Can you get a purebred silkie that is standard?

[M To The Maxx]

I am just curious.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Only if you know the right people. And I don't.

 

[M To The Maxx]

How is it possible though?

 

[SarahFair]

A big silkie?
I MUST find!!

 

[Krys109uk]

In UK silkies are considered standard & there is also a bantam which is quite a bit smaller.

 

[wegotchickens]

To me, Silkies have never been a true bantam. Just like bantam Polish are not really 'bantam' in the traditional sense of the word. My d'Uccles are truly bantams though!

 

[jeremy]

i recently asked this question, see this post:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=221734

i'd love to get my hands on some larger than life silkies, but i don't know if i've got the pocketbook to afford them.

 

[roocrazy]

you could but it would be super hard

 

[pipermark]

Silkies come from the orient and they were orginally they were a standard size bird. There black meat is considered special.

They were bred down for showing purposes much like poodles were.
(Poodle originally hunting dog).

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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I don't believe that is correct. The standards in Europe & Australia are larger than US birds, and their bantams are smaller. Silkies have been in the US for much longer than in Europe (according to several European breeders)--Krys, Henk, please correct me if I am wrong on this. I have also read that it is very easy to lose the larger size of the standard silkies--that they will revert to smaller size if one is not very careful to pay attention to size as well as other traits in selection.