Silkie hen

Learn the fascinating differences between silkie rooster vs hen, from breeding to behavior, and uncover essential tips for a harmonious flock.

Telling whether you’ve got silkie hens or cockerels can be quite hard. I’ve got a few tips outlined here to help sex your silkie chickens when they’re chicks.

Black Silkie Chicken - beneath the wooly and fluffy silky feathers, they have blue skin, blue flesh and the bones are also blue. This chicken is usually found in China, Asia but since Marco Polo visited China, he has brung the breed back to Europe. They are very docile and make very good pets as well! ^-^

Common health problems of silkie chickens. Raising fluffy chickens can be fun but they need special care because of their unique feathers. Here are the health problems your silkie chickens might face.

Silkie Chicken 101: Everything you need to know about these fluffy beauties! 🐔 Read more at the Happy Chicken Coop!

Just when we thought Silkies couldn’t get fluffier, along came the bearded Silkie chicken! Here’s how those beautiful, bearded ladies earned their name.

Read about our adventures with Silkie Chickens and see an abundance of silkie chicken facts. You won't believe the strangeness of these birds!