Silkie thread!

[peepblessed]

You know what's weird? I find my boys have different eyes than the girls. The shape is larger and more round. Maybe I am crazy.. Maybe not.. Who knows lol.
I can see resemblances between mothers and chicks right away. I have too much chicken in my brain I think

Also the beak thing.. Probably doesn't help that dad has a girly beak.

Haha!!! That's definitely a girly beak! I think the boys have a fierce look in their eyes.

 

[2hot2chicken]

I posted some pictures a while back of a couple pullets we were going to take to the state fair to get some comments or suggestions on whether or not we were just wasting our time or if you'all thought we might actually do good.....

Results:
The judge was very strict and dq'd so many birds in general at the fair I was shocked. Then it came to our silkies. My daughter took 7 birds, 4 indiv. and a trio of buffs we picked up a couple weeks before the show.
The black you thought wouldn't do so good got BV and then the blue got BB and BV. we got 2 more 2nd places and the buff trio got 2nd place (which was great since 1 of the hens was moulting pretty bad and the other got a stain in her crest). I thought for sure the judge was going to dq at leased a couple of what we brought because I was being so critical of them but after I talked to him about them and he pointed out all of the great things about them and how nice they really were. Then him and a 4h leader who was helping run the poultry at he fair were practically begging us to bring them back in and show again at a youth show in October!

Holly crow I didn't know what to say..... Here i was being so critical and I didn't even realize how nice they were..... I did realize however that my camera skills are terrible because looking at them at the show and looking at the pictures I took a couple weeks before the show that I posted here and they do not even look like the same birds at all... LOL

Of course thought as soon as we got no more than 3 days and now 3 of the pullets we brought went broody for their first times....... All I can do is laugh now I guess? LOL

 

[peepblessed]

I posted some pictures a while back of a couple pullets we were going to take to the state fair to get some comments or suggestions on whether or not we were just wasting our time or if you'all thought we might actually do good.....

Results:
The judge was very strict and dq'd so many birds in general at the fair I was shocked. Then it came to our silkies. My daughter took 7 birds, 4 indiv. and a trio of buffs we picked up a couple weeks before the show.
The black you thought wouldn't do so good got BV and then the blue got BB and BV. we got 2 more 2nd places and the buff trio got 2nd place (which was great since 1 of the hens was moulting pretty bad and the other got a stain in her crest). I thought for sure the judge was going to dq at leased a couple of what we brought because I was being so critical of them but after I talked to him about them and he pointed out all of the great things about them and how nice they really were. Then him and a 4h leader who was helping run the poultry at he fair were practically begging us to bring them back in and show again at a youth show in October!

Holly crow I didn't know what to say..... Here i was being so critical and I didn't even realize how nice they were..... I did realize however that my camera skills are terrible because looking at them at the show and looking at the pictures I took a couple weeks before the show that I posted here and they do not even look like the same birds at all... LOL

Of course thought as soon as we got no more than 3 days and now 3 of the pullets we brought went broody for their first times....... All I can do is laugh now I guess? LOL

That is totally awesome!! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sanna]

I know because she is now 14 weeks old

That would make sense.

 

[aoxa]

I posted some pictures a while back of a couple pullets we were going to take to the state fair to get some comments or suggestions on whether or not we were just wasting our time or if you'all thought we might actually do good.....

Results:
 The judge was very strict and dq'd so many birds in general at the fair I was shocked. Then it came to our silkies. My daughter took 7 birds, 4 indiv. and a trio of buffs we picked up a couple weeks before the show.
The black you thought wouldn't do so good got BV and then the blue got BB and BV. we got 2 more 2nd places and the buff trio got 2nd place (which was great since 1 of the hens was moulting pretty bad and the other got a stain in her crest). I thought for sure the judge was going to dq at leased a couple of what we brought because I was being so critical of them but after I talked to him about them and he pointed out all of the great things about them and how nice they really were. Then him and a 4h leader who was helping run the poultry at he fair were practically begging us to bring them back in and show again at a youth show in October!

Holly crow I didn't know what to say..... Here i was being so critical and I didn't even realize how nice they were..... I did realize however that my camera skills are terrible because looking at them at the show and looking at the pictures I took a couple weeks before the show that I posted here and they do not even look like the same birds at all... LOL

Of course thought as soon as we got no more than 3 days and now 3 of the pullets we brought went broody for their first times....... All I can do is laugh now I guess? LOL

Congrats! I doubt I will ever bring home BB for silkies when the competition here is extremely tough... Still the owner/shower/judge of the silkies that compete against mine - encourages me to go and compete. He said they were a good first start, and I was being overly critical.

Shouldn't a mother's love be biased, instead of the other way around? haha

 

[PNWGirl]

Results:................
The black you thought wouldn't do so good got BV and then the blue got BB and BV. we got 2 more 2nd places and the buff trio got 2nd place...................

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
What a great way to start your show career!!!
If you took any photo's, there, please post them!

Sheila

 

[sheeshshe]

My son got the silkies for his birthday to hopefully show them at the fairs, he is joining 4H He loves chickens and needs a hobby LOL. We got ours from a great local breeder, she said her lines are from catdance, hat trick, and something else, I can't remember. Hopefully they turn out really nice and he can feel confident in showing them. It should be fun!

Now, I know that the absence of a toenail is ok in showing, what about having 2 toenails on one toe?

 

[peepblessed]

My son got the silkies for his birthday to hopefully show them at the fairs, he is joining 4H He loves chickens and needs a hobby LOL. We got ours from a great local breeder, she said her lines are from catdance, hat trick, and something else, I can't remember. Hopefully they turn out really nice and he can feel confident in showing them. It should be fun!

Now, I know that the absence of a toenail is ok in showing, what about having 2 toenails on one toe?

Extra toe nail is a DQ.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: No, extra toe is, but not toenail. However, depending on the appearance of the extra toenail, the judge may decide that it actually constitutes an extra toe...for example lobster toenail versus two toenails coming from the same spot, and growing together side by side.

 

[sager:)silkies]

suze what about the toenail being between the toes would that consist of a DQ