I grew one chicken in my entire life. I bought a chick when I was still in elementary from a chick vendor near school (this is really long time ago, mind you). It grew well and one day it was gone. My grandma told me it ran away. I was sad to hear that. Fast forward a few decades and out of the blue, it just hit me. The dinner menu was chicken the day it ran away... I am sad to admit it but I am 90% sure my grandma lied to me that day... 
Anyway now I have 11 years old son who likes soft fluffy things. He wanted to have a pet so I suggested chicken and showed him the photos of the white silkies and that was it. I searched and called around and was able to locate 3 weeks old 2 unknown genders "white" silkie chicks only 12 miles away so I drove there with my son. When I got there, both looked kinda yellowish but the seller told me not to worry as the color will turn whiter as they mature.
Once we got back, we gave a quick bath to both and put them in a make shift indoor 2x2 box coop with newspaper/shaving with a bit of food and water. My son and I decided to observe them for a bit till they got used to the surrounding. One chick was very active and pooped a lot of often while other one was quiet and didn't poop much. They chirped different too. One would chirp very loud and clearly multiple times and the second would chirp once in a very soft tone.
When they slept, the active one was sleeping next to the smaller box which I put in there as resting area while the quiet one shoved its head behind it so that its head was between two boxes and slept. Hopefully the second one is not sick though my wife thinks the active one is male and quite one is female. I am hoping my wife is right about the 2nd one though I hope both are females since I do have picky and nosy neighbors.
As my son and I got ready to sleep, my son reminded me not to kill them and eat them like his great-grand ma did with my chicken. I told him that I am not as brave as his great-grandma to kill live chickens especially if they are being raised as pets no matter how much I like to eat them. He seemed to like my answer but added that he wants to grow them at least till the feathers were soft and furry. Hopefully we can raise both silkies healthy till both die due to old age with the help and info we get from BYC.
Anyway now I have 11 years old son who likes soft fluffy things. He wanted to have a pet so I suggested chicken and showed him the photos of the white silkies and that was it. I searched and called around and was able to locate 3 weeks old 2 unknown genders "white" silkie chicks only 12 miles away so I drove there with my son. When I got there, both looked kinda yellowish but the seller told me not to worry as the color will turn whiter as they mature.
Once we got back, we gave a quick bath to both and put them in a make shift indoor 2x2 box coop with newspaper/shaving with a bit of food and water. My son and I decided to observe them for a bit till they got used to the surrounding. One chick was very active and pooped a lot of often while other one was quiet and didn't poop much. They chirped different too. One would chirp very loud and clearly multiple times and the second would chirp once in a very soft tone.
When they slept, the active one was sleeping next to the smaller box which I put in there as resting area while the quiet one shoved its head behind it so that its head was between two boxes and slept. Hopefully the second one is not sick though my wife thinks the active one is male and quite one is female. I am hoping my wife is right about the 2nd one though I hope both are females since I do have picky and nosy neighbors.
As my son and I got ready to sleep, my son reminded me not to kill them and eat them like his great-grand ma did with my chicken. I told him that I am not as brave as his great-grandma to kill live chickens especially if they are being raised as pets no matter how much I like to eat them. He seemed to like my answer but added that he wants to grow them at least till the feathers were soft and furry. Hopefully we can raise both silkies healthy till both die due to old age with the help and info we get from BYC.
Chickens are fun.
I don't keep them but a friend of mine does. Lots of threads here on BYC on the care of Silkies. They do need a bit more attention paid to them to thrive well compared to the average chicken. Make sure you keep the hair trimmed out of their eyes so they can see. If they don't see well, they can become dehydrated, suffer from malnutrition and even wander out into traffic or even ponds. Add extra vitamins to their diet, they can be genetically proned to vitamin deficiency.
