Silkie chickens in PNW

[DucksAndGardens]

I really want a silkie chicken. But I live in the Pacific Northwest where it's rainy 9 months of the year and muddy for 10 months. If I got a silkie would it just drown from being in the rain all of the time? I have a coop and a covered area but my chickens free range in a field and I'm worried that if she tried to join the flock then she'd end up all soggy. Anyone in the PNW have silkies?

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

You could always have an inside girl. But, then again its not very practical for most people, considering the smell, mess, housing, poop, and more. A lot of times they don't mind being wet. As long as she has a accessible covered area and it's not cold or chilly, she will be fine. Best of luck!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Many out here keep silkies, and not just as house pets. Good management can provide a clean, dry (relative.....mostly meaning not a mud pit) coop and run with happy, healthy birds. Deep litter method in the run with part or all of the run being roofed goes a long way in providing plenty of outdoor living space that can be used year round

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

I was talking about having an indoor silkie. Not an outside one, because your right, so many people have them!

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

My sister has three in her current mixed flock... they range with the flock and have not presented any special issues