Furry Chickens?!
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Description of Silkies
Description of Silkies
What Are Silkies?
The Silkie (sometimes spelled Silky) is a breed of chicken named for its unique, fluffy plumage, which is said to feel like silk. The breed has several other unusual qualities, such as dark blue flesh and bones, blue earlobes, and five toes on each foot (most chickens only have four). They are often exhibited in poultry shows, and come in several colors.
In addition to their distinctive physical characteristics, Silkies are well known for their calm, friendly temperament. Among the most docile of poultry, Silkies are considered an ideal pet. Hens are also exceptionally broody, and make good mothers. Though they are fair layers themselves, only laying about three eggs a week. They are commonly used to hatch eggs from other breeds and bird species.
Silkies most likely originate in China, but other Southeast Asian countries are also sometimes proposed. The first written account of the breed comes from Marco Polo, who mentioned chickens with fur-like plumage in his Asian travelogues in the 13th century. The Renaissance author Ulisse Aldrovandi also spoke of chickens akin to Silkies. Today, the breed is recognized for exhibition, and is fairly common in the poultry world.
Silkie Features
Silkie Features
Silkie Size
Normal Feathers
Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds. They are considered the most complex integumentary structures found in vertebrates. Prum, R.O., & Brush, A.H. (March 2003). "Which Came First, the Feather or the Bird?" Scientific American, vol.288, no.3, pp. 84-93 They are among the outstanding characteristics that distinguish the extant Aves from other living groups. Feathers have also been noticed in Theropoda which have been termed feathered dinosaurs. However, there are also some scientists who disagree with the interpretation of feathered dinosaurs, Feduccia, A., T. Lingham-Soliar & J.R. Hinchliffe (2005). "Do Feathered Dinosaurs Exist? Testing the Hypothesis on Neontological and Paleontological Evidence" Journal of Morphology, vol.266, pp. 125-166 pointing out instead that birds and some theropods are only convergently similar. Although feathers cover most parts of the body of birds, they arise only from certain well-defined tracts on the skin. They aid in flight, thermal insulation, waterproofing and coloration that helps in communication and protection.
Silkie Feathers
Silkies have feathers different from most chickens, this is what gives them that furry look. Normal feathers have certain parts. On either side along the main shaft of a feather run a series of what look like thick hairs, these hairs are called barbs and in most feathers the barbs look neat and straight. If you look really closely you can see that these barbs branch into things called barbules. These barbules are lined with tiny hooks called barbicels that act like Velcro and keep the feather smooth and straight. Did you ever play with a feather when you were little? Pulling the little sections apart, then smoothing the entire thing and marveling at the way it looked whole and perfect once again? The way it clings to itself is due to the barbicels and that smoothness helps the birds fly.Silkie feathers are different than normal feathers though, they lack the barbicels, that Velcro, that keeps most feathers in that neat, smooth appearance. This allows the feather sections to sort of wisp around and gives the Silkies that messy, furry appearance. The Silkie feathers are more like down, the undercoating of feathers that most poultry have.
Silkie Crest

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Silkies' Crests
Silkies have a fun little tuff of feathers on the top of their heads. This small clump of feathers will eventually grow out and just barely start curling around their faces. The little mound of feathers on top of the Silkies' heads hide a secret though. Below the feathers, Silkies have something called a vaulted skull. Good show chickens and some pet quality Silkies have skulls that are actually arched up at the top of their heads. This leaves a vulnerable spot on top of their heads though. A good, strong peck on the top of a Silkie's head by another chicken can actually cause neurological damage or even kill them.
Beautifully Crested Silkie

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Silkie Eyesight
Silkies often have difficult seeing. Their puffy feathery crest and other facial feathers will occasionally completely obscure their eyes. Silkie breeders handle this one of two ways. They trim or pluck the feathers away from the Silkie's faces if the Silkie do not need to be in top shape for a show. Or the other thing they may do is pin the crest back using a hair tie. Done gently, this does not harm the feathers but still allows the chickens to see.
Old Man Silkie
Silkies Have Black Skin
Silkies are unusual in another way. Unlike most backyard chickens that have yellow skin, or even those chickens that have darker skin, Silkies have black skin. Their skin is very dark and this makes them a popular delicacy in some Asian countries. It also makes them wonderfully colored. If their feathers are black, the black skin underneath makes the feathers look blacker. If the Silkie is white, the black skin underneath makes the white deeper and makes the feathers look even whiter. All of the colors look even better with the black skin.Silkies also have dark, purplish black combs and wattles, a shade called mulberry. This can make it difficult to see them against the skin, but I think it makes the Silkies even cuter.
A Silkie's Feathered Feet

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Silkies Have Feathered Feet
Silkies even have feathers growing from their feet. Though this adds to the overall cuteness of the Silkies' being covered in fur, it can be a problem if they regularly go in muddy areas or have a non-wire cage bottom. They will clean these feathers as they do all their feathers, but show birds need to have their foot feathers kept clean and out of the muck. It's best to keep Silkies in a somewhat clean area and for them to be given a perch to sleep on at night so their feathers stay a bit cleaner even if they aren't going to be shown.
A Silkie's Five Toes

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Silkies Have Five Toes
Unlike most chickens which have four, Silkies have five toes on each foot. This Silkie has proper toes, but the genes for toes is very confused and some Silkies will be born with less toes, or, as is often the case, fused or partial toes. For a pet, this doesn't mean much, but Silkie breeders have to work hard to make sure their Silkies have the right number of toes to prevent disqualifications if they will be going to chicken shows. Most hatchery breed Silkies are lower-quality and the majority have improper toes.
Silkie Rooster Crowing
Silkie Flight
Silkie Flight
Well, Silkies aren't well known for their flying. At best, it's usually more of a controlled fall, though some Silkies don't even do that well. It's always best to place Silkie perches low so they can get up and down without straining themselves. Also, never just drop a Silkie onto the ground, that may get them hurt. It's better to set them down gently. All Silkies are capable of flying, but it takes quite a bit of energy and most don't bother.
Silkie Personalities
Silkie Personalities
Silkies Are Sweet
Silkie Hen

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Silkies Are Very Broody
Silkie hens are often wonderful mothers, loving to sit on eggs, even ones that aren't fertile or that are fake (this is called broodiness or being broody). This can be a problem if you learn to expect a lot of eggs from your Silkie since she will stop laying when she is being broody. There are various ways to break this broodiness, one being to place the hen in a wire-bottomed cage away from the flock for several days, but often it is better to just let her be broody and give her some eggs to hatch. The eggs can be from her, other chickens, or even other poultry. Those fluffy bottoms make great egg-sitters and in a little less than a month, you'll have cute little chicks with a beaming mama leading them around and showing them the world.
Liza the Chicken Part 1
For more information on the story that the video starts off with, that of Mike the Headless Chicken, check out my lens about him at: Mike Lived Without a Head
Liza the Chicken Part 2
Love White Silkies?
Silkie History
Silkie History
Silkie Origins
Silkie Dinosaurs?
Paleontologists recently discovered something interesting about some of the later dinosaurs, perhaps even T-Rex, they had feathers! There's long been speculation about how and why feathers developed and scientists believe now, feathers may not have originally been for flight like many supposed, in fact they may have been to keep warm. Anyone who has ever had a down jacket knows how warm it keeps you, well this would have been a great way for the dinosaur young to stay warm as well. Those early feathers would have looked a great deal similar to a Silkie's feathers. Silkies are very similar in some ways to dinosaurs, even more so than other chickens.Archeopteryx, like the one pictured to the right, were one of the earliest, animals that had both reptile-like features and bird-like features. In fact, there has long been debate over which category it belongs in. Most people consider it our very first bird. Notice the imprint of its feathers on the fossil, these feathers were similar to modern bird feathers, unlike the Silkie's barb-less feathers. Silkies are a throwback.
Silkies As Pets
Silkies As Pets
Silkies Make Wonderful Pets
Silkies, Molting, and Dust
Rabbits or Chickens?

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Though occasionally it can be a bit difficult telling them apart ;-) bunnies and Silkies are great together. These little Silkies, another bantam, and their rabbit pals are enjoying the nice spring weather with a short visit outside to play in the sunshine. If keeping Silkies and bunnies together, care must be taken to prevent the bunnies from having to hop through the chicken poo, a wire base on the cage usually helps, and care also needs to be taken to ensure that everyone will get along. Pregnant bunnies or brooding hens can be aggressive, and both will become territorial when raising young.
Silkie Hen Roaming Around the Yard
Playing Outside

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Silkies In the Sunshine
Silkies enjoy a bit of time in the sunshine. Silkies like all chickens need some time outdoors where they can soak up the sun and eat bugs and grass. Though their little bodies are fairly resistant to the cold, Silkies are sensitive to high temperatures, so care needs to be taken to ensure they enough cool water to drink and that they can retreat to shade if need be. Also in extreme heat, about 100 degrees or above, Silkies, like most chickens, need extra cooling. This is usually in the form of a mister and fan, though some people even provide air conditioning in the chicken house. Chickens pant to cool off, they don't sweat, so they can't always cool themselves enough.
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Antique Chicken Print
Ornithology Hen Silky Cock 1807 Bantam Rumpless Chicken
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A wonderful old print from 1807, featuring numerous breeds of chickens including a Silkie.
Silkies From Egg to Furball
Silkies From Egg to Furball
Eggs From Silkies

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Silkies lay eggs that are slightly tinted with brown and that are on the small side since Silkies are bantams, but the eggs taste just as good. Due to Silkies' tendency to go broody and want to hatch eggs, there may be interruptions in egg-laying, so if the only reason you want to get a Silkie is just for eggs, it may be better to get an egg-production breed such as a White Leghorn.
Just Hatched Silkie Chicks

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These Silkie chicks just hatched and are drying off in the incubator. Silkies take 21 days to hatch after an egg has started to be incubated, though there are reports of some taking a few extra days due to uneven incubator temperatures. The chicks hatch out of their eggs slowly, pecking at the eggshell from inside using a small attachment on their beak called an egg-tooth that falls off a few days later. It is important not to help them at this point since doing so can cause them to bleed to death. Hatching is a very long process, often taking an entire day for the little one to peck a crack and then break out of the shell.
5 Day Old Silkie Chicks

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When the chicks are finally out of their shells they are then left in the incubator until dry and fluffy to avoid them getting chilled as they are moved to a warm box where they have chick feed, water, and a heat lamp to keep them warm.
3 Week Old Silkie Chicks

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The Silkie chicks live in the new box for about 6 weeks until they have lots of feathers and can handle cooler temperatures.
Half-Grown Silkie

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The chicks are usually then moved to their new home in the coop, though depending on the outside temperature this may be delayed until spring. In the coop, the Silkie chicks grow and grow, reaching adult size at about 3-4 months. Along the way they get tons of new feathers and will shed their old ones as well as leave tons of bird dander (dust from the sheaths around the new feathers) all over.
Adult Silkie

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You can't usually tell whether Silkies are male or female until they start laying eggs or crowing at about 6-7 months. And then the entire egg-to chicken cycle may start over again. Or not ;-)
Silkie Egg Frying

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Caring for Silkies
Caring for Silkies
Taking Care of Silkies
It is nice to pin back or trim the Silkies' crests so they can see better, but that's about the only thing different from regular chicken care. They are actually surprisingly hardy considering how fancy and delicate they look.
Silkie Apparel
A Sweet Silkie Hen

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Silkie Living Quarters
Silkies need about 10 square feet each in their run area and about 4 square feet inside their coop. More space leads to less problems, as cramped birds will pick on each other.
Rabbit hutches make adequate enclosures for a couple of birds, though it is a good idea to build an attached run onto them as well as making sure the bottom of the cage is not completely wire as that can irritate the birds' feet after a while. I even added a perch and a door to a dog house and placed that inside a chain link dog kennel for a quick and easy chicken coop. Just remember to consider predators whatever you do. There are far more predators around your house than you think.
Another idea that works well is to just have the Silkies as house pets. Silkies are the perfect chicken to have as a house pet and it is much easier to really bond with them when you live together. They are truly surprising sometimes. For more information about having chickens as house pets check out: House Chickens
Otherwise, if you already have chickens or are planning to get a flock, Silkies can simply live in the coop with everyone else. They do just fine.
Dust Bathing Silkie
Silkie Sleeping With Cat

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Silkies and Other Animals
Silkies, due to the fluffiness of their crest can have a difficult time in the world. With a limit range of vision, it's very easy for them to roam too close to predators and be surprised by an attack. Since the most common predator that attacks chickens is our own pets, care needs to be taken to protect Silkies even more than other chickens.
Silkies' mellow personalities and odd looks work in their favor though. Since they act so unafraid of other animals, they may not get attacked. Their non-prey like behavior doesn't make many other animals view them as prey, thus not being sure enough to attack. Silkies can also get along well with other animals used to chickens, often becoming fast friends.
Silkie and Dog

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Always be cautious when your Silkie might be exposed to other animals. In moments, this seemingly friendly puppy could be over that fence and "playing" with this Silkie. Don't loose a bird or get mad at your beloved dog, always keep everyone safe and never allow them together unsupervised. Even nice dogs want to play with chickens, and one playful bite can kill that bird in an instant. Remember, it's your job to protect them.
Raising Chickens
The Joy of Keeping Chickens: The Ultimate Guide to Raising Poultry for Fun or Profit
This book about chickens is written with a fun tone, and has lots of valuable information.
Storey's Guide to Raising Chickens: Care / Feeding / Facilities
Storey's Guides are the traditional livestock raising books that most poultry keepers refer to again and again.
Barnyard in Your Backyard: A Beginner's Guide to Raising Chickens, Ducks, Geese, Rabbits, Goats, Sheep, and Cows
This is one of my favorite books. It gives information about raising chickens and other livestock in a more progressive style, perfect for hobby farmers.
Raising Chickens For Dummies (For Dummies (Math & Science))
A simplified version of chicken raising. These "Dummies" books are always written well.
Various Chicks Free Ranging

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Silkies with Other Chicken Breeds
There's a lot of debate over whether to have Silkies with other chickens. Silkies, with their mild personalities, passive attitudes, and impeded vision, are extremely vulnerable to bullying from the other chickens. That being said, I really think whether or not to have Silkies with other chicken breeds depends on a lot of variables. Things like how aggressive the other breeds are, the birds' individual personalities, and how much room the birds will have, all influence whether or not it will be a good situation. Most breeds do fine with Silkies if given enough room to avoid each other if need be. Also, raising the other breeds with the Silkies will definitely help. The little ones in this picture have all been raised together and are the best of friends. I have never had any problems with Silkies and other breeds getting along, and have had a great many breeds with them, but if you're worried, having adult or half-grown Silkies and then introducing young chicks of the other breeds is the way to go, though you may have to protect the chicks from the Silkies for a while until they're accepted as part of the flock.
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Silkie Breeding
Silkie Breeding
A Wonderful Silkie Breeder Collecting Eggs for the Day
HatTrick Silkies Mass Collecting Eggs 5/20/08 Part1
This is a 3 part video of me collecting eggs on May 20, 2008. A few people have asked if the eggs I ship are the same as the eggs I set--I assume they are wondering if I keep a few pens of inferior birds to sell hatching eggs out of. Be assured the pens and birds you will see in these videos are the birds I hatch from, AND the pens I ship eggs from.
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Silkie Eggs
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Fetching new data from eBay now... please stand byPatterned Silkies

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Silkies come in several feather patterns besides the regular solid colors. There are cuckoos, partridge, and splash, as well as some other feather patterns.
Chicken Print
1902 Lewis Wright Poultry Frizzled Fowls Silkies Sultan
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A beautiful 1902 Lewis Wright image, showing three chicken breeds, Silkies, Sultans, and Frizzles.
Silkie Chicken Love

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Showgirl Chickens
Extraordinary Chickens
Silkie Groups and Shows
Silkie Groups and Shows
Learning More About Silkies
US Silkie Groups
The American Silkie Bantam Club
The original Silkie Club in the US, the ASBC, is a large group devoted to raising and breeding Silkies. Show breeders and pet breeders both find a place in this organization. You will find a link to an application for Club membership and some other useful information.
American Silkie Bantam Discussion Group
Email with dozens of Silkie breeders from around the world on this free email list. Learn a lot about Silkies and feel free to ask questions. Most breeders are located in the USA. However, the list includes members from Europe and Australia and a few other places. Participation in the discussion group is free to any Silkie fancier registered with the discussion group, not just American Silkie Bantam Club members. Silkie fanciers of all degrees of knowledge and expertise are welcome. The list includes a large number of show breeders as well as many breeders who love their Silkies as pampered pets only.
National Silkie Breeders Association
Silkie Exhibitors and Breeders of America, Inc.
A Silkie club exclusively dedicated to encouraging the breeding and exhibiting of show quality Silkies.
UK Silkie Groups
The Silkie Club of Great Britain
U.K. Silkie club web page with some very nice photos.
European Silkie Groups
Specialklubben for Silkehøns
The Danish Silkie Club home page has some nice photos.
The Dutch Silky Fowl Club
The Seidenhühnerclub in Holland is even in English. Has some nice photos and a copy of the Dutch Standard for Silkies.
The Swiss Silkie and Poland Breeders Club
(Schweizerischer Siedenhuhn- und Haubenh%u0178hner-Z%u0178chterclub) - Contact information for the Swiss Club and a few photos. Nice logo!
The Silkie and Poland Club of Germany
(Sonderverein der Züchter der Seidenhühner und Zwerghaubenhühner) - Good photos, breeders list, contact information and lovely sketches. . . Be sure to check out the web site of the Club secretary, Friedel Schwager, which is listed farther down the page under "Great Silkie Sites from Around the World"
Australian Silkie Groups
Silkie Club of Australia, Inc.
No official web page. However, the link is to an "unofficial" page with some useful information about Silkie Breeders in Australia and the Silkie Club of Australia
c/o Secretary, Sue Scott
6 Colville Rd
Yellow Rock
Australia 2777
silkieclub@optusnet.com.au Contact Information
The Silkie Club of New Zealand
This page includes the Silkie standards for New Zealand from the New Zealand Poultry Standards. The page includes a list of New Zealand Silkie breeders.
General Silkie Groups
SilkieBreeders Yahoo Group
Silkie Breeders and Exhibitors - This list is for serious Silkie breeders and people interested in the exhibition of Silkies.
The Silkie Bantam Standard Forum for Silkie Breeders and Exhibitors
This is devoted to systematically analyzing the Silkie Bantam Standard in the USA with an eventual goal of submitting suggestions to the ABA and APA to assist poultry judges in evaluating Silkie Bantams. This group is for serious and experienced show breeders of Silkie Bantams. Interested observers (aka lurkers) are very welcome but questions relating to showing, breeding, genetics and general Silkie care should be directed to one of the other groups.
The Awesome Silkie Bantam Chat
Large friendly list with an extensive archive, this group is a good source of information for beginners to the Silkie breed.
Bantam and Standard Chicken Groups
American Bantam Association
Poultry Show

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American Bantam Association Guide
American Bantam Association Presents Its Sixth Edition of the BANTAM STANDARD for the breeder, exhibitor and Judge 1983
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Getting into chicken showing or just want to know whether your chickens meet the standard of perfection? Get the official Bantam Standard from the American Bantam Association.
I Heart My Silkie Bumper Sticker
Fun Silkie Clothes
Eating Silkies
Eating Silkies
Silkies Are Considered a Delicacy
Silkies are considered a delicacy in some parts of the world. They have black skin, flesh, and even bones, and many visitors to China have probably seen them displayed for sale in the meat booths. Chinese medicine considers the flesh of Silkies to be powerful medicine, helping diabetes, immunity, and numerous diseases.Picture via Creative Commons from Sugar Pond
Silkie Bantam Chicken Soup with Ginseng

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I'm not going to go into using Silkies as meat too much on this lens, but if you want to know more check out one of these sites:
Health Benefits of Eating Silkies
A Simple Explanation of the Health Benefits of Silkies
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/280962/what_is_a_black_chicken_the_new_superfood.html
A traditional and thorough description of the Taihe Black-Bone Chicken or Silkie
http://www.e2121.com/food_db/viewherb.php3?viewid=218
EmaxHealth Short Blurb About Silkie Meat
http://www.emaxhealth.com/74/12982.html
Science Daily article about the possible health benefits of eating Silkie meat, and perhaps the reason they have been important for centuries in Chinese medicine.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/09/060914153621.htm
The Mystical Taihe Black-Boned Chicken
http://silkiefowl.9.forumer.com/a/the-mystical-taihe-blackboned-chicken_post7.html
Another Chinese Medicine Page on Taihe or Silkie Chickens
http://www.itmonline.org/arts/wuchi.htm
Silkie Recipes
Recipe for Braised Silkie Chicken with Shallot and Onion
http://www.helium.com/items/944193-recipes-braised-silkie-chicken-with-shallot-and-onion
Recipe for Sesame-Ginger-Soy-Braised Silkie
http://www.eatingclubvancouver.com/2008/10/mamas-silkie-chicken-dyong-kwe.html
Recipe for Black Chicken Soup
http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/08/28/features/story1.html
Recipe for a Chinese Medicine Meal
http://dailybreadjournal.blogspot.com/2009/06/black-chicken-chinese-medicine-meal.html
Getting Silkies to Eat
Buy Silkie meat from the Exotic Meat Market
http://1-800-exoticmeats.com/silkiechicken.html
Bella Bella Gourmet Foods page selling Silkie meat
http://www.shop.bellabellagourmet.com/product.sc?productId=12
Squab Producers of California
http://www.squab.com/product/poultry.htm
Blogs Mentioning Silkies
- Teen's video entry could be a coop
- By Katherine Long Jordan Lederman, 13, with one of the stars of her education video, her bantam silkie chicken named Gertrude. The Pine Lake Middle School ...
- Squash explorations lead to delectable journey
- After a lot of challenges, they eventually put in a road, a well, a septic system, two houses, a deer fence, a flock of chickens and several acres of ...
- A feather in the Jefferson's cap: Tom Sietsema reviews Plume at the Jefferson ...
- Chicken breast? Seriously? As the chef himself says, "I'm not doing something out in left field." That's not to say he isn't sending out some wonderful food ...
House Chickens
Though I don't have a lot of land anymore, I do have a Silkie. Her name is Sweet Tweets and she lives in the house where she hangs out with me and the cats. Want to know more about having chickens as house pets? Check out my lens on the subject.-
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My Pet Chicken: Sweet Tweets
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Silkie Hen - Wall Clock
A sweet little white Silkie hen shows off her plumage as you check the time.
Silkie Hen and two chicks - Wall Clock
Proud mama Silkie hen with a couple of her chicks shows that cuteness isn't just reserved for the young, but chicks are certainly adorable too.
Partridge Silkies Wall Clock
Cute rooster and his hen are both Silkies with the partridge feather pattern. A little different from the others but still special.
Chicken butts Wall Clock
You may have never thought butts were adorable, but these little chick butts will prove you wrong.
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- kkb kkb Dec 7, 2009 @ 4:54 pm
- I'm doing a project for art...I have to design a chicken coop for an off-the-grid backyard...and I really really like this kind of chicken (especially after reading your lens) but I'm not sure how they'd be useful for anything other than showing (I'd rather not kill them since they are soooo cute and plus...I'm a vegetarian...even though it's just an art project involving no real chickens.) so I was wondering if you had any suggestions...or maybe you know of another kind of chicken that would be more useful? you can email me at sledforbed@aol.com thanks :)
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- backyardchickencoops backyardchickencoops Nov 6, 2009 @ 12:58 am
- Sweet Tweets nice, I have to say I have seen pictures of these types of chickens before, but I never knew the name of the breed. I really like the way these chickens look, I guess this breed of chicken makes for a great house pet. You have some great recipes here, information on building a Chicken Coop.
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- GrowWear GrowWear Aug 29, 2009 @ 6:13 am
- Nice resource on Silkies. They are beautiful.
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Diatomaceous Earth is a fine, silty, soil-like substance that is composed of fossilized sea creatures. It is also known as fossil flour, Celite, diatom remains, or DE. The sea creatures are diatoms, so they call the substance diatomaceous (di-a-tom-a... view lens -
- Gem-O-Rama Fun in Trona, California
Gem-O-Rama is an amazing crystal collecting experience held near Death Valley, California. For a small fee, geologists, rock hounds, and crystal lovers all get to collect rare and different minerals the second weekend in October every year. It is pos... view lens









