Their lightweight and small-size, coupled with the fact that they like to be handled, makes them a great pet for children, especially if you elect to show them.
We breed and hatch our Silkies at our farm in Reinholds, PA. We maintain our breeding stock with our incubating equipment. Chicks will be sent after hatching and shipped on Mondays.
All Silkie chickens for sale are carefully packaged, keeping in mind the season to accommodate weather conditions. From April 1 through October 31, the minimum order is Orders from November 1 to March 31 require a minimum of If you'd like to have Silkie chickens from our Bantam hatchery on your property, use our online ordering form.
Menu Toggle navigation. Silkie Chickens. Weight Silkies reach only inches tall. Good For Silkie chickens are often raised as show birds. Temperament Their calm, friendly, and gentle temperament make them a great pet.
Egg Production Silkies aren't known for their egg production and typically lay less than in a year. Time to Maturity Chicks from Bantam Silkie hatcheries mature reasonably fast. Breed FAQs Can you eat a silkie chicken? In fact, at Feather Lover Farms, we have never noticed our Silkie roosters crow. Oddly, Silkie roosters are much less likely to crow when there are other roosters present. Silkies lay about to small eggs a year and their eggs are either white, cream or sometimes a light tan color.
They are also prone to becoming broody on their eggs so collecting their eggs often will make it less likely for them to go broody on a nest full of eggs if you don't want them to hatch their eggs. If your silkie hen goes broody and attempts to hatch her own eggs, they make excellent chicken mothers.
We currently mainly have Blue, black, splash and white colored silkies in our unrelated breeding flocks but the colors you may receive could be blue, black, splash, white, buff, or partridge. We can not take special orders of a certain color Silkie yet so for now you will receive an assortment of silkie chick colors.
Most of our flocks are bearded but there's a small chance you can receive chicks that are non-bearded as well. Silkies are among a favorite chicken breed for kids. They are so easily handled and you usually can walk right up to them without them even flinching. The fuzzy top hat on their head giving them lack of sight probably helps with them being such a tame docile chicken breed. A study was conducted on favorite chicken breeds for children with silkies and other popular chicken breeds to choose from and silkies came in at number 1.
Silkie chicks are so adorable when they hatch with all that fluff, grey skin, extra toe and fuzzy notch on the top of their head. Striking blue coloured lobes also adorn the ears. Silkies differ from other fowls in that they have dark flesh and five toes. Standard Silkies are mid-sized chickens and weigh around 1. Cocks are larger than hens. Smaller varieties of chicken called bantams like the Pekin bantam can weigh as little as g whilst larger birds such as the Dorking may weigh around 6kg.
In addition to the standard Silkie, breeders have developed the bantam Silkie, which was shown in Australia for the first time at the Sydney Royal Easter Show Silkies are one of the most compliant and docile animals ever born and despite their soft delicate appearance are reasonably robust.
The birds can be tamed and are often regarded by their owners as a real pet. Combine this with their curious, delicate appearance and one can see why this bird is often an appealing choice for the novice or child. The warmer seasons usually bring with them a greater incidence of lice infestation. All birds should be checked regularly for lice and should have access to a dust bath. Scaly leg, caused by a mite which burrows under the skin, is best treated with an appropriate worming product.
Fowls can be wormed every three months. Silkies have an average lifespan of 8 to 9 years. Regular trimming of the nails is recommended; use strong scissors and file the nails smooth, as often as necessary. Silkies are not a difficult breed to look after as pets though they are a popular exhibit bird and as with all exhibited animals preparation for showing involves extra effort. Prior to showing, exhibitors can spend considerable time washing and grooming their birds.
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