LOL! I am so sorry Ick is a monster. I will gladly replace him for free but you have to pay shipping and keep Ickabod or find him a new home.I can send free silkie friends along with a cockerel to make up for his awful behavior.
I raised a perfectly round, typey, large crest with extra long streamers, nice combed, nice foot feathering, clean neck, radiant snow white, naked neck cockerel. I had great showing plans for him because he is so beautiful and sweet natured. He is my ONLY male clean neck nn silkie.
Last week I did a double take...in the middle of his big crest his nice little comb grew into a single comb!! I am so bummed. I took him out of the frizzle pen and put him in with the cockerels and roosters because frizzles already carry a recessive gene even though they are a good 10 years of breeding away from the original crosses with frizzle cochins. I don't need a single comb polluting their genes, they have perfect combs and so do their chicks.
Now what do I do with this cockerel that I primed for show and handled??? Single combs haven't been a problem in my naked necks until this guy. :( When I have culls and plan on using them for food they are not handled and trained. Sigh...
Cathryn rainbowsilkiesTM Michigan
From: Laura A. Roberts <laura0554@hughes.net>
To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2012 10:10 PM
Subject: RE: [CHICKENS-101] Black Silkies
Omg, I think my Polish are part Silkie. They have beaks, too.LOL!
Also, Polish personalities are WAY different from Silkies. They are kind of Spazzy—and very vocal! They overreact to everything! Silkies are calmer, chit chatty and sweet. (except Ickabod, my Naked Neck Silkie from HELLo!)
Laura
Laura Roberts
R Half Pint Farm
Spotsylvania, VA
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