SILKIES

Silkies are more than just big balls of fluff, silkies are fun active and entertaining.  We have spent several years selective breeding to produce silkies with which we can be really pleased.  When we first started with silkies we found they were often fair-weather birds who suffered during inclement weather.  There are few things that look more pathetic than a miserable wet silkie.  We are proud to produce silkies that are good strong , weighty and hardy birds and they have frequently been seen running round with frost on their backs and don't mind the odd shower of rain.

Silkies are a breed that are occasionally prone to Mareks disease, only selective breeding or vaccination can irradicate this disease.  We have been Mareks Free for several years, this we have achieved soley by careful selective breeding from stock of over 12 months old. 

Silkies are sociable birds mixing well with other breeds and can be friendly with humans as well.  Silkies are renowned for their broodiness and make excellent mothers.  They are often crossed with other breeds such as light sussex and wyandottes for this reason.  They are good layers of cream/white eggs .

We run lines of both white and black silkies and hope to start breeding blues when we produce some that we can truly call and not grey or splashed.