silkie bantam hens

These blue girls are too cute! We would love to keep them but we can't keep them all! This is a great way to get started silkie pullets without having to go through the guesswork of raising day-old chicks. These little ladies were hatched on our farm on 5/3/20. As with all of our chickens...

My 4 year old silkie hen gets lice often and I treat her and they go away and come back again. Not right away but they do. I keep an eye on her rump and keep it debris free and she’s usually a clean hen unless she’s broody. Today I was holding her and saw a louse crawl across her face. Scrubbed...

As hard as this is to believe.... I have too many chickens :p Selling five silkie bantam chickens as a group, four hens and one rooster. The splash rooster is three-years-old, the white hen is two-years-old and the three blue hens are all one-year-old. These chickens were all hatched on my farm...

Hi! I have two beautiful Silkie hens that need a good home. Both are purebred and came from a reputable breeder in Texas. One is white while the other is buff. Born in September 2017. They are happy, spoiled hens that lay eggs very often! I am a new first time mom and am unable to provide...

hello all! I’m from Illinois where winters get pretty cold. However, I have successfully merged isa Browns (full size) and silkies (bantams)! They cuddle together in the coop, they lay together in the same spot, and roam the yard together during the day for fun. The full size keep the silkie...

Hi all, Right now my coops dimensions are: 76L x 28.75D x 44.25H in. This includes a lower level run and then an upstairs enclosure with roosting boxes (I’ve attached a photo). The coop is advertised as being for 4 chickens. I currently have 4 silkie hens (about 7 months old) and am planning...

I’m wanting to buy blue and silver silkies and found some 5-8 weeks old, but the seller isn’t sure who is blue black or silver, any ideas on which ones I should take? Wanting hens if I can get them so any ideas on which ones might be ladies are also greatly appreciated

***SALE PENDING*** Looking to add some cute silkie hens to your flock? I have 3 hens for sale (2 white and 1 black). They have always been healthy girls and are laying eggs to the best of my knowledge. I just have too many chickens and need to downsize a bit. These girls are 2.5 years old and...

Hey. I am looking at adding more silkies to my farm along with a few Easter eggers and olive eggers. Does anyone know of any online hatchery's that ship and offer different color silkies along with easter eggers? I have looked at a few but the shipping is always more than the total of my chick...

Hey all! I have been on BYC off and on to read the threads but never really thought about signing up until now! I have a few chickens... I have 5 polish (2 are juvenile chicks and unsure of sex as of yet, 2 hens, and one roo) I also have 2 silkies (one is a hen and the other is a juvenile chick...

Hi Everyone! I got this beautiful Silkie and was told it was a rooster. It's 5 months old now and not crowing. Can anyone tell me if it's possible this is a hen? Also, what's this color called?

Hello all! We have a small flock of six sex link pullets (about 12-13 wks) and are hoping to add two Silkies to our flock. We have a 10 x 12 coop and they are free ranged in the evenings and on weekends. Let me know if you have any, thank you!

I have recently decided that I wanted to own chickens as pets. I’ve always wanted birds but birds like parrots and doves seemed to be a hassle. Then I realized that chickens exist. I’m going for the fluff ball of the chicken world, the silkie! I already have food, a feeder, waterer, heat lamp...

After repeatedly running into the fence because she had a dirt clod for a face, I decided to bathe and blow-dry my silkie. Since I was shampooing anyway, I used my daughter's color shampoo for fun. She's now strutting her stuff with the others - check out how confused my Buffy looks by Redkin's do.

Hello everyone! I'm seeking a pair of silkie pullets or hens to add to my flock. I'm located in SE Michigan and would be happy to travel anywhere within maybe an hour driving radius or so to make a pickup. I have a small backyard coop that currently only houses two senior bantam hens (turning...

Hello friends! My family and I are newcomers to the backyard chicken game and have 4 chicks reserved for this March! However, my dream is to have 2 silkies to add onto that (city has us maxed out at 6) and I can't find anywhere that ships less than 3 by March (I want them all to grow up...

Ok, so new Breeder and I may not have a lot of experience incubating and hatching baby chicks, but as far I've had incubated last year 2017 started somewhere in October and hatched 17 healthy chickens. I've purchased a lot of chickens for the past 2 years and I decided that I didn't want to...

hi I have two silkie and 2 Serama/silkie hens. I’m looking to add a few more to our little family and am also looking for a small silkie or bantam hen for a lovely Veterinarian who took one of our chicks with a twisted hock. She has other chickens but would like a small friend for the adopted...

We added Silkies to our flock this year and had winterproofed their coop by wrapping it with plastic and putting a tarp over the roof. We are having one of those bitter cold weeks with temps below 0 with the wind. I went to check on them and noticed a few of them had wet crests and when I...

Hey there! :frow I am thinking about getting a new chicken, maybe a Dominique hen. I have a silkie and am not sure how they will do together. I have read that Dominiques are a very docile and friendly breed. They also tend to be down near the bottom of the pecking order. They are a smaller...