Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

Trying to get a head-count on silkie lovers...

  • ME! - I like silkies!

    Votes: 825 96.2%

  • ^

    Votes: 98 11.4%
  • Total voters
    858
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This is Sniffles, he turned sour, & beat up my roo SnuggleBug last spring. Sniffles became soup, because he kept wanting to beat him up more.
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Our Broiler silkie hen is in the background.
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HuffleClaw said:
Yikes! Poor baby..
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He took about 3 whole weeks to heal fully. All I used on his wounds was plain old triple antibiotic ointment.

He enjoyed his bath so much, he want to sleep in the warm water. He also loved the blow dryer, he want fall asleep during the drying process.
 
HuffleClaw said:
:celebrate

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. :D

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. :lol:


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

Pictures always welcome. :)


-Kayla-
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Good ZINGER post @HuffleClaw!
I don't have any silkies. I'm afraid to get them for fear of hawks (we have many) and fear that my lovely but opinionated flock won't accept them. But I do have to say, that their poodle like good looks have grown on me.
 
janiedoe said:
Good ZINGER post @HuffleClaw!
I don't have any silkies. I'm afraid to get them for fear of hawks (we have many) and fear that my lovely but opinionated flock won't accept them. But I do have to say, that their poodle like good looks have grown on me.
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Thanks! Lol. :lol: Maybe one day you can try some silkies! :)
 

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