Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Nicks_Chicks]

Silkies are dumber than rocks

 

[CSolis]

Silkies are dumber than rocks

But they are sweet, and friendly.. great parents too! They may appear dumb just from all that hair on the head.

 

[Nicks_Chicks]

But they are sweet, and friendly.. great parents too! They may appear dumb just from all that hair on the head.

Don't get me wrong, I love silkies and have owned several. But they are very dumb

 

[Nicks_Chicks]

Don't get me wrong, I love silkies and have owned several. But they are very dumb

To be fair to silkies, most chicken breeds in general are dumb

 

[CSolis]

Silkies are dumber than rocks

I had one boy that insisted I carry him to roost every night.. That was until he found a lady he liked.. that was the end of my boy friend.

 

[CSolis]

To be fair to silkies, most chicken breeds in general are dumb

I find chickens to be very intelligent. All mine know their names, and the roos know who I'm referring to when I talk about their wives.

 

[Nicks_Chicks]

I find chickens to be very intelligent. All mine know their names, and the roos know who I'm referring to when I talk about their wives.

Mine do that too. And they like to eat dog crap

 

[Hinotori]

Well here are my two choices in Red males with red heads.. Note: it's the young one with 4 toes, but great in every other aspect. One year old View attachment 3993181 vs 4-5 month old.View attachment 3993180View attachment 3993179

The older one is more partridge color.

I like the tail and body on the younger one better.

If going for color with partridge hens, older is better choice. If not worried on color, I would probably use the younger one and just cull out any 4 toed offspring from future breedings. Can often find homes easily for 4 toed pullets so that shouldn't be an issue.

 

[Hinotori]

Silkies are dumber than rocks

Cut their crests so they can see. That's most of their issue. They've proven smarter on learning than my ameraucana and easter eggers.

2 weeks to get the large fowl to use a treadle feeder. 3 days and silkies had it down. Then they figured out how to use the treadle feeder to kill any starlings or such that try to steel their food.

 

[CSolis]

The older one is more partridge color.

I like the tail and body on the younger one better.

If going for color with partridge hens, older is better choice. If not worried on color, I would probably use the younger one and just cull out any 4 toed offspring from future breedings. Can often find homes easily for 4 toed pullets so that shouldn't be an issue.

Young one hasn't gone thru all his molts yet, so final color is yet to be determined. I'll put the pullets in with the older one until he's at least a year, then make up my mind.