🐓 Silkie
Chickens · breed reference
Fur-like feathers with no barbicels — so it CANNOT FLY and cannot shed rain; it needs to stay dry. Black skin and bones (fibromelanosis), five toes, and the most reliable broody hen alive: the hatchery you don't plug in. Classed as a bantam in the US.
| Species | Chicken |
|---|---|
| Kept for | Pets |
| Eggs per year | ~120 |
| First eggs | ~26 weeks |
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