Giant Silkie Project.

[MysteryChicken]

He weighs 2.25 pounds.

Then he's a bantam.

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Then he's a bantam.

It was the modern game bantams I was referring to, not the American. Their legs are way longer but he has a similar body type.

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

Then he's a bantam.

I looked in my bantam standard and he weighs 12 ounces less than the show weight

 

[MysteryChicken]

It was the modern game bantams I was referring to, not the American. Their legs are way longer but he has a similar body type.

I want to get Standard Modern Games.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I looked in my bantam standard and he weighs 12 ounces less than the show weight

He's tiny.

 

[Fluffy Lambs]

He's tiny.

He is. I need to weigh my buff one I have been comparing him to.

 

[MysteryChicken]

This is how much my smallest silkie weighs.

 

[MysteryChicken]

I am also thinking about adding some Heritage Plymouth Barred Rock into the genetics, since they're huge, plus I like the barring pattern.

Haven't been able to get Cuckoo Silkies, so might as well make my own, especially Giant ones.

 

[MysteryChicken]

 

[Chickpalooza]

This project is designed to create giant fluffy chickens.

Who doesn't love Silkies, & wish they had some the size of Brahmas?

I have both Silkies, & Brahmas, color patterns isn't a concern until Silkie feathering, 5 toes, & black skin are produced.

I'll only be using my largest Silkie cockerels/roosters to breed with my Brahmas.

Pictures of my large Silkie cockerels.

First Boy is next to a Bantam Silkie cockerel for size comparison.View attachment 2013213View attachment 2013217Second Boy next to a 5 gallon Bucket.View attachment 2013219View attachment 2013221Here's a picture of my Brahmas.View attachment 2013223

Year before last I ended up with a broiler silkie roo (dunno how or why) I hatched a clutch from him and a bantam silkie lady, got 2 cockerels, who are smaller than dad but bigger than a standard silkie roo. currently not intending to hatch more, but thought it might be relevant-ish to the thread, at least enough to post it here anyways.