No different than any other chicks but I'm just going by TSC 'silkies', they are a little bit on the large side for a 'bantam'. Fastest birds I've ever had start laying also and laid great which they are not supposed to so I imagine they have a little leghorn mixed in at some point.Okay.. I have a question. Are silkie chicks harder to raise than other breeds. Amanda has told me that they are so fragile and hard to raise.. So when I don't hear anything from the brooder I'm a bit freaked out.. Check, sleeping.... check, playing... check... etc.