Silkies vs Pekins

[Dean10]

I'm gonna do youth shows with my chickens. I have brahma's but the people say'd I should get a smaller chicken. I really like pekin's and silkie's. What would you say is best between two for easy handling and personality?

 

[chickenlover09]

I like silkies.

 

[Michael OShay]

I've had both Pekins and Silkies and both are very calm, friendly, and docile breeds, but when it comes to sweet, lovable, lap pets, Silkies are unmatched.

 

[Dean10]

Yes I thought I'll rather go with the silkie's

 

[Michael OShay]

Yes I thought I'll rather go with the silkie's

My children made lap pets out of our Silkies. They loved them.

 

[Dean10]

yes will they be calm because at the show i need to bath them and dry them and then show with them?

 

[Michael OShay]

yes will they be calm because at the show i need to bath them and dry them and then show with them?

If you hand feed them a lot and handle them a lot, they will be very calm and tame.

 

[Dean10]

Ok thanks

 

[chickenlover09]

Yeah. Handle them as much as you can.

I have three silkies, one of them is very fiesty but she doesn't mind being picked up and played with. The other one loves to be picked up, and the last one hates being picked up and is very aggressive.

 

[killaraburn]

Dear all, I have 3 pekins, who are, aside from the broodiness, great in that they don't destroy the garden and can have free range of my back yard. Are Silkies similar in that they don't dig everything up either?

Also, how do you deal with the broodiness? Do you just let them sit? Or do you encourage them out of the nest?

Thanks for your replies!