searching for fellow breeders up in Canada to get a critique from? They are who you need to get the opinion of for a TRUE assessment for the quality of your birds. Compared to American showbirds your birds would be classified from PQ - BQ none meet the American Silkie Bantam Standard of Perfection - but again I know Canadian birds aren't quite supposed to.

I'm sorry we can't be of more help hun

Canadians use the exact same Standard (and judges) as the US so we DO need to learn from the Americans. The APA represents all of North America. We don't have the competition up here so birds will place here that won't place south of the border. It is sad but true, we don't have much, if anything, to choose from up here yet. Poultry hasn't taken off with nearly the same enthusiasm in Canada as it has south of the border. But - there are several of us working to improve the quality of birds up here.

 

[peepblessed]

question for you experts. Can someone tell me about roo comb coloring? Is dark preferred over light?

I'm not sure if you mean dark red verses black or red verses dark red. I believe most colors of silkies should have a dark red almost black comb (mulberry). Red is a DQ.

 

[sager:)silkies]

Canadians use the exact same Standard (and judges) as the US so we DO need to learn from the Americans. The APA represents all of North America. We don't have the competition up here so birds will place here that won't place south of the border. It is sad but true, we don't have much, if anything, to choose from up here yet. Poultry hasn't taken off with nearly the same enthusiasm in Canada as it has south of the border. But - there are several of us working to improve the quality of birds up here.

barbara well siad i forgot to say it is the same standerd accept as u said our silkies aren't as good. Barbara u have the best cockerel i have ever seen in canada looks just like the states u to will be one of the ppl improving the silkies over heree thank you so much in a couple more years it should be easeir to locate great silkies I'm not saying there isn't great silkies in canada just hard to find

 

[mama2my4]

Thanks Peep. That is just what I meant!

 

[Teresaann24]

Bucket of silkie babies from last year

 

[Teresaann24]

My Fav odd silkie roo I lost him but I got his son & he looks just like him