Silkie thread!

[Hawkeye95]

Awwww Gratz!!!

Thank you!!!

Just adorable! Looks splash to me. Congratulations!!!!

Thank you-- and I sure hope she is Splash!! I LOVE that color!

 

[peepblessed]

as far as I understand it is not a DQ but it is a fault. if a judge notices they can fault the bird points for it.

I can't afford the book right now and the ASBC site says to refer to the book for other DQ's. There is also vulture hocks and split wing and angel wing, right?

 

[ChickensXOXO]

Okay!!! I had a baby hatch this morning! My ONE and only... an only child!! I just got home a little bit ago. But before I left this morning, I did get a couple of pictures of her (which made me a bit late). AH well. My new chick!!!

Here's my broody mama (she's not really the mama, BTW-- my Black pullet laid this egg) My chick is under her! (BELOW)

This is the baby-- I set her down to take her picture, and then I felt terrible I did that, she couldn't stand up yet. (BELOW)

She's still a little wet here-- after I took this pic, I put her back under mama hen. (BELOW) BUT look-- she has a vaulted skull like her real mama has! It's quite a vault, too-- I don't know if I should be worried about it????

OKay, and I just got home like 15 mins ago and I took these two pictures-- she's all fluffed up... well, kind of! LOL

And here she is-- cutest thing EVER!! Okay, I'm just saying that because she's MINE!! LOL

(BELOW)

So she must have hatched pretty early this morning, because the first two pictures were taken around 8am and she was already about half way dry. What color do you think she is??? Her daddy is Splash and mama is Black (or a very, very dark Blue). Is she Splash????

A BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU!

 

[Tripp16]

Here is the silkie hen I am in love with. She was hatched out December 14th so she 5 months on the 14th. What do you guys think of her quality and color?

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

I can't afford the book right now and the ASBC site says to refer to the book for other DQ's. There is also vulture hocks and split wing and angel wing, right?

vulture hock is a DQ in most breeds except D'uccles that actually vulture hocks is part of their standard...I have never heard of a silkie being DQ'ed over vulture hocks because you can't really tell if they even have them.

Split wing is a DQ. Angel wing i've only ever heard of in ducks, and looks much like split wing.

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

Here is the silkie hen I am in love with. She was hatched out December 14th so she 5 months on the 14th. What do you guys think of her quality and color?

Shes beautiful, but for a buff shes got way too much smutty black/dark coloring (wings, tail, neck, crest)
Type wise she looks long in the back (though it could be the angle of the shot and if she was moving around) and she does not have the deep chested look I'd expect to see in a near 5 month old pullet, but again it could be because of the angle and her cooperation for the shot...

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

I can't afford the book right now and the ASBC site says to refer to the book for other DQ's. There is also vulture hocks and split wing and angel wing, right?

I don't have a book either, but SOMEWHERE I have a copy of some of the important pages someone sent me via snail mail, if I can find that packet I will let you know.

 

[mama2my4]

Congrats Hawkeye! She is so cute. Broody hen is beautiful too!!

 

[Tripp16]

Shes beautiful, but for a buff shes got way too much smutty black/dark coloring (wings, tail, neck, crest)
Type wise she looks long in the back (though it could be the angle of the shot and if she was moving around) and she does not have the deep chested look I'd expect to see in a near 5 month old pullet, but again it could be because of the angle and her cooperation for the shot...

No she is TINY I have been trying to put weight on her. They are all skinny. Not so much so that their unhealthy but they just arent as fat as I like them to be. Im not much into showing so I figured she wasnt SQ. I still think shes gorgeous. Thanks again for your input!

 

[ScaredOfShadows]

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As for the critique I was assuming you were asking for a type and standard critique sorry if I misunderstood!

She is beautiful I love the columbian look to her honestly.

I have some silkies who are very light and have very little mass to them and I have others who come from different lines that are super heavy weights, if they eat well and are still light feeling, they are probably always going to be a 'light weight