Rural Gardening: Mail Order Chicks, 1 by silkiechick

silkiechick wrote:
rotfl, first of all the only chickens that lay blue eggs are ee, americanas and auracanas and sometimes polish(i have had polish frizzles who did and also came from blue eggs as well). no turkens do not lay blue eggs only light tan like an ivory color sometimes a little darker. i have raised them in standard, bantam and crosses and that is the first i have ever heard of a blue egg from either a turken or a silkie,lol.

egg color has nothing to do with showing at all in any way. showing has everything to do with the look, quality, breeding, ect of the bird it's self and how good of stock the judge is seeing. i beg to differ with a maron not being showable for 1 because i have seen them at every show i have shown and not shown at but also because even if it is not a recognized breed or color it still can be shown in an all other breeds class or they can special make a class for it.

take for instace the one above mentioned as a turken x silkie that's called a showgirl i not only raise a flock of them but also show them. there is no class for them and they will not enter them in a bantam feather leg all other class because so many want the breed to be recognized which as of yet the aba has not accepted it. so instead they place them as section 811 bantam feather leg showgirls, they make the class for them. that is how new breeds get shown so people know what they are and eventually get excepted into the standard of perfection. that is my goal with my showgirls and me and my partner breeder are stiveing so hard to get to. we are now on F12 sg's. most are not past generation 6 yet with them and they are not as new as most people think they have been around for some time now.

showgirls lay white and ivory eggs also and ya can't tell them from a silkie egg they look identical. here is a pic of some of my show winners they have always taken first for the girl on the right, 1st for the boy in the middle and 2nd for the boy on left in all their shows as well as some of my others. everyone shown has gotten 1st and 2nd places. i have them in white, partridge, splash, blue splash, calico, gray and buff so far.

here's a few pics for those that haven't seen the breed yet. i'll pop up a baby pic too they are so neet to see and a pic of one of the entry tags and ribbon to show ya that although not a recognized breed a showgirl still can be show same way a maron can be also.

hope these things help answer some of the questions,
silkie