Just Wright Silkies

07/25/2024

After 12 years, I have finally joined the Master Exhibitor club! Thank you to everyone along the way and to the American Silkie Bantam Club for being such a great organization. 🏆

07/04/2024

All prepped and ready to make their way home with Helen Alicia Smith to western NY! Thank you for trusting my line 😊

04/12/2024

This is wild.

03/31/2024

03/22/2024

I created a live event for this! See you on Saturday, March 30, 7pm EST!

03/22/2024

Clan mating explained, the pros and cons of clan mating, how to start your own clan mating program and the best tools to keep trap of your chickens' parentage.

01/20/2024

Hey all! I look forward to our Silkie Type chat tonight, discussing the top part of the bird- I have some interesting and informative information to share with you, followed by a Q&A. Hope to see you all there! I was thinking about hanging out with a new bird tonight, or maybe I'll just bring Luke again:-) See you tonight LIVE at 7pm EST!

01/19/2024

PSA (or rant, you choose):
They are either Satins OR Silkies; there is no such thing as a satin silkie.
They are either pencilled OR laced; there is no such thing as pencil laced.
🤦🏼‍♂️
PLEASE research before buying into fads..

01/08/2024

Look forward to another chat about silkie type- we will be discussing the top part of the silkie- neck, hackle, black, saddle, and tail. After the presentation, I will do another Q&A! I hope to see you there!

01/07/2024

Valuable information, folks!

01/05/2024

Updated pictures of our splash sport from blue partridge X blue partridge

01/05/2024

ASBC Junior Scholorship
Please read the entire post for rules.

A scholarship award shall be earned by a deserving Junior Member at the end of his/her membership. Junior Members that are 17/18 (graduating high school)and will be moving to the Adult level membership are elgible to apply. You will be required to show proof of college entry and write an essay for consideration.

Please send to the following email:
[email protected]
Subject line:
ATTN: Junior Director 2024 Scholarship Application

All applications are due by March 31, 2024 and the winner will be announced by the end of April 2024. If you have any questions, you can send them to the above email address.

12/31/2023

Hey all, preparing for the first installment of "Silkie Type" we will basically go over the entire head- according to the Bantam Standard of Perfection. I will go over the topics and then try to answer as many questions as possible, I hope you can make it!

12/17/2023

Shouting this from the rooftops! Thank you for being much more eloquent than I, Shari.

11/25/2023

Blue Partridge - Splash “sports:”
This little cutie came from two blue partridge parents. Because we are working with the andalusian blue gene, Blue Partridge breeds just like a B/B/S (Black, Blue, Splash) pen. Blue X Blue yields 50% Blue, 25% Black, and 25% Splash - IN THEORY (genetics aren’t always perfect). This chick is considered a “splash partridge;” some will refer to as a “sport” or a throwback variety/odd byproduct. I don’t consider them odd at all because they can be expected when crossing a Blue Partridge to another Blue Partridge. They can be very helpful in accelerating a blue partridge program because crossing them to standard “black” Partridge should give you 100% Blue Partridge offspring. Unfortunately this particular chick has the wrong comb type, so it’s going to live in Emily’s pet pen, but I am hopeful this same cross will produce a couple usable splash partridge chicks for us.

11/25/2023

Keeping track of lineage:
At hatch, I place a colored rubber band on each chick’s leg to note which breeding pen it came from. At two or so weeks of age, I wing band everyone that has made the cut in the first couple rounds of culling (right out of the incubator, and again just before wing banding). Wing bands are such a convenient form of permanent ID, each with their own numbers and completely hidden from sight once they grow out and feather in a bit. Leg bands are fine too, especially the ABA permanent bands, but there is such a short window to get them on - put them on too soon and they just fall off, wait too long and the foot has grown too big. Wing bands can go on at any time.

11/21/2023

This season’s chick makers!
We typically hatch from mid November until the end of March. Cody works in the natural resources field here in Ohio, so winter is usually nice and slow. Brooding chicks during the cold months may sound like a pain, but we have found that this time frame works out best and makes for fairly hardy chicks with practically no risk of loss due to coccidia.

11/13/2023

This gorgeous pullet had to stay home from the big show. Unfortunately she developed a bit of a head bob and a possible high placing wasn’t worth risking her life. Maybe next year little one. 🤍

11/13/2023

Finally able to breathe after a busy weekend at The Ohio National.
BV bearded partridge pullet out of a decent size class, BV & RV non-bearded partridge with a hen and a cockerel respectively, and BV & RV bearded blue partridge with a pullet and a cockerel respectively.
Plus, my first hatch of the season really popped off with about 60 babies!

10/16/2023

Really pleased with how this young pullet is growing

10/16/2023

2023 Michigan Fowl Fest results:
Green card -
Bearded Partridge, BV Pullet and RV Pullet
Non-bearded Partridge, BV Hen and RV Pullet
Non-bearded White, RV Pullet
Best and Reserve NSV Bearded Blue Partridge Cockerel and Pullet respectively
White card -
Bearded Partridge, BV Pullet and RV Pullet
Non-bearded Partridge, BV Hen and RV Pullet
Non-bearded White, BV Pullet and RV Pullet
Best and Reserve NSV Bearded Blue Partridge Cockerels

10/08/2023

DFFC 2023 fall double show results

White card:
BV non-bearded white pullet
RV non-bearded white pullet
BV non bearded partridge hen
RV non-bearded partridge pullet
Blue card:
BV non-bearded white pullet
RV non-bearded white pullet
BV non bearded partridge hen
RV non-bearded partridge cockerel

Added the photo of my NB white cockerel at the end just because he is really pretty 😉

10/01/2023

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10/01/2023

Spa day for this season’s show birds

09/08/2023

Gotta love a head dunker 🤦🏼‍♂️

07/30/2023

We had ourselves a big day yesterday ❤️