Huh? It's a chicken? It lays eggs?

[Wifezilla]

he had trouble believing that silkies were chickens

I'm still trying to come to terms with that concept

 

[Guinea Goonie]

When people come to my barn I hide my silkies. I would not wish this addiction on any one. Heck, they may even call the law and tell them them I enabled them and started them on a horrid addiction.

Just Kidding.....

 

[Happy Chicken Mama]

Yep,

Our silkie went to the farmers market with us yesterday and rode around in the little red wagon.

Most people asked me what kind of poodle she was.

She does act like a dog... but a poodle?? She has a beak for petes sake!

I guess Ill have to be like rimshoes and hide her in my barn... oh wait... I don't have a barn. Oh well.

 

[farmgirlie1031]

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LOL I used to walk my sheep 5 miles a day to get them ready for shows and people always asked what breed of dog they were. I like Silkies but I don't currently have any.

 

[Cara]

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So you didn't have your wife removing the tree stump?

 

[joebryant]

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So you didn't have your wife removing the tree stump?

I would, but that'd be as hard as getting her to milk a cow. Let's face it, some women are just lazy.

 

[TXmom]

My mom saw my Silkies for the first time on Thursday. She LOVED them! She said "OMGosh, they look like MUPPETS...no wait, what are those puppets with strings??? Oh yeah, marionettes...they look like MARIONETTES!" She thought they were so cute

 

[joebryant]

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When I'm talking about them to someone who's never seen one and not where they can see mine, I describe them as something out of a Dr. Seuss book.

 

[TXmom]

Hehehe, Dr. Seuss, that's perfect!

It's funny that Silkies have been around forever (Marco Polo wrote about them, right?)...and they are so popular with us crazy Chicken People...so why don't more people know about them? I mean, I've never owned a ferret...but I know what it is

 

[Buster]

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I think that he knew chickens lay edible eggs, but he had trouble believing that silkies were chickens.

Calling Silkies, "chickens", is a stretch. I usually refer to them as fake chickens.