Rural Gardening: Your Opinion on Your Breeds, 1 by silkiechick

silkiechick wrote:
i have pens with all purebred silkies but most of mine r both breeds together. in breeding for showgirls u get better quality and features from crossing them to each other. showgirl cross showgirl throws more throwback genes u don't want and kinda revert. like they will throw bigger combs larger birds, red necks stead of black, u kinda get more the turken comeing out. i always breed them to silkies. i put silkie roos with showgirl hens and showgirl roos with silkie hens.