Silkie Question

[Kimmyk80]

I am wanting to add some silkies to my current flock, but I haven’t been able to find pullets to buy...only straight run. So are silkies harder to sex than other breeds?

 

[PioneerChicks]

Most hatcheries and other places that sell chicks don't sex any of their bantams (which includes silkies) because the bantams are extra small and maybe a little more fragile.

I don't silkies are much harder to sex then other breeds, but it just takes longer for them to grow old enough to sex. Read this to find out more: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/sexing-silkies.75451/

Silkies are a great breed! The one thing I would advise you to do is get it make a covered run for them. Silkie feathers aren't waterproof like most chickens, but they don't mind being out in the rain. A few times I have had to blow-dry them with a hair-dryer so they don't freeze on the nights it might go below freezing. But silkies are still some of my favorites, and I highly recommend them!

 

[Kimmyk80]

Most hatcheries and other places that sell chicks don't sex any of their bantams (which includes silkies) because the bantams are extra small and maybe a little more fragile.

I don't silkies are much harder to sex then other breeds, but it just takes longer for them to grow old enough to sex. Read this to find out more: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/sexing-silkies.75451/

Silkies are a great breed! The one thing I would advise you to do is get it make a covered run for them. Silkie feathers aren't waterproof like most chickens, but they don't mind being out in the rain. A few times I have had to blow-dry them with a hair-dryer so they don't freeze on the nights it might go below freezing. But silkies are still some of my favorites, and I highly recommend them!

Thanks for the info! I have wanted silkies for a while. I hatched some crosses from a local 4-H family last year, but they all turned out to be cockerels

 

[Linda1218]

Question does silkies develope waddles? If they do what age?