Silkie Chickens

Silkie Chicken History;

Silkie chickens are originally from Asia. Between 1520 and 1560, the Swiss author and naturalist Konrad Gessner described the silk poultry as a snow-white woolen poultry with blue-black skin in a book on birds. It was proven in the 18th century that such animals appeared in the Netherlands. In 1920, the first Siamese silks appeared with fair skin, not blue-black.

overall impression ;

What is needed is a compact chicken with a moderately curved ridge line and a rounded cube shape on all sides. The feathers should show off with soft silk feathers, hood and beard. Skin color is blackish blue.

The silkiness of the feathers is a typical Asian characteristic: very rarely found in Nagasaki ( japanese bantam ). Due to the structure of the feathers, silkie cannot fly.

Colors;

White, black, wild color, blue, silver wild color, yellow, white with black spots, splashed sparrow, pearl gray and red silk poultry are accepted. Yellow, pearl gray is brought.

There are two sizes of Silkie;

• Standard fowl – Large Fowl Silkies weigh in at 1.8 kg for the males and the hens at 1.36kg .
• The miniature or bantam Silkie – These are small with the males topping the scales at 600g and hens at 500g .

Egg production yearly: 100 to 160

Also known by the names : Seidenhühner, Poule de Soie, Moroseta, Sedosa, Zijdehoen, Silkehøns, Jedwabiste, Hodvábnička, Hedvábničky, Selyemtyúk, Koprinka, Găina de Mătase

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