silkies - advice please about keeping these fluffy chucks

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Hi, I am thinking about getting a few silkie chickens (3 or 4) but after a bad experience a year ago when the two I purchased died within one week of getting them, it has put me off a bit.  I was wondering what your experiences were ?  are they hardy ?  do you have to keep them on straw ?  are they best kept on their own away from the rest of the chicken group ?

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Sparkyrog

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Re: silkies - advice please about keeping these fluffy chucks
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2015, 22:03 »
never had any probs ! friendly slightly silly birds but great mums :)
I cook therefore I grow

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Re: silkies - advice please about keeping these fluffy chucks
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2015, 07:29 »
Dont use straw because of their feathers the straw can get tangled up in them, make sure they can keep dry when small, check out the breeding stock and also make sure your animal husbandry is first class.
Dont expect many eggs as they are well renowned to go broody at the drop of a couple of eggs.
Staffies are softer than you think.

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Re: silkies - advice please about keeping these fluffy chucks
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2015, 08:10 »
Just keep them off soggy muddy ground in winter otherwise they get clingons  :ohmy: apart from that I don't know them to need other requirements to any other chicken.  :)

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Re: silkies - advice please about keeping these fluffy chucks
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2015, 19:13 »
Definitely agree last two posts   :)
Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted!!

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AnnaMid

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Re: silkies - advice please about keeping these fluffy chucks
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2015, 20:39 »
Thanks everyone for your replies, I'll given them a go then.



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