Silkie horns

[SundownWaterfowl]

The book says all cushion combs should be dq'd for spikes. Is a walnut comb the same as a cushion comb? Forgive me if I sound stupid.

 

[TomNY]

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RR-PP makes cushion, walnut and strawberry combs. The differences are caused by modifiers. Tom

 

[ultasol]

interesting. I do appreciate the information, because it does pop up a lot in silkies. Those 'horns' probably come from the infusion of polish blood. What a PITA.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

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Apparently a long time ago the silkies were required to have the horns on the comb.. https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=189934

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Right as usual.

May be, but silkies have a walnut comb; not a cushion comb. At one time the standard called for spikes on the comb, or so I have been told by several LONG time silkie breeders.

 

[SilkieTime]

Thank you everyone.

Are these called spikes or horns?

 

[racuda]

Interestingly, the 1910 edition of The Standard of Perfection required a "cushion comb covered with small corrugations set prominently and firmly on the head".

 

[NYREDS]

On further review as the NFL refs say- the ABA Standard lists "horns protruding from the comb" as a defect. The APA Standard, on page 6-7 of the 2001 edition states [Comb, [5] Silkie.....Sometimes 2 or 3 points hidden by crest, others w/o points." In the APA Standard this condition is not identified as a D/Q or a defect.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Sounds like something the standards committees need to address. I know most silkie breeders prefer to breed against their presence.

 

[SundownWaterfowl]

Does the ABA standard of perfection go into more detail on the silkie breed than the APA standard?