Silkie thread!

[aoxa]

[COLOR=800000]Your guy is out of buff it looks like, possibly a buff X partridge...something has given him the inhanced red on the wing bows, so it is only speculation....but I would put him more as a buff than anything.  Its hard to tell though with a picture and not knowing the birds background at all, but  I see no evidence of actual penciling on your guy, though even on Sherb its hard to see his penciling in a picture but in person you can see it. 


Sherbert was hatched from eggs that come out of a Partridge X Blue partridge pen, the roo he come out of was a bright flame red/orange...Sherb himself is cream based, with red/orange and darker cream penciling in the hackles, wings, back...also he has splashings and penciling in a light blue (can really see it in his tail, even lighter almost lavender in his under color and wings) [/COLOR]

Very likely came from partridge to something else. He did not separate his colours, and I knew that when I got him. He mostly had blues and partridges with a few blacks. I didn't see any other buffs, but that doesn't really mean much.

I am using Steve in a sizzle project next year.

Hoping to get a new rooster for the silkies. Either a partridge or blue male. I can't decide which colour I like more. Maybe I should go blue partridge

 

[1chicken fan]

Sherbert is an "Oops bird" that I am trying to re-create. Genetically speaking he is a Splash Partridge, and is about 10 months old now.

Titus is a Partridge, he is just at 6 months old, still young and alot of filling in and growing up to to do still.

I love natures '"mistakes" a beautiful bird to re-create!!!

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

A breeder who shows told me that the judges prefer a dark blue that is almost black. I have some of those (2 months old); but I think the lighter blue is prettier. She shows the lighter blue- and people fuss at her for "not keeping to the standard" In the APA book, it doesn't really specify. Here is a pic of the light blue and the dark blue (scruffy because they are growing big boy feathers). I prefer the lighter.

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

Ack! Here's the pic

 

[aoxa]

Ack!  Here's the pic

I also very much prefer the lighter blue. Not sure why.. My lighter blue girls have always gotten darker after their molt.

 

[KMHunter]

Quote: I put a dust bat bin out for them and they didn't use it. I dumped it out on the ground and two seconds later I had a pile of feathers dust bathing like crazy! I don't get it!

 

[BuckNBark Farm]

Thanks!

 

[aoxa]

I put a dust bat bin out for them and they didn't use it. I dumped it out on the ground and two seconds later I had a pile of feathers dust bathing like crazy! I don't get it!

It took mine a while to get it, but after they did, they use the bins/pools a lot.

Caught the turkey doing it here I had a hard time getting soil out of my white birds when I went to take them to show (not silkies) I put regular black earth and sevin dust in it. They self treat for bugs.

 

[Chicken Tamer]

Here are some of my silkies
Cherry pie
Flufferfeet
Bazooka bubblegum
And here are the first two hens I posted
Flufferfeet and Cherry Pie

 

[aoxa]

Here are some of my silkies
Cherry pie
Flufferfeet
Bazooka bubblegum
And here are the first two hens I posted
Flufferfeet and Cherry Pie

I hate to be the one to say this, but all of those are boys