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@Old Man Tom right?! I feel like I accomplished something HUGE today!:lau

@Hinotori that makes sense! I didn’t realize full meant just to remove from the flock. Man, you learn something new every day! Today I went to the feed store for more chicken feed and guess what! They had SILKIES!!!! It was like a sign from above that I needed them ;). But, I passed...

They are adorable. I can see why so many people have them! You said earlier in the thread that you’ll most likely have a few cull partridges....doesn’t cull mean kill? Why would they be cull? Or am I confused....which is very possible! I’m off to bed, I’ll check back tomorrow sometime...

That’s a gorgeous color! Man, I really want silkies now! Why did I not know about these little cuties before I ended up with a flock of big birds?! @penny1960 goodnight, thank you for the chat!

Omg I’m dying right now! Hatching rocks! Soooo they’ll sit on standard eggs and hatch them? None of my other breeds are broody. Well, not guaranteed to go broody anyway. So could silkies be used to hatch their eggs? Better than a rock, right?! :lau

Haha I love it. Silkie kingdom! Hmmm...well, I have plenty of room, I’ll have to build them their own kingdom and then find some to bring home and love ❤️.

Well darn :(. I can’t do that then

So can you keep them with a flock of normal sized hens? Like if I wanted to get 4, would they be ok in my flock of 27 standards?

:love They’re sooo cute!! Do they stay smaller than a standard sized hen?

I agree, genetics is a nightmare. I had to learn it for humans and I HATED it....for animals it’s 10x worse but for some reason I love it! It just takes me a LONG time to catch on and learn

I think it’s fascinating. Albeit confusing! Wow, how interesting!

Why all your chickens are dark? Do you have pics? I wanna seeee! :D

Yes, that’s right! I remember reading that now. I wonder why two copies make it lethal, but one makes it cute? Lol

@Hinotori you’re the Silkie connection huh? Do you breed them? If so, what do you sell? Chicks or hatching eggs? My husband will likely kill me if I get any more birds right now, but gotta plan ahead right? ;)

Yes, they really should be more forthcoming as to what breeds they’re actually selling. The Aracauna....oye no wonder I’m so confused!! I’ve been researching the Amaracauna breed and read that they were related to Aracaunas, but there was a gene that was bred out of Aracaunas that caused...

Haha those two “Ameracaunas” could be my two older girls twins!! And that Wheaten....wow, gorgeous!!!

I’ve heard so many wonderful things about silkies! I think I want to try those next. They don’t sell those in the farm stores around here thoug so I’m not quite sure where to get them. I’m SO new to this chicken thing! Ha! Oh ok that makes sense! Thank you for all of your help. This...

But now I’m curious, forgive me for taking over the thread! Is THIS one an EE too? Her legs don’t look as geeen to me.

Thank you, I think she’s gorgeous! I LOVE her eyes. Thank you for the pic references. She’s definitely not a silver!! Haha! I saw a picture of a hen that looked a lot like her when I searched for silvers, so I assumed that’s what the pic was of. But I guess not!:confused: Thank you! :hugs...

That’s kinda what I was thinking too. I have a really hard time telling them apart!