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Yes I do breed and sell. No chicks. Adults only. You can pm me for details.

Regular feathers are barbed. Those barbs allow regular feathers to hold together and primary wing feathers gain air loft for flight. Silkie feathers are barbless. The barbless flight feathers will not allow the silkie the ability of flight or the ability to shed water. In my experience the...

New grow out pic's of a few of my current favorite kids. Photo bomb by a squashy face baby. I love the new white grow outs. ~ Buff is new in my pens. Loving these two little ones. Even with squash face. ~ One of the Porcelain kids working on their second squash...

I break two average silkie eggs into a glass measuring cup and compare volume against a normal large egg and go from there.

Buff silkies are new to me this year. A precious few have hatched and they range in shade at day old from dark to almost partridge to vey light as almost white. When the primary wing feathers and breast feathers start to come in I can easily pick them out of a crowd. ~ These chicks were...

The kabocha is not a winter keeper with a thin rind and softer flesh so I feed it first before they turn to a gooey mess. Acorn squash is very tough and will last in a dark cool dry place for the winter. I have to use an ax to break those up. I have one pumpkin left that is starting to go so...

Thank you Aria. Pumpkin and squash with seeds are an excellent food for chickens as a natural wormer and source of nutrition and extra fluids. Some poultry take to it (pumpkin and squash) right away like my chicks though the seeds are too large for them unless they are dried and ground. I...

@Fizzybelle A very pretty Gray. That is an accepted color in American silkies.

My Fall hatched babies enjoying a game of King of the Squash. The White chicks are from Geri Godina shipped eggs, The Buffs are from Bobbi Porto hatching eggs, The rest are from my Porcelain project program. I gave them a kabocha squash from the garden, pulled up a stool and enjoyed the show...

When it comes to breeding for show quality (great type and condition) it is key to remember your focus and goals in your breeding program. A show is a beauty contest and winners come from the opinion of that judge on that day. Defects, in comb, toe placement, foot feathering, crest and such are...

Thank you for all the kind comments. Truly. Every body is a beginner at one time or another. I spent a decade with pet quality silkies and loved every minute with them. But breeding them and expecting better type got me no where. Just lots more pet quality silkies. Four years ago I started...

Lot's of breeders throw the term show quality around and to some it means any bird with no DQ or maybe one or two defects. SQ can't be determined in eggs from SQ stock or even from champion parents. Neither can young chicks be determined as SQ. Some breeders call a bird SQ only if it has placed...

My best silkies this year are both males.. I breed to the SOP. My best male is a white just purchased from Karen Larson of CatDance Farm who came from champion parents. He is not just a pretty boy, he is a living sweet heart. His name is Prince charming. A Blue Cream cockerel I...

Male comb, streamers, tail, and stance. I would guess 99% boy. I love his color.

They are wonderful.

I raise same age birds together and this was the year I was growing out silkies with heritage RIR chicks. This year I'm growing out SLW chicks with silkies. It is a peaceable kingdom.

Fixing these toes is crucial in the first 24 hours while they are soft cartilage. I've never tried with older than day old chicks. An hours old chick with the band-aid treatment.

Both. Karen told me she missed this little silkie when she came out of the incubator and went into the brooder. Usually we can treat them in 24 hours. I've hatched many chicks from Dumpling and never got a chick with deformed feet. Karen told me when she started using a new incubator she had a...

Thank you tjo804 and everyone else that say nice things. My property if just a half acre and almost all of it is in garden with small patches of lawn. All fenced, double fenced and surrounded with thick shrubbery. We've lived and gardened here for thirty years so being outside with the flock...

Stress is the #1 detractor when it comes to conditioning show chickens. Heat is right up there as one of the big baddies.. My flock have access to shade and cool fresh water at all times. It's been in the 90's here and I live in the PNW! Out of one hundred and forty silkies, none of mine...