Are Silkies Bantams?

[chicksgalore]

Are Silkies only available as bantams?

 

[tiki244]

In the US I believe they are, but other countries have standards.

that sounds funny.

However, some silkies in the US are larger than others. I believe a show silkie is no more than 2 pounds, but pet silkies can be larger by a pound or two.

 

[Kanchii]

We are starting to get standard sized silkies in the US though they are hard to find and far from show quality, so are probably not even as big as a standard silkie is supposed to be.

 

[PurpleChicken]

Silkies are sometimes called Bantam Silkies but I believe that is wrong. They
are more a breed of their own.

I'm not even sure a silkie should be considered a chicken but a ground fowl.
In some areas they are known as Asian Ground Parrots. There are even
cave paintings in China depicting silkies as winged warriors.

 

[Half-a-dozen]

Quote:
Wow...never knew that, Thanks for the info PC...

 

[TerrasCritters]

Hopefully this link works, but there have been eggs for Giant, Standard whatever you want to call them silkies here, last I saw this person was selling her flock, she might still have them available??
http://ovabid.com/detail.asp?id=3592

 

[fancyfowl4ever]

Europe has both standard and bantam silkies(I met both in person and wow are the standards huge and the bantams tiny).

I call north american silkies mediums..... they are neither.

 

[chicken_boy_Kurt]

In the USA they are available as a bantam but there are real bantam silkies in Europe and standard silkies too. What we have in America are a large bantam or a small large fowl.