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Post by Cluck N Waddle on Jun 17, 2009 14:28:11 GMT 8
Harsh environment is an understatement! lol, I think if a Silkie can survive out here in 45C summer days and then -3C autumn/spring mornings they can survive anywhere! How wonderful Jacquie, that your hen won at the Royal, when she lives a normal backyard life. Just goes to show that they dont have to be treated like pampered princesses to win at the big shows
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Post by fluffychook on Jun 17, 2009 16:32:04 GMT 8
Very encouraging actually Jacquie, shows that all the pampering that some do will help, but at what cost. I would rather lose and have happy chookens.
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Post by Duck Diva on Jun 17, 2009 16:56:13 GMT 8
Same here Tina.
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Post by lakelands on Jun 17, 2009 18:25:10 GMT 8
well said
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Post by ladyfeatherfoot on Jun 17, 2009 21:06:46 GMT 8
That is encouraging, the bit about backyard show winners that is, after reading that article, i'd pretty much stuck my heels in to never breeding to show, and showing the chookuns i'm 'planning' on getting! lol! glad I don't have to give up half my dream
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Post by horses7 on Jun 18, 2009 6:45:37 GMT 8
how can a chooken show itself off to its best in a a show pen if it is unhappy, bored and miserable. My show guys do get special treatment, they are put into small pens at night, so they are used to it, they do get carried out each day and carried back in each night, so they are used to be being handled, they go out into a pen that is on my back lawn with no dirt, (for about 5 mins until they get chance to make a dirt bath hole) my girls go in a pen together and my boys go out into individual tractors each day, these are covered in shade cloth so the sun does not colour their feathers during the summer, this time of year I dont bother as I think they need that bit of sun for Vitamin D, but if it is raining they do stay inside, and a couple of days prior to a show they do stay in the small pens once they have been shampooed, but I must admin I dont have breeds with feathered feet. Hopefully the chookens are happy and I am happy as I love going to the shows and showing off my beautiful guys. After all that ramble the point I am trying to make is that you can show chookens and they still can be chooks.
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Post by Duck Diva on Jun 18, 2009 7:40:14 GMT 8
Thats how it should be done Judy. If I was showing, thats what I would do.
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Post by Cluck N Waddle on Jun 18, 2009 8:35:21 GMT 8
Exactly how I reckon it should be done Judy. I'm sure your birds are happy. If only they knew how some of their fellow competitors had to live.
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Post by lakelands on Jun 18, 2009 10:49:58 GMT 8
Sounds like the best way to deal with it if you want to show birds . I assume after the showing season they go back into normal yards
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Post by beck on Jun 18, 2009 15:46:33 GMT 8
hmm i agree it is sad to keep them locked in sheds !! what a life.... And Yes steph my hubby did get them from mahogany creek i asked him !!!!! Do you know what i should expect in quality and colour ?? thanks
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Post by jacquie on Jun 18, 2009 17:47:44 GMT 8
i forgot to say thanks for the link tina!! i have had great fun looking at teh pictures.........the lemons are a pale buff and the blue partridge are called blue red (being pedantic LOL ) still got a few pictures to scroll through, it takes time with dial up
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Post by Cluck N Waddle on Jun 18, 2009 17:52:37 GMT 8
Beck, well they will probably all be white. I have a couple of birds from his line, that I bought from a lady in Goomalling who had purchased his eggs and incubated them. The pullet is very small, smaller than a Pekin. The cockerel is not too bad size wise, could be a little bigger. Good skin colour though and nice blue ears. Average leg feathering, no middle toe feathering though. But having said that, my two must be about 8 months old by now so he may well have better quality birds now
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Post by beck on Jun 18, 2009 18:22:51 GMT 8
ooh thanks steph can't wait now but i did candle the eggs and thought they did look small but as they were bantams i was unsure how they go and the leg feathering is not a biggy as my buff cochin has soooo much she has drama's in the wet poor baby ..I was just after a couple of girls for her actually so when she gets locked up she has some friends ( I sold the others and are now having trouble getting another hen ) she does not do well in the dirt and mud and i try to only let her out when it is dry or just the drizzle although i think she is rather attached to the dogs now and spends most of her time following them around the yard all day ..
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Post by tonsha4 on Jul 21, 2009 7:45:38 GMT 8
I am in the NT and wanting to buy a variety of pekins, silkies, frizzles and anything else I can get my hands on. Can you tell me where you purchased your eggs as I haven't had any luck tracking down anyone up here that I can buy from.
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Post by fluffychook on Jul 21, 2009 9:28:11 GMT 8
www.flickr.com/photos/silkiesThis is her website and her name is Maxine Cook, her email address is silkies08@yahoo.com.au If you can get hold of some of her silkies you will not be disappointed. I wish I lived closer to her. Good luck Tonsha and if you do get some we would love to see pictures.
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