silkies!

Hi! I’m new to chickens but after dreaming about getting them for 4 years and obsessing for 4 months, my sweet hubby finally gave in! He built my dream coop and run. We have a 3 and 4 year old girls ready to love on our 4 Silkies and 4 Satins (two of which are frizzled) who are 5 months old. We...

Hello, my babies are between 3 to 4 weeks. They are silkies! I was wondering how I could get them more tame, I talk to them and they talk back, when they hear me they beep A lot. I was wondering if it’s where they are so young, is why they are still skittish. When I hold them, they are so sweet...

Howdy. I'm a young married man who relatively recently bought his first house and started a huge garden and then one morning his wife saw an ad on Offer up for $10 Silkie chicks, and now we have 5 chickens of varying ages and only half a clue about what we're doing. I've had a parrot for...

Hi, I have a 6 chicks mixed breed all now 15 weeks old.They have been together from a day old and seem to get along just fine.Ive noticed 1 out of my 2 Silkies chooses to sleep alone on the floor whilst the other 5 sleep up on top of their nesting boxes. I feel so bad for it being alone as they...

I myself have just gotten silkies! I am loving every minute with them. They’re so fun and fluffy and just plain amazing! So... Let me see your Silkies! This isn’t a contest. Example: Name: BlueBell Sprinkle Age: 5 days Color: Blue Splash Fun fact: BBS (BlueBellSprinkle) is currently being...

Well, here it is...I've finally done it! I've made a dedicated, open-ended topic which will become a journal of my adventures in Chook Land! I hope it proves interesting, and maybe even useful, but above all I hope to make new friends and revel in our shared passion for "feather puppies," as my...

Hi! I am looking for two female white silkie chicks - or young adults - Can you ship to 70115 ? Can anyone recommend where I can purchase one? Thanks so much! :)

Hello, what a great site. I do not yet have chickens, but I do have 2 male Peacocks; they have their own walled garden and coop where they eat and sleep but do come and roam the garden with the family. I don't have chickens; however our farm does and the chickens wander down and hang out. If...

Hello, I have two silkies that I need a second opinion on if they are female or male? They are only a few months old. I'm really hoping they are hen's but I'm leaning more towards male. If you could also please tell me what you look for in younger Silkies? Or even silkie chicks? To tell you...

This is my daughter holding her favorite chicken. He just had a bath and is sleeping in her arms as he often does. He is a male bearded silkie about 5 months old. And spoiled rotten!

Hello fellow silkie owners I created this thread for you to post pics,ask questions,answer questions,and just tell your silkie stories!!!