Oh that is so exciting to hear!! I love silkies and was trying to decide between easter eggers or silkies for my next group, didn't even think i could have a combo!! Once they are grown, are they still a bantam size?
I think they definitely have silkie in them, bc my girl has a similar crest, 5 toes, darker skin, and black silkied feathers. I heard the silkie gene is recessive so she might be a mix of two silkie crosses? Idk! At first she was larger then my other bantams as a chick, actually the same size as a paint silkie that was a week older than her. While she is still about the same size as her older flock sibling, the other bantams are catching up to her in size (especially my mottled cochin bantam). I highly recommend the bantam Easter egger from mypetchicken! Very intelligent, beautiful, and mostly friendly birds (just slightly standoffish). I have two in my flock, along with the mottled cochin bantam, my green queen bantam, a sultan, a millie fluer, a silkie, and 4 seramas (two of which are silkied).
Ok that is cool.. i was hoping someone could tell me how bantam easter eggers did as far as friendliness. I also have 2 duccles, 1 bantam cochin (she needs a cochin friend in the next batch), and a new little polish girl. I did have 2 sweetheart silkies, but they are reallly just too loud to have as house chickens, so they got a very pretty organic garden home. I'll have a nice coop and run built out before the next batch arrives though. Excited about that and more chickens!!
Omg soooo pretty!! Ok i think i might get these then instead of regular bantam ee or silkies.. just so cute.
Here’s the other colors I got out of my 7.
I‘m pretty sure these come from Meyer. The description says possible silkied or wispy feathered. Maybe the white is wispy. Never heard that but time will tell
It is from meyer hatchery in Ohio. Mypetchicken sources their birds from them but claim it's from different stock
That's why some are exclusive to one and not the other. Fir example I think meyer has a sage egger bantam but mypetchicken doesn't. Both have green queen bantams however.
