Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[CSolis]

I try to keep my numbers under 20.
2 coops/runs:
Smaller one with 4 large fowl.
Larger one with 14 bantams and smaller birds, including 8 Silkies and 3 Silkie crosses.
Upcoming chicks do not count according to chicken math. Also I understand any bird with a name does not count either towards the total, so technically I have 0 birds.

Oh mannnnnnnnnnn! All of mine that are outside except the 6 silkie mixes and chicks all have names. Phew! I only have 5 silkie mixes, 3 bantam chicks, and 5 silkie chicks then.

 

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Do I have room to hatch more chicks: No
Do I have enough pens for the chicks I have now: Also no
Me: KEEP ALL THE BIRBS!!!!!

Same!!!

 

[CSolis]

Doggit, I have 5 blue splash silkies in the baby crib brooder I forgot to count. Oh Well

 

[CSolis]

These three gals are going in with General Lee when they are old enough.. Cheyenne(white) and Sioux(gray with tan) are cochin/silkie crosses.. And Puff Meister is Gen Lee's daughter. She also has a younger sister (not named yet) that will be joining them when she's old enough.

 

[CSolis]

Anddddddddd for @Gammas Bearded Babies , King Tut is definitely not a silkie, but has a beard that Abraham Lincoln would be proud of. He's from my bantam K.E. and Mara my BCM. Dad doesn't even have a beard, nor does mom.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Anddddddddd for @Gammas Bearded Babies , King Tut is definitely not a silkie, but has a beard that Abraham Lincoln would be proud of. He's from my bantam K.E. and Mara my BCM. Dad doesn't even have a beard, nor does mom.View attachment 3155818

Handsome boy!
The bearding gene has funny genetics (incomplete dominant). I have had beardless chicks hatch from bearded parents. Still do not quite understand it!

 

[Poodlemum]

41 silkies right now. Plus the 14 large fowl.

We have a ton of hens, I try not to count them lol. 18 currently laying is all I know It’s easier for me to group them by breed in my head and then adding them all together sounds daunting, so I just don’t

 

[Poodlemum]

I'm not even telling how many I have after just 2 years, but half of what I have are bantams or silkies, so they only count for half a bird, so the number is actually less, unless you figure in chicken math.

That’s mostly why I switched to bantams this year, it’s “less” and then I can have more

 

[Poodlemum]

I try to keep my numbers under 20.
2 coops/runs:
Smaller one with 4 large fowl.
Larger one with 14 bantams and smaller birds, including 8 Silkies and 3 Silkie crosses.
Upcoming chicks do not count according to chicken math. Also I understand any bird with a name does not count either towards the total, so technically I have 0 birds.

I need to start counting that way… It would hurt my brain less Or just count by breed, that is still too many though lol

 

[Poodlemum]

Blue is my immediate reaction.
Keep the one you like the best.
Photos?

Blue would probably be my pick if it was colour only, but whyyyyyyy is the mean one so gosh darn fluffy???? I love floofs so much. Luckily both are bearded