Are silkies bantams?

[clucky2]

Are silkies bantams, or are they small standards? I read somewhere that it's the later, but I'd love a discussion. I have one silkie and five standard egg layers.

 

[b.hromada]

I was told that they are bantams.

 

[DiVon80]

They are listed in the ABA standard book.

 

[Marlinchaser]

I dont know what they are considered, All I know is they are not REAL chickens.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

They're poodles.......


No but seriously. The silkies in the U.S. are all considered bantams. I'm sure SOMEONE is working on a standard somewhere...

 

[SMan]

http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html#s

 

[Marlinchaser]

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