If you could choose any breed of laying hen to be have silkie feathers, what would it be?

[msiler]

Easter Egger!!! I adore the color variations, the beards and the possibility of colored eggs : D Them and cochins <3

Thank you all for your responses!!

I agree! Easter eggers would be fun because you can get the wild color varieties AND the colored eggs!

Sapphire gem! Would they still have the temperament of a silkie or just feathers?

The goal would be to have them be just like their "original" breed, but with silkied feathers! Of course, maybe make them be a little extra friendly because who doesn't want friendly chickens?

Of ones that aren't common if at all real:
Araucana, Ayam Cemani and Phoenix

These would be fancy!

I think the floofyness of an Orpington (or Australorp or Cochin) would be fabulous in Silkie feathers! It would be way too cute!

Good point! The ones that are already floofy would look extra adorable with silkie feathers!

Silkie-feathered Cochins, at least in bantam size, already exist; I have a flock of them and I adore them! There are also silkie-feathered Ameraucanas, though they seem to have gotten rather scarce in recent years, even more so than they were initially.

Other than them, if I had to choose one from that list, I think Orpingtons would do rather nicely with silkied feathering, and possibly Wyandottes, Barnevelders, and Brahmas as well. I don't think the breeds with longer tail feathers would look as nice with silkied feathering, personally, so Leghorns and Anconas (and my beloved Dorkings) wouldn't do much for me. The rest, heck, I'd take any of 'em in silkie-feathered varieties! I love silkied feathering

Haha I'm with you there! If it's silkied I'll take it! I'd love to see photos of your silkied Cochins if you ever want to share, they sound super cute.

 

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Haha I'm with you there! If it's silkied I'll take it! I'd love to see photos of your silkied Cochins if you ever want to share, they sound super cute.

Careful what you wish for! I have tons of pictures of them and I love to share them!

...In an effort not to go too far overboard, I'll stop myself here.

 

[AntiqueB]

They are absolute balls of silked adorableness!