Re: types of combs on silkies

Ginny <glvl88ATyahooDOTcoDOTuk> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> Just a query on the types of combs that a silkie
> would normally have.
>
> I just looked up this site:
>
> http://web.uconn.edu/poultry/4-hpoultry/anatomy.html
>
> and up until now thought my silkies had strawberry
> or pea combs. Mine actually look more like the
> strawberry with the buttercup prongs; large and
> round on the males, just a small lumpy bump on the
> females. Is this normal or "true to type"?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Ginny


Hi Ginny

thanks for sending the link to this useful page, I've bookmarked it
because sometimes I don't remember the proper English expressions for
chicken details :-)

The Silkie's comb is described in the German standard as being a short
rosecomb without spike, similar to a halved walnut.

A Buttercup's comb is cup-shaped, starting with a leader like a single
comb, but then dividing into two combs, as it were, forming the cup.
Ideally, it should be closed again at the back, but more often than not
it isn't. It does not, however, resemble a Silkie's comb in any way, not
even in colour ;-)

HTH

Nuele

PS. Silkies are lovely - Any chance of getting to see pictures of yours?
.