Now I get why I was told this weekend not to bother bringing my "porcelain" pair to the show OR stressing about what to call them. "Until we get whites perfected in Canada, no point wasting time on anything else." Was basically it. (Thankfully, I've always marched to the beat of my own drummer...
Really??? Well, GO Elliot. (There is NO question Elliot is my favourite boy but, as much as I love and adore him, I'm not convinced he is my best quality boy - to a point (he does have a lot going for him) .... ). Guess I still have a lot to learn about the world of showing Silkies.
I'm going to put all these names to the APA/ABA guys next weekend. I'll let you know if any of them are received less violently .... (these guys are a hard bunch to work with .... no offense! )
Who else likes "Wedgewood"??? Apparently "porcelain" won't fly with with APA because we lack mottled genes. Wedgewood was suggested as an alternative. I LOVE it. Would love to see some support to get a variety name going. "Self blue cream" won't fly, so I'm told, because it's too long. "Blue...
I have a very nice pair of "porcelain" from Catdance that I fully intend to move forward with - even if I am being pounded for it by the purist poultry folks that don't seem to think project colours have a place in Canada. Especially since we can't come up with a name for the variety ....