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Jenn's Animals

Northeast Mississippi

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Showgirls

Showgirls are a cross between a silkie and a turken. Eventually, after many generations, you want to end up with a silkie with a naked neck. You want all of the qualities of a silkie especially the blue skin, silkie feathering, five toes, good foot and leg feathering, very few hard feathers, etc. I have been working on Showgirls since 2004. I had trouble finding some so I decided to create my own. I started out with a turken hen and a red silkie rooster.  I have enjoyed working on them but they do take a lot of work and patients. Two of my showgirls that hatched in 2008 came from another breeder. 

Hatched 2008

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Blue Hen P1080278.JPG (113682 bytes) P1080279.JPG (109158 bytes) P1080280.JPG (102773 bytes) 

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Splash Hen P1080319.JPG (110863 bytes) P1080320.JPG (100527 bytes) P1080321.JPG (100399 bytes)

Hatched 2007

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These are f3's and f4's. I have a couple more but have not gotten pics yet. The grays are f3's and the blue hen and white cockerel are f4's. Hopefully this years hatchlings will go much better than last year. I had very few naked necks hatch out. 

Here are the previous generations since 2004

(F1) 1st Generation

hatched 2004

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(f2) 2nd Generation

Hatched 2005

These were all that ended up with naked neck and silkie feathering:

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I am proud of my creations this year. 3 girls and a boy.

(F3) 3rd Generation

Hatched 2006

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