I agree with you about the friendly aspect. My friendliest ones have all been Silkie roosters. I too have been doing chickens for 35 years. They are just so fascinating and you don't know until you have some.

I chose silkies as my first chickens. I am getting a dozen hatching eggs this week.

I have silky roosters. Elvis is black, Frost is white. They're not picked on but they've earned their positions. I have Americana roosters that are lower in the coop and the Austalorp keeps them in they've place. And my chocin is the little boss. He's first to breed, eat, everything. He has his favorite hens. But the silkies have their girl too.

Thank you for this video!! I have silkies too and everything you have said in this video is so true!!! My silkies are very smart little birds. They are most definitely not stupid! My rooster has his moments of not being so friendly. Him just being him lol. I have a mixture of different breeds and different personalities. Love them all. Keep up the great and honest videos. You guys are great!!!

Thank you! My eldest daughter came home with silkie babies. No clue what we’re doing as all our girls are big! lol

Took two non=laying Silkies through the winter as the lady was getting out of layers. Those two characters are completely different in their foraging: one hectare and they're IN the forest where other birds never go, dig deep. It's an old hospital ground with very large, old trees and if there's a coffee can with silver dollars or Gold coins, theyre' going to FIND it!!!

I had silkies one time. They were not super friendly. All the Barred rocks I've ever had have been super friendly and have allowed holding.

Great video! Just got three white silkies 👍

I absolutely love my silkies! I live in WV so I can say they are both heat and cold hardy, provided they have ample shade in summer and a dry, draft free run in winter....definitely watch out for mudballs on their toes. And definitely make sure they have access to fresh water at all times. Some of mine are absolute lap birds that will come to you to be picked up and some are a bit standoffish....depends on how much I handled them as chicks and growing up. My roosters tend to be as loud as other roosters and most of my hens aren't really noisy but I have a few that are real talkers lol! One I even named Chatterbox because she talks all of the time.

❤Thank you for your great video

I had a little partridge hen she responded to her name when I called her “yellow bird” and another white hen. I will never forget them no matter how long I live

Have a wonderful wedding 🎊 and Congratulations! Best Wishes….

They're hard to find right now! McMurray is sold out! Anyone know any reputable hatcheries around where I can purchase some

I’m in northern Alberta Very cold What is the best coop for cold areas I have heard nesting boxes should not be build on the outside of the coop because hard to keep nesting boxes stay warm in very cold regions

Naked necks are sooo precious! Do silkies tolerate heat well? Gets crazy hot and humid here in Georgia

@BockBockBouquet

4 ай бұрын

They really don’t like the heat but people do keep them in those humid southern states. Just take extra precautions to help keep them cool

I love my silkies.5 in total. The flock in total is 6. The other hen is a dutch cresed fowl. She is my first chicken and love the fiesty girl. I have a other rooster also a cressed fowl but he has a big ego and fights with the silky rooster. So he lives on the other side of the fence with 6 normal chickens. They dont tollerate him being arogant so they keep him in check. I love to see the interaction betweem my chicks, both floks are balanced and being with them brings me joy. I would like more of the fluffy ones and the dutch cresed fowl. But getting them is not easy in Italy.

My silkie rooster is so kind. I can carry him around and pet him and if I give the flock snacks he quicly claims credit as if he 'found' the snacks for the hens. My little hen though doesn't want anything to do with people other than snacks. Whe shes broody she make angry sounds and the occasion feeble peck, but that's its. Shes not a fearsome broody hen. She was excellent at hatching eggs, but not the best at mothering them. She kind of forgot about the older ones and focused on her youngest once they hatched.

I live in Lancaster CA. N I just got 4 silkies one moth old

I have extremely friendly silkies I think because I hand raised them myself after hatching them myself.

@stephccheek

3 ай бұрын

That was my question. What if you get them as chicks and socialize them…

Can you do a video on chicken names

For the silkies with the high crests, did you have issues with them being pecked and it causing damage?One of my silkies just died. She was being picked on and was pecked and sustained brain damage because of the vulnerability of her vaulted skull. 😢

SOO CUTE😍😍😍

I have a silkie i named ducky because she makes duck noises. Shes so sweet.

My silkies are so nice!!!!!!

We have silkie Bantans and they are the sweetest, most friendly chickens I have. I see you have yours in with ducks, we do too, however we’ve had the ducks kill 2 silkies trying to mount them. People should be careful as their silkie feathers are easier to grab and hold on to then other feather types.

I have 2 silkie roosters right now (1 is a black standard and 1 is a gray showgirl) U had 2 prior a standard buff boy and a black showgirl but they both died in the summer from heat-related), another died from a broken leg, 1 died from a cat preditor, I rehomed 7 mixed silkie chicks because I thought half were boys and they were all brooder mates, and I had 10 that my broody girl was going to raise and none of them are her DNA so what she said was correct. I have had 47 chickens in 2023 and only 1 was broody and she is raising all 9 as her own, she only had 1 pass of the 10. She is amazing and does all the work. They are all healthy and happy. The same lady I gave 9 chicks to before for her elementary class wants more. The only issue is the roosters, I have 2 and they are always trying to fight etc. so I have them separate. I love my silkie mixes too- show girls (silkie/turken), my cochin-silkie mix and my RIR-silkie mix. They are my favorites, but I do have bully issues from my RIR and cochins. My rooster boys now have taken charge and no longer bullied by the girls but my lil silkies are still being bullied. Unfornuately, 1 of my roosters likes to crow at 545 am etc and I live in a neighborhood so he is staying in side for the time being. They are small but people can still hear them

What happens when a chicken dies of old age? Does it fall off it's perch at night or go to sleep in the day? Curious as I have two really old chickens and don't know what to expect.

@BockBockBouquet

4 ай бұрын

I suppose it depends what takes them. Sometimes when I chicken suddenly dies like that, like off a perch it’s due to a heart issue like a heart attack

@Kay13Jay

4 ай бұрын

@@BockBockBouquet Oh that makes sense.

I love silkies, a great beginners chicken. 🐥🐥🐥

Do silkies lay a nice size egg?

@kimberlyraz6343

4 ай бұрын

Yeah they lay a medium sized egg.

What breed of chicken do you think is most a lap chicken?

@BockBockBouquet

2 ай бұрын

My Easter eggers (ameraucana) are so friendly and love flying on my lap or on my shoulder and arms if I’m down on my knees

Are silkie roosters loud?

@kimberlyraz6343

4 ай бұрын

Yep lol.....they are usually just as loud as any other rooster.

I only have one silky and it’s a hen, she’s solid white and I was totally misinformed. What a showgirl silky actually is. I thought it was the solid white coloring. Tbh 🤷🏻‍♂️ but I call her Silky Mama and she is definitely an egg hatching machine. And her and my golden laced Polish rooster love each other. I’d like a solid white or solid black, silky rooster that’s about a year old. To mate with her but can’t ever seem to find one really. The one person I do know with a solid white silky rooster that’s about a year old wants five laying hens for it and I think that’s ridiculous. 🤦🏻‍♂️lol I have 10 Highlander hens, three golden lace polish hens, two black ones and three white leg horn hens as well so in my mixed flock she’s no fighter but she’s a defensive momma for sure broody or not. And to say the least, I’d be devastated a little bit, if something happened to her. So she actually stays in the garage instead of the coop with the other chickens & loves to roost a few feet off the ground . She’s pretty talkative and will talk to you when you talk to her and if you don’t talk to her first or don’t acknowledge her, she makes her presence known and starts a conversation. lol & very proud when she lays an egg Sings away for the town to hear lol

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This was an awful video