Sufficient Self members with Poultry!

[Hinotori]

Partridge has been an accepted color for a long time. So is grey, white, buff, black, blue, and splash. I believe silkies are the only breed in which splash is actually accepted. Which never made sense to me.

They don't actually check for the patterning much, just that color is proper. I've seen a few partridge hens where you can see the penciling some. They are superb samples. Moorhead is not allowed in partridge for shows. So many people have bred them to have it that it's a pain when your trying to add new genes. I'd removed it from my flock, but the new birds I raised last year are all moorhead.

Roosters are very had to get the black proper on. Then there is the orange variant issue. That one is totally incorrect and can pop up occasionally even in some of the best flocks.

 

[tortoise]

Partridge has been an accepted color for a long time. So is grey, white, buff, black, blue, and splash. I believe silkies are the only breed in which splash is actually accepted. Which never made sense to me.

They don't actually check for the patterning much, just that color is proper. I've seen a few partridge hens where you can see the penciling some. They are superb samples. Moorhead is not allowed in partridge for shows. So many people have bred them to have it that it's a pain when your trying to add new genes. I'd removed it from my flock, but the new birds I raised last year are all moorhead.

Roosters are very had to get the black proper on. Then there is the orange variant issue. That one is totally incorrect and can pop up occasionally even in some of the best flocks.

I dodnt know what Moorhead was. You prompted a delightful rabbit hole of chicken colors! Thanks! Cant wait to see what mine will be. Theyre straight run. IDK what I have yet

 

[MeanCheek]

I have;
Pigeons
1 Pheasant
Ducks
Chickens
Quail
2 Turkeys
Muscovies (I know they are "ducks", but genetically and behaviorally they are very different)
1 Cockatiel
1 Conure

 

[Hinotori]

The dark brown or black head is moorhead.

This is a moorhead

This is proper partridge head

 

[Manda_Rae]

I have Chickens.
7 adults and
20ish juveniles ranging from 1month - 3months

 

[tortoise]

M

The dark brown or black head is moorhead.

This is a moorhead
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This is proper partridge head
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My previous silkie rooster RIP was a moorhead. I didnt care for partridge much. I'm a sucker for blues and blacks.

 

[Hinotori]

I had BBS long ago when I first got silkies.

 

[Hinotori]

This is my absolute favorite of all the silkie pictures Ive taken. She was so fed up with me making her pose so she tilted her head to give "the look". She's partridge but has 2 copies of lavender. It makes for a pretty bird.

 

[MeanCheek]

The dark brown or black head is moorhead.

This is a moorhead
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This is proper partridge head
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Oh, so every Partridge Silkie I've seen in person was a moorhead. Who knew.
I kind of like it better, could it be bred into a separate color?

 

[MeanCheek]

We need pictures!!!
Here are some of my birds,