Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Davethebirdman]

First and foremost - ABSOLUTELY NO HATING ON SILKIES ALLOWED!!! If you aren’t here to support our fuzzy friends, don’t respond.

Silkies get a bad rap for the following:
"Looks like a dust mop"
"Too hard to maintain"
"Poor immune system"
"Dumber than rocks"
"0 predator awareness"
And oh, so much more.

Well my friends - I thought so too, until I actually got silkies for myself. These are some of the most wonderful birds out there.

I’ve found them to be highly heat tolerant, wonderful mothers, having the strongest immune systems in my Bantam flock, GREAT LAYERS (that’s right folks), adorable as all get out, and more.

I currently have 9 silkies - and my rooster has been nothing but a gentleman to his ladies. They free range daily and I’ve not had a silkie get killed by a predator yet. My hens average 5 eggs a week - not too bad for a silkie, eh?


Most of the time, these silkie haters haven’t even owned the breed, but rather pretend they know everything.


So... let the fun begin! Support our silkies!

Pictures always welcome.

Be mindful, and respect others...

Off-topic discussions are allowed, though try to maintain the subject of silkies.

-Kayla-

We have unconditional love!!

 

[Chickeria]

Freedom, Liberty, Independence, and Justice as of a week ago:
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I'm photographing their comb growth week by week to help silkie sexers! Details and pictures in this thread: Silkie Combs Week by Week

Such beautiful cuties!
What a great idea with your thread about comb development!

 

[Rysktal]

My little floofs are just over 4 weeks old now! I moved their (non silkie) hatchmates outside but kept these babies inside, with me, to be my friends, for a little while longer, lol! You can hear me saying "please be girls" every day

 

[Chickeria]

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My little floofs are just over 4 weeks old now! I moved their (non silkie) hatchmates outside but kept these babies inside, with me, to be my friends, for a little while longer, lol! You can hear me saying "please be girls" every day

Awww look at all that fluff Can you only keep them if they are girls? Then I will pray for you they are little pullets!

 

[TJAnonymous]

How do you tell your Silkies apart when they are the same color? On my standard breeds, I used to use colored leg bands. Can you use those on Silkies with their leg feathers? I would think it would cause irritation....

 

[Rysktal]

Awww look at all that fluff Can you only keep them if they are girls? Then I will pray for you they are little pullets!

I already have 4 roosters here, I would be pushing it to keep more than that ❤

These silkies are just for my own fun, the rest of my flock is for eggs and meat.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

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My little floofs are just over 4 weeks old now! I moved their (non silkie) hatchmates outside but kept these babies inside, with me, to be my friends, for a little while longer, lol! You can hear me saying "please be girls" every day

They are so cute! Love their faces. They look like sneetches from the Dr. Seuss book!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

How do you tell your Silkies apart when they are the same color? On my standard breeds, I used to use colored leg bands. Can you use those on Silkies with their leg feathers? I would think it would cause irritation....

I used soft hair elastics in different colors on my white ones until I could tell them apart. They looked exactly the same for months. This did not seem to bother their legs or cause any feather damage.

 

[TJAnonymous]

I used soft hair elastics in different colors on my white ones until I could tell them apart. They looked exactly the same for months. This did not seem to bother their legs or cause any feather damage.

Not sure what those are?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Not sure what those are?

The soft elastic bands people use to put their hair up in a ponytail.