Jan 18, 2025 · Silkie chickens are the sweet fluff balls of chickens. Their docile personality and stunning looks, capture the hearts of many people around the world. However, as chicks, the …

Aug 17, 2022 · Incubation lasts 20 - 21 days for Silkie chickens. Eggs from bantams, such as those you'll get from your Silkies, hatch earlier than those from large fowls. You should stop …

Dec 10, 2020 · Here we'll be called them the vanes. Anyways, each individual vane is held to the others by microscopic barbs. Now, the only difference between the normal chicken feather and …

Oct 27, 2024 · Wanted to share a great natural bristle brush I found for bathing my silkies and keeping their beards, butts & feet clean, without damaging their delicate feathers. The bristles …

Jul 19, 2017 · These are eggs from a silkie. Silkies appear in two distinct varieties: bearded and non-bearded. Bearded Silkies have an extra muff of feathers under the beak area that covers …

Jan 11, 2012 · A. Some do, and some dont. Because Silkies cannot fly up to very high areas, they tend to sleep in a pile in the corner of a coop. However, some owners have had success by …

Apr 1, 2021 · Since silkie feathering is recessive you can breed two satins together and still get a silkie if they both carry a copy of the recessive silkie feathering gene though. This dynamic …

Feb 1, 2012 · I have two silkies and I just love them. Yesterday the garden man came and mowed our back garden (they have a house and run in there), usually they put themselves in their …

Sep 8, 2019 · • Any Silkie that free ranges is most likely to get grubby. The main thing is to keep your Silkie out of wet/damp days where dirt is likely to cling to wet feathers. • Keep on top of …

Apr 17, 2019 · a "satin" is a bird who was originally a silkie cross (usually bantam cochin/pekin) then bred back to the silkie standard minus the feather type. A lot of long time breeders are …