Toes on silkies.....what are they supposed to look like to win at show

[vetgirl00us]

I'm new to silkies but was fortunate to get some eggs from a reputable show breeder to hatch. I ended up with eleven birds. I'm not sure what I'm working with but they all have huge, domed heads and five toes. I normally show Serama and OE and I had a guy telling me about the spacing of the toes on a silkie was a big deal. Can someone explain or even better post pics of good, better, best and totally wrong for the toe placing? Those toes are hard to see on the fluffy showbirds in the cages lol.

 

[vetgirl00us]

So nobody know anything about toes on a silkie????????

 

[rilly10]

I would do a search on silkie feet or silkie toes. There are TONS of these threads with pics on here.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Toes on silkies are a big deal in judging only if there are not 5 of them. I've never seen a judge pay much attention to spacing, and I have seen them miscount toes, too. All in all, TYPE is the biggest issue.

Now I am not sayng that breeders do not or should not care about correct spacing, but that was not your question. Three toes pointing forwards, two pointing back and up, all well spaced wiht little webbing. They should be well feathered. Most breeders say the more foot feathering the better, but the standard actually lists "too heavy foot feathering which usually brings out stiff feathering" as a defect. Seems to me that the stiff feathering is the actual defect, but it is poorly prhased.

 

[vetgirl00us]

thank you!