Silkie Chickens: Everything You Need to Know

Some chicken breeds are definitely better than others, and today we would like to cover one of our personal favorites right here, aka the Silkie chicken breed, in all of its glory.

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Check out our full article on Silkie Chickens here:

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You will learn:

The Silkie Chickens Appearance
How Much Money do Silkie Chickens Cost?
How Much do Silkie Chickens Weigh?
What Color Varieties Do Silkie Chickens Come In?
How Do Silkie Chickens Behave?
How Many Eggs Can I Expect from Silkie Chickens?
How to Take Care of Silkie Chickens
What Should You Feed Silkie Chickens?
Are Silkie Chickens Noisy?
Should You Get a Silkie Chicken?

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[mileakin]

My wife saw these and told me we have to have some of these, so we picked up 6 from a local grower and I’m building them a separate pen and coop of their own to make sure they are not bullied by my other chickens, as these are my wife’s pets they will no doubt be pampered, we will likely grow them to sell not to eat and I may have them raise my young chicks and ducklings as I understand they make excellent mothers and will raise other birds young as their own.

[nando]

surprisingly my silkie is the most dominant hen I have. She’s always docile but if pecked by other hens she puts them in their place. I have 3 Rhode Islands and none of them are dominant over her. There even one Rhode Island that fears her.

[HarryTheBaryonyxWalkeri]

They make lovely pets, Im so glad my mum decided to get chickens.

[BB_Rail]

We just lost our 4 month old Silkie rooster to Marek’s disease. We got him after I lost my bantam rooster to a predator. He was the only silkie we had, so definitely will have to get more in the future.

[RubitheRacoon]

I’ve been bugging my parents to death to get a silkie chicken since we’re planning to get 3 or 4 chooks. We have a very small backyard but it’s the perfect size to have a silkie in it.
And of course to show I’m committed to getting and taking care of my favourite breed of my favourite type of bird I’m researching the hell out of what I need to do to keep the chooks happy

[ahorseofficial]

I hatched 3 silkies for our yard, unfortunately the heatwave killed two suddenly the other day. The third one, who has crossbeak is now an inside chicken so I don't risk losing her to the heat as well. She is so well behaved, I'm surprised how affectionate she is, much like a dog or cat. Spoiled to the bone, but nonetheless probably the best kind of pet you could ask for.

[EightJane]

I bought 4 for a hell of a deal today! 50$ for a blue rooster and 3 blue hens. The lady had a blue splash hen that she sold her to me for an extra $20. They are such an interesting breed!
I'm excited to have them

[aussie-bg]

Our one wanted to be a mother and so we got around 10 eggs and now she cares for them with all her heart and its fricking adorable

[perkhakhan]

Very informative video, I love silkies, I wish you had mentioned some info about their egg hatching by the hen not incubator, pl do that ina future video, coz i have some eggs now and want to hatch through a silki hen

[Naturelover]

Thanks so much for all that info, it will come handy

[سلمنضرعرلش]

Can you do video about sultan bantam and ko shamo chicken breeds please

[tiffanybirt]

I used to have silkies years ago I just got some more but for some reason they seem to be having issues warming up to me

[실키닭]

I have 4 silkie in my home. Not garden~ Silkie is so cute and lovely companion animal😊

[logikitty]

i had some silkies when i was a kid, the rooster of the bunch i had leash trained with a small harness. he loved going on walks with me. he and my favorite hen were killed by a feral cat breaking into the coop

[adassamoya]

Hello, I have a question. I have a black silkie. The bottoms of her feet are green. Do you know what could've caused that?
Thank you.

[germainsgreenteam]

Our silkie rooster will Crow any time of night if he hears us even say one word. He is a super noisy bird but he is a gentleman with his hens.

[pollyp]

I adopted 2 laying Silkies; purchased a chick, now 13 wks old. They can be feisty lol.

[CSProduction]

Do you have any tips for introducing silkies into a flock of other more aggressive breeds? I have a flock of 5 road island red hens and 3 Australorps. They have a massive coop/run and they free range in the afternoons. I would like to add some silkies but knowing that they tend to be more docile and will be much younger I am thinking it might be a bad idea to try and mix the two, though I don't really have the time or space to build a separate coop/run.

[germainsgreenteam]

Our silkies are very timid. Our rooster on the other hand never backs down from the other roosters. He even takes on our bronze breasted tom turkey. Our Rhode Island reds are very nice to our silkies. I have to say the silkies make excellent mothers.

[pizzaoconnor]

Where can I buy silkies chickens in New York City area! Will travel upstate or in New Jersey!