A lot of folks have mixed breeds and they'll have a few silkies too. I'm not familiar with too many problems doing that as the silkies sort of stick together I've heard. I would just make sure if you get some that you get at least 4-5 as there's strength in numbers. ☺️
As for the heat, they...
Sometimes I'm jealous of other people's chickens, but my heart is held to only keeping silkies. They take a tish more maintenance than most chickens but I just love their demeanors and beauty. Good luck with adding more. :hugs
Beautiful chickens. :love I love that dark one with the white wings. It reminds me of a hawk, so majestic looking. That last one looks like she's wearing a cozy muffler. ❤️
I'm saving this for my neighbor who took a little white silkie last year. All she has is brahmas and thought it was hilarious watching him learn to jump on feeder to then jump on the back of a hen. She was wondering if he'd ever breed one as she kept seeing "his junk" on the hen's back. She...
We have both silkies, and silkie/bantam chochins here, and had 2 that looked just like yours. Way meaner and greedier than the little silkies so I'm phasing them out.
I looked it up and we are 7 hours and 6 minutes from you. Heading west at all? In two weeks I'll have fancier, as in bearded and hugely fluffy, silkies hatching from a dozen eggs I bought. I only want to keep a couple buffs out of the lot so will sell the chicks for what I paid for the eggs...