Official "I Love Silkies" Thread!!!

[6chickens in St. Charles]

So glad to see all the other Silkie friends who like chickens just because they're cool! I swear if somebody asks me "so, you keep them for eggs?" one more time.........

Here's Chloe:

And here's Chloe as a happy mom to her chicks!

 

[iluvmypoultry]

I have one white Silkie named April

. We started out with 3, but the other 2 were roosters.. so off to another 4H family they went. I wanna post a picture of April but I don't know how.. Can anyone help? I got her Easter 2009 and entered her in the Fl State Fair. She won reserve best of variety!

 

[sewchick]

6chickens in St. Charles :

So glad to see all the other Silkie friends who like chickens just because they're cool! I swear if somebody asks me "so, you keep them for eggs?" one more time.........

Here's Chloe:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/25976_04242010498.jpg

And here's Chloe as a happy mom to her chicks!

Awwwww she's cute. Ok I am asking do you keep her for show, sell fertile eggs, or just cause she's sweet. Maybe both? MMM and the eggs are a bonus. I pickle my silkie eggs. YUM.​

 

[6chickens in St. Charles]

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Awwwww she's cute. Ok I am asking do you keep her for show, sell fertile eggs, or just cause she's sweet. Maybe both? MMM and the eggs are a bonus. I pickle my silkie eggs. YUM.

We got her by accident, didnt know a thing about chickens. Now she's our sweetie pie. She's a momma! She had a hawk by the back of the neck yesterday, she's one fierce little momma. But she still comes to us for a "pick me up" and cuddle. I'm glad Chloe was the chicken who came home with the kids that day. If it had been just, all "regular" chickens, I don't think we would have kept them. She's the great educator about all things chicken! silkies really are different. I guess like Chihuahuas are dogs, but different...... Or Siamese are cats, but different....

Anyhow, our chickens are just pets, who also give us eggs (sometimes). I have learned to compost with their poop and wood shavings, that's a bonus.

 

[Chicklette 1]

This is Blue and Snowy. They are a young pair I bought after reading this thread. I just LOVE them and even though they are just getting used to the other chickens and the surroundings, they both show interest in me more than the other new chickens that I put in with my bigger girls. I can't get over the turquois ears on Blue. They are like a jewel in all that white fuzz.

 

[888]

nice chicks love silkies

 

[iluvmypoultry]

April is a white silkie and she won reserve best of variety at the Fl state fair. Shes about.. a year and a half.

 

[SilkieChickenLover336]

I LOVE SILKIES SOOO MUCH!!! i think they are the cutest chicken ever......wait are they even a chicken??? when i first saw them i was like that is a cat no waiy its a dog o wait what is it??? then my dad was like its a chicken and i was like AWWWWW it was sooo cute. i have 27 eggs in the bator right now and 13 of them are silkies and the other ones are silkiesXmillie fluersXD'uccleXserema yea they are a muttt but they are tooo cute!!!! oh and i think they are just so nice and sweet and i think i will marry one of my roosters!

 

[Mrs. Fluffy Puffy]

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Yeah!! More silkie lovers!

Sadly, I have 2 WS Roos and I'll be getting rid of both of them. They're ugly and I haven't had any purebred silkies or mutt silkies since I've had them. Plus they're super poor quality and just ugly!

Later on, when I get my breeding building I'll get some good quality silkies.

 

[Miyashi]

That's Yeta, my first Silkie. She's almost a year old now. I think she kinda looks like a Chinese dragon...the way she stands sometimes...other times she looks like she's wearing huge underpants!