Silkie Chickens / Silkies / White, Blue, Gray, Buff, Black, Red

Buff Silkie Rooster

Red Silkie Hen

Buff Silkie Chicks

Gray/Blue Silkie Hen

White Silkie Rooster

Silkies come in a variety of colors: White Silkies, Blue Silkies, Gray (Grey) Silkies, Buff Silkies, Black Silkies, and Red Silkies. Silkies are an ancient breed, dating at least from 13th century China. This chicken breed is hardy and is suited for both cold and hot climates, but may not do well in extremely stormy weather because of its plummage. Silkies are very docile and friendly and make wonderful birds for a backyard flock and are an excellent choice for children to raise. Silkies lay small eggs that are usually cream to very light brown in color. It takes roughly two to three Silkie eggs to equal one regular chicken egg. Silkies also have a bantam (miniature) counterpart.

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Links to other Chicken Breeds on this blog:
Ameraucana / Easter Egger

Ancona

Andalusian

Araucana
Australorp / Black Australorp

Bantam (What exactly is a Bantam or Banty?)

Barnevelder
Barred Rock / Plymouth Rock

Belgian D'Uccle / Belgian Bantam / Mille Fleur (True Bantam)
Light Brahma
Dark Brahma / Buff Brahma

Campine / Silver and Golden

Cochin / Cochin Bantam

Delaware

Dorking

Faverolles

Frizzle (What is a Frizzle?)

Jersey Giant / Black Jersey Giant
Leghorn / White Leghorn
Maran / Cuckoo Maran / Chocolate Egger

New Hampshire Red
Orpington / Buff Orpington

Penedesenca

Polish Crested
Rhode Island Red

Sebright: Silver and Golden (True Bantam)

Silkies
Sussex / Speckled Sussex

Welsummer
Wyandotte / Silver Laced Wyandotte, Golden Laced Wyandotte
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Sussex Chickens / Speckled Sussex, Light Sussex

Light Sussex Chick

Light Sussex Rooster

Light Sussex Hen

Speckled Sussex Chick

Speckled Sussex Hen

Speckled Sussex Rooster

Developed 200 years ago in England, the Sussex breed comes in several varities: Speckled, Light, Buff, Red, and Silver. These chickens are extremely hardy and adapt well to very cold climates. They are quite friendly, calm, and gentle and do not mind being held. Like the kind tempered Buff Orpington, Sussex chickens are a great breed for children to raise. Sussex chickens are a wonderful addition to a backyard flock with their tremendous egg productivity, laying eggs that are off-white to light brown in color and medium to large in size. Recently there has been an olive green colored egg developed in Light Sussex breeds, but these green egg layers are still quite rare. Sussex chickens also have a bantam (miniature) counterpart.

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Links to other Chicken Breeds on this blog:

Ameraucana / Easter Egger

Ancona

Andalusian

Araucana

Australorp / Black Australorp

Bantam (What exactly is a Bantam or Banty?)

Barnevelder

Barred Rock / Plymouth Rock

Belgian D'Uccle / Belgian Bantam / Mille Fleur (True Bantam)

Light Brahma

Dark Brahma / Buff Brahma

Campine / Silver and Golden

Cochin / Cochin Bantam

Delaware

Dorking

Faverolles

Frizzle (What is a Frizzle?)

Jersey Giant / Black Jersey Giant

Leghorn / White Leghorn

Maran / Cuckoo Maran / Chocolate Egger
New Hampshire Red

Orpington / Buff Orpington

Penedesenca

Polish Crested

Rhode Island Red

Sebright: Silver and Golden (True Bantam)

Silkies

Sussex / Speckled Sussex

Welsummer

Wyandotte / Silver Laced Wyandotte, Golden Laced Wyandotte
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Austalorp Chickens / Black Australorp Chickens

Black Australorp Chick

Black Australorp Hen

Black Australorp Rooster

Black Australorps were developed from the Orpington breed in Australia. These chickens are very hardy, especially in the cold, and are quite friendly and docile. Because of their kind personality, Australorps are an excellent breed choice for children who want to raise chickens. Black Australorps make an outstanding backyard flock member because of their mild temperament and their tendency to lay large amounts of medium size brown eggs. In 1922-1923 six Australorp hens broke the world record for the most eggs layed in a year: 1,857 eggs. On average, a healthy Australorp hen will lay approximately 250 eggs per year. Australorps also have a bantam (miniature) counterpart.

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Links to other Chicken Breeds on this blog:
Ameraucana / Easter Egger

Ancona

Andalusian

Araucana
Australorp / Black Australorp

Bantam (What exactly is a Bantam or Banty?)

Barnevelder
Barred Rock / Plymouth Rock

Belgian D'Uccle / Belgian Bantam / Mille Fleur (True Bantam)
Light Brahma

Dark Brahma / Buff Brahma

Campine / Silver and Golden

Cochin / Cochin Bantam

Delaware

Dorking

Faverolles

Frizzle (What is a Frizzle?)

Jersey Giant / Black Jersey Giant

Leghorn / White Leghorn

Maran / Cuckoo Maran / Chocolate Egger

New Hampshire Red
Orpington / Buff Orpington

Penedesenca

Polish Crested
Rhode Island Red

Sebright: Silver and Golden (True Bantam)

Silkies
Sussex / Speckled Sussex

Welsummer
Wyandotte / Silver Laced Wyandotte, Golden Laced Wyandotte

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