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How does one become an accidental owner of paint silkies, please share your secret, by Private Message is OK, I'd like to get in on the action, and possibly getting in line on being the next accidental owner
I don;t think you should read more into it than was stated. I know that coming right after the theft of your birds, it could sound suspicious. Except that I cannot see anyone making that kind of statement on a large public forum if their birds were obtained in a less than honorable manner.
Over the last few months, I have accidentally acquired a trio of muscovies, a trio of largefowl exhibition barred rocks, a grey silkie cockerel, a paint silkie cockerel and a serama chick. It all had to do with being in the right place at the right time, and meeting up with the right people. Accidentally acquired in my books is coming upon an unexpected opportunity and saying "yes" before that opportunity disappeared.
I was walking down the sale cages in Shawnee and did a double take--there was a very nice looking grey silkie cockerel WITH NO RED. Had had no plans to acquire a grey cock (to go with my grey hen)--heck wasn't even sure where to go as good quality grey males are rare as hen's teeth to voice a cliche. So I jumped at the opportunity.
I was at Deb's, and she had this gorgeous paint cockerel with an excessive over-abundance of the champagne off-colour. I am working on chocolate and khaki silkies, and the off-colour is very similar (it has also been compared to opal in OEGB). So now I have Chocolate-Man, with the idea of seeing how he works in the khaki breeding. It is really the off-colour that I am interested in, and anything I learn about that is more information for breeding it out of the paints.
The rocks and muscovies were more of the same: being in the right place at the right time.
