Silkies Of A Different Color

[Debbi]

Might want to mention for the new ones, that this is the Salmon color pattern. These are Salmon Faverolles, and not Silkies!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

True, but a variety (colour pattern) is pretty much the same from one breed to another

 

[Debbi]

True, but a variety (colour pattern) is pretty much the same from one breed to another

You and I, and others in the breed know that; but someone new to the breed may not. They would be thinking, "what is wrong with my Silkie, he looks nothing like those birds!" While education and research should be done prior to obtaining anything new, well let's just say some folks don't.

I had a gal this summer, when the temps were over 100* ask me, hold on now... "Don't you shave the HAIR off of them in the summer so they can be cooler??" Needless to say, she did not leave here with any of my birds! I told her to go and do some more research on the breed, and then we would talk. This breed is not for everyone, and I told her so. She called me two months later, and thanked me for that info, and that the breed was indeed, not for her. What we tend to take for granted after we have learned, may not be necessarily readily understood by all. Just saying...

And yes, while I understand it is a "variety"; my terming it as a "color pattern" would be more readily understood as an immediate definition than would "variety".

 

[moomoodiddy]

You and I, and others in the breed know that; but someone new to the breed may not. They would be thinking, "what is wrong with my Silkie, he looks nothing like those birds!"  While education and research should be done prior to obtaining anything new, well let's just say some folks don't.

I had a gal this summer, when the temps were over 100* ask me, hold on now... "Don't you shave the HAIR off of them in the summer so they can be cooler??"  Needless to say, she did not leave here with any of my birds! I told her to go and do some more research on the breed, and then we would talk. This breed is not for everyone, and I told her so. She called me two months later, and thanked me for that info, and that the breed was indeed, not for her.  What we tend to take for granted after we have learned, may not be necessarily readily understood by all. Just saying...

And yes, while I understand it is a "variety"; my terming it as a "color pattern" would be more readily understood as an immediate definition than would "variety".

ok that just made my flippin day!!!!!! hair really ....its a chicken!!!!!

 

[moomoodiddy]

ok im interested in playing around with silkie volorings wat basic standard colors do i need to start out with?

 

[aubreynoramarie]

Hey guys, I had a showgirl chick hatch last night that has some very odd markings. She's all black with a white mask on her face. I've never seen anything like it! Thought I'd share. I love this look! !!!

 

[peepblessed]

Hey guys, I had a showgirl chick hatch last night that has some very odd markings. She's all black with a white mask on her face. I've never seen anything like it! Thought I'd share. I love this look!



!!!

What a cutie! Never seen this before.

 

[moomoodiddy]

Hey guys, I had a showgirl chick hatch last night that has some very odd markings. She's all black with a white mask on her face. I've never seen anything like it! Thought I'd share. I love this look! !!!

omg cant wait to see her when she is older

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Well, that is not that far different from how Marco Polo described them (a black chicken with hair like a cat).

 

[Debbi]

I was counting heads this morning and noticed one more than usual, piled up with a couple of black Silkie girls. Looked again, and it was a kitten! Chickens with hair like cats, evidently seems the consensus with the cats too! Kittens that think they are chickens...

I hope I can get a pic of that some morning, it was too cute!