| ♥Bearded Silkies♥ Blue, Black, Splash, White and Lavender |
Harvest Breeze Farm
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| Feather Legged Bantams - Weights: Cock 36 oz. Cockerel 32 oz. Hen 32 oz. Pullet 28 oz. |
•Shape - Male and Female
•Comb: Male - Walnut - set firmly and evenly on head,
almost circular in shape, preferably broader than longer,
with a number of small prominences over it, a slight
indentation or furrow, transversely across the middle,
rising at a point just forward of the nostrils and extending
backwards to a point parallel with the front of the eyes.
•Female - Walnut, very small, well formed. Rest of the
description same as the male.
•Beak: Short and stout, curving to a point.
•Face: Surface smooth, skin fine and soft in texture.
•Eyes: Large, round and prominent.
•Wattles: Male - Non-Bearded: medium size, concave,
nearly round, fine in texture, free from wrinkles or folds.
Bearded - very small, concealed by beard., natural
absence preferred. Female - Non-Bearded: small,
concave, forming a half circle, fine texture, free from
wrinkles or folds. Bearded: small to nonexistent,
concealed by beard.
•Ear-Lobes: Male - Non-Bearded: small, oval, fine in
texture, free from wrinkles or folds. Bearded: very small,
almost concealed by muffs. Female: very small, rest of
description the same as the male.
•Crest: Male - medium size, soft and full. as upright as
comb will permit, having a few silky feathers streaming
gracefully backwards from lower and back part of crest.
Female: medium size, soft and full, globular, upright,
well balanced.
•Head: Moderately small, short, carried so that a line
drawn parallel with tip of the tail will bisect the comb.
Beard & Muffs: Bearded varieties - thick, full, extending
back of eyes and projecting from sides of face and
composed of feathers turned horizontally backwards,
from both sides of the beak, from the center, vertically
downwards, the whole forming a collar of three ovals in a
triangular group, giving a muffed effect.
•Neck: Short, gracefully arched, with a very full hackle
flowing well over the shoulders.
•Back: Male - short, broad from shoulders to saddle,
quite rounded its entire length rising gradually from
middle of the back towards tail. Female - short, broad
from shoulders to cushion, quite rounded its entire
length, rising gradually from middle of back towards tail.
•Comb: Male - Walnut - set firmly and evenly on head,
almost circular in shape, preferably broader than longer,
with a number of small prominences over it, a slight
indentation or furrow, transversely across the middle,
rising at a point just forward of the nostrils and extending
backwards to a point parallel with the front of the eyes.
•Female - Walnut, very small, well formed. Rest of the
description same as the male.
•Beak: Short and stout, curving to a point.
•Face: Surface smooth, skin fine and soft in texture.
•Eyes: Large, round and prominent.
•Wattles: Male - Non-Bearded: medium size, concave,
nearly round, fine in texture, free from wrinkles or folds.
Bearded - very small, concealed by beard., natural
absence preferred. Female - Non-Bearded: small,
concave, forming a half circle, fine texture, free from
wrinkles or folds. Bearded: small to nonexistent,
concealed by beard.
•Ear-Lobes: Male - Non-Bearded: small, oval, fine in
texture, free from wrinkles or folds. Bearded: very small,
almost concealed by muffs. Female: very small, rest of
description the same as the male.
•Crest: Male - medium size, soft and full. as upright as
comb will permit, having a few silky feathers streaming
gracefully backwards from lower and back part of crest.
Female: medium size, soft and full, globular, upright,
well balanced.
•Head: Moderately small, short, carried so that a line
drawn parallel with tip of the tail will bisect the comb.
Beard & Muffs: Bearded varieties - thick, full, extending
back of eyes and projecting from sides of face and
composed of feathers turned horizontally backwards,
from both sides of the beak, from the center, vertically
downwards, the whole forming a collar of three ovals in a
triangular group, giving a muffed effect.
•Neck: Short, gracefully arched, with a very full hackle
flowing well over the shoulders.
•Back: Male - short, broad from shoulders to saddle,
quite rounded its entire length rising gradually from
middle of the back towards tail. Female - short, broad
from shoulders to cushion, quite rounded its entire
length, rising gradually from middle of back towards tail.
•Saddle: Male - Rising from back at base of cape, very
broad and round, plumage profuse and long, lower
saddle feathers flowing over tips of wings and mingling
with fluff.
•Cushion: Rising from back at base of cape, very
broad and round, plumage abundant.
•Tail: Male - short, very shredded at ends, well spread
at base, filled underneath with an abundance of soft
feathers which are overlapped by coverts and lesser
sickles, the whole forming a duplex curve with back
and saddle. Sickles, lesser sickles, and coverts -
abundant, soft, well curved, without hard quills,
concealing main tail feathers. Female - short, very
shredded at ends, well spread at base, filled
underneath with an abundance of soft feathers which
are overlapped by cushion and coverts, the whole
forming a duplex curve with back and cushion.
•Wings: Medium size, closely folded, carried well back
and nearly horizontal, well above the lower thighs
ending short of stern. Shoulders and fronts: concealed
by hackles and breast feathers. Bows and coverts:
Very well rounded. Primaries: medium length, well
shredded, tapering convexly to stern, tips concealed by
saddle feathers.
•Breast: Carried forward, very full, well rounded and of
great depth and width.
•Body And Fluff: Body of moderate length, broad, deep
and well rounded from breast bone to stern and let
down well between the legs.
•Legs and Toes: Male - Legs short and stout, set well
apart, straight when viewed from the front. Lower
thighs: short, stout at top, tapering to hocks,
abundantly feathered. Hocks: covered with soft and
silky feathers curving inwards about the hocks.
•Shanks: rather short, stout in boner, well feathered on
the outer sides with silky plumage, the upper part
growing out from thigh plumage and continuing into
foot feathering. Spurs: medium size and length, set
just above the 5th toe. Toes: five, the three front
straight, well and evenly spread, the hind toe double,
the normal toe in natural position and the extra toe
placed above, starting from close to the other toe, but
well formed, longer than the other toes and curving
upwards and backwards; the outer and middle toe well
feathered. Female - same as male except no spur.
(Bare middle toe a serious defect in either sex)
broad and round, plumage profuse and long, lower
saddle feathers flowing over tips of wings and mingling
with fluff.
•Cushion: Rising from back at base of cape, very
broad and round, plumage abundant.
•Tail: Male - short, very shredded at ends, well spread
at base, filled underneath with an abundance of soft
feathers which are overlapped by coverts and lesser
sickles, the whole forming a duplex curve with back
and saddle. Sickles, lesser sickles, and coverts -
abundant, soft, well curved, without hard quills,
concealing main tail feathers. Female - short, very
shredded at ends, well spread at base, filled
underneath with an abundance of soft feathers which
are overlapped by cushion and coverts, the whole
forming a duplex curve with back and cushion.
•Wings: Medium size, closely folded, carried well back
and nearly horizontal, well above the lower thighs
ending short of stern. Shoulders and fronts: concealed
by hackles and breast feathers. Bows and coverts:
Very well rounded. Primaries: medium length, well
shredded, tapering convexly to stern, tips concealed by
saddle feathers.
•Breast: Carried forward, very full, well rounded and of
great depth and width.
•Body And Fluff: Body of moderate length, broad, deep
and well rounded from breast bone to stern and let
down well between the legs.
•Legs and Toes: Male - Legs short and stout, set well
apart, straight when viewed from the front. Lower
thighs: short, stout at top, tapering to hocks,
abundantly feathered. Hocks: covered with soft and
silky feathers curving inwards about the hocks.
•Shanks: rather short, stout in boner, well feathered on
the outer sides with silky plumage, the upper part
growing out from thigh plumage and continuing into
foot feathering. Spurs: medium size and length, set
just above the 5th toe. Toes: five, the three front
straight, well and evenly spread, the hind toe double,
the normal toe in natural position and the extra toe
placed above, starting from close to the other toe, but
well formed, longer than the other toes and curving
upwards and backwards; the outer and middle toe well
feathered. Female - same as male except no spur.
(Bare middle toe a serious defect in either sex)
| Disqualifications: * More or less than 5 toes * Absence of beard or muffs. * Shanks not feathered down outer sides See APA Standard for Other DQs and cuts |
| Best Of Variety: 10 points x Number of Silkies shown IN THAT VARIETY Reserve of Variety: 5 points x Number of Silkies shown IN THAT VARIETY Best of Breed: 15 points x TOTAL SILKIES SHOWN Reserve of Breed: 10 points x TOTAL SILKIES SHOWN FeatherLeg Champion 100 points Featherleg Res. Champion 50 points Champion Bantam: 200 points Reserve Champion Bantam: 100 points |
| Click on the Silkie Chick for current point standings. |
| Silkie Standard♥ |
| *We are currently working on the lavender color. I will be updating the progress here as we move forward, It's such beautiful color!! |
| I AM IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING MY SILKIE PAGE SO BARE WITH ME WHILE I MAKE SOME CHANGES. VERY EXCITED ABOUT OUR SILKIE BABIES HATCHING NOW FOR 2010. THE LAVENDER PROGRAM IS GOING WELL, EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW BABIES READY TO HATCH ANY DAY. I WISH ALL OF YOU SILKIE FOLKS LOT'S OF SUCCESS IN 2010, HOPE YOU INCUBATORS ARE FULL AND YOUR BABIES ARE AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU HOPED FOR. TAKE CARE ALL! SHARI 12-23-2009 |