Our silkie hens have hatched about a dozen clutches of chicks in the five years we have been raising them. We have been bringing Maple, our sweetest black silkie hen, to the local farmer’s ...

Silkies. Silkie chickens are smaller than standard chickens. Many small breeds of chickens ... check your community regulations and make sure there are no restrictions on keeping chickens.

Lynn Heald, a retired pediatric nurse practitioner who has kept silkies and other chickens in her backyard in Oak Park, Illinois, for the past five years, said that she and her 12-year-old sought out ...

The silkie “black” chicken's feathers look like fluffy fur -- and it is billed as one of the gentlest, cutest chickens out there. That's why some people in America keep it as a pet. On the ...

The startup cost for raising chickens is where a person would spend the most money, Teebagy said. Some people will spend upwards of $1,000. However, this isn't necessary.