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[Hinotori]

I am all for breeders that want to make a new color... and go the route of breeding to make sure that the "variables" are all bred out.... as well as THE PROPER TYPE and Comb.... how many different "colors" of a certain breed have I been told something is... to only see that the bird has the totally WRONG type of comb... or wrong color legs and feet.... or a totally wrong body type.... Or white earlobes on an obviously body shaped "rock".... that was the funniest I think I have ever seen... and had the person tell me that it was definitely a columbian rock with bright white earlobes....cannot imagine how they got that combination as any of the mediterranean class have a totally different type and it is usually more dominant when crossed with american class... the tails and longer saddles are a dead giveaway.... it was funny when you just let it roll off your back because you are not going to convince these "experts".... And I am far from an expert....

Like the "BLUE" color in some... that results in sports of black, white, and splash... but it is a given....
I like the different colors on some of your silkies... and admire that you are trying to make them a possible addition to the standard...

This is what I breed to. Though I do have sports that are fun pets or used for photography. Plus my blue egg project which by my guess might reach completion around gen 8 to 10. Im only up to gen 4.

 

[Hinotori]

I was hoping to find educational articles here. I'm not seeing any. Just threads. Am I not looking in the right spot?

Sorry for the thread hijack on chickens.

We post threads about subjects and then all add to it. No actual articles but sometimes the thread starter will structure the first post like one.

Yeah it makes it harder to find things sometimes. Searching by keyword in title will help bring up useful threads. Or ask and we can try and find the right one

 

[Hinotori]

Are they yours?

Yes they were. I had splash when I first got silkies. The paint cockerel was hatched in 2021. He was part of a batch of different colored silkie eggs. I just needed the partridge boys because that's the color I raise and I needed new blood.

Got some blue cream (aka porcelain) pullets as well. They look very close to my lavender patridge.

This is a lavender partridge. I don't actively breed for them. I've been trying to remove the lavender gene from my flock as Im not sure who actually brought it in. It's recessive so hides.

 

[Hinotori]

Welcome from the western part of Va. I am on BYH and SS and check out TEG some. I went on BYC but got a little tired of the ones with all these different chickens that weren't really what they said... I have raised and shown many different ones over 50 years and prefer for them to either be purebreds... or be crosses without fancy names.... plus my birds are also practical and have to earn their living... Am back into a few and looking to get more again as I am getting around better after several replacement surgeries...
Your silkie is cute... My sister had a little white leghorn bantam pullet when she was 5-6 yrs old from an egg that a very prominent breeder back then, gave her to hatch.... had a little cat harness she put on her and walked her all around the poultry shows... she lived in the coop but got special privileges.....
And your son is more adorable....

Have you been to the ameraucana thread? I look every now and then but dang is it tiring with people calling their mutt easter eggers as ameraucana. Then they get mad when you tell them they were not sold ameraucana. I blame hatcheries with a lot of that.

I only have one ameraucana left. Rest are EEs. Many are part silkie.

 

[farmerjan]

I am all for breeders that want to make a new color... and go the route of breeding to make sure that the "variables" are all bred out.... as well as THE PROPER TYPE and Comb.... how many different "colors" of a certain breed have I been told something is... to only see that the bird has the totally WRONG type of comb... or wrong color legs and feet.... or a totally wrong body type.... Or white earlobes on an obviously body shaped "rock".... that was the funniest I think I have ever seen... and had the person tell me that it was definitely a columbian rock with bright white earlobes....cannot imagine how they got that combination as any of the mediterranean class have a totally different type and it is usually more dominant when crossed with american class... the tails and longer saddles are a dead giveaway.... it was funny when you just let it roll off your back because you are not going to convince these "experts".... And I am far from an expert....

Like the "BLUE" color in some... that results in sports of black, white, and splash... but it is a given....
I like the different colors on some of your silkies... and admire that you are trying to make them a possible addition to the standard...

 

[flowerbug]

I'm on byc here and byh I have chickens but there more I want to learn on here and byh

with being a reader one part of learning any new thing for me was to go out and gather as many books as i could and then plow through them, skim some to get an idea of what i was getting into and then read the better written ones and try to learn as much as i could from other's experiences. now with the internet and youtube you have more dynamic and visual ways to pick up a lot so that can help too. the problem is finding people who actually also know what they're doing and sometimes it isn't always obvious that you're watching someone who's just starting out v.s. a really experienced person presenting what they know.

since i have very little experience with chickens or even raising birds (more with birds than chickens for sure but none of what i have done makes me an expert by a long mile) i'll never present myself as anything other than someone who watches birds and tries to pay attention to what wildlife can teach me. i do learn from reading chicken threads and topics or when people talk about them in passing, but i don't think i'll ever be keeping them myself (it's asking for trouble around here and i have enough of that asking going on as it already is with the gardens i grow).

 

[flowerbug]

Hello everyone! I'm wondering how many members are also active on BYC. That's where I spend most of my time. I just want wanted to pop in here and check things out!

welcome to SS from mid-Michigan. Floof is utterly adorable!

 

[murphysranch]

Welcome from So. Washington. I am on BYC but the format drives me crazy. So I stick mostly with TEG and this, and then over on BYH to learn learn learn.

 

[Hinotori]

All the mixed color silkies and people insisting they are some mde up color name, or something that doesn't look partridge/grey called partridge/grey because they are the only sexual dimorphic colors. Gold vs silver based is difference between them. Don't get me started on "Calico" which are just very badly bred and leaky splash usually.

Some newer colors are out there and many people are working hard on them so they will be accepted into the Standard. Like Paint and Blue Cream (aka porcelain which APA disallowed as a name because the silkie color has no relation to actual porcelain color).

 

[Missa@#5252]

I'm on byc here and byh I have chickens but there more I want to learn on here and byh