White /Red Crested and Bearded Silkie day old chick
PLEASE READ THE LISTING IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDER. THANK YOU.
Local pick up only. We do not ship birds! All orders of chicks and hatching eggs are pre-orders! Chicks are sold unsexed. When you place your order we will contact to you let you know when we are setting the eggs for your chicks and give you an anticipated hatch date. When your chicks hatch, we vaccinate them, unless requested otherwise, and reach out to you to schedule your appointment for pick up.
Once you are notified that your birds are ready for check out, it is up to you to have their coop ready and make arrangements to pick them up by the deadline agreed upon. Should life happens and you are not able to take care of the birds you pre-ordered, we will give you credit for the amount paid up-to-date for a future purchase. Please understand we are not able to refund any orders/pre-orders. The only time, a refund applies is when we are not able to deliver the product (Ex. theft, fertility issues, hatch rate issue, fire, flock demise, bird illness, death of breeder, etc). There is a $5 fee for each bird, each day that is here past the deadline. No exceptions. You must order a minimum of 5 chicks and no more than 10. If you want to order more than 10 chicks, please reach out to me first.
A fee of $20 is added to any order that does not meet the minimum purchase requirement. This fee will be collected during pickup. Orders are filled by the order in which payment is received. Please allow up to 48 hours to hear back from us, especially if you are ordering on a Friday night or over the weekend. Appointments are scheduled for Saturdays most of the year. If you are ordering on a Saturday and expecting to pick up on the same day, please note available slots fill up quickly during the week, so sometimes, we are fully booked on Saturdays. Please wait to hear back from us before heading to our farm. We will contact you within 48 hours to schedule your pick up or anticipated pick up date, depending on the birds’ age group you purchased.
Feeding: We feed Non GMO Nature’s Best Organic starter grower (this is a non-medicated feed). We provide fresh water daily with a tbs of apple cider vinegar (Brags raw and unfiltered, “with the mother”)
Vaccination Policy
We make no guarantee that the vaccinations will protect your poultry 100% from getting the disease, but it is a good preventative step. Marek's vaccine is an injection and will not be noticeable on the chicks.
Cancellation/Return Policy
If life happens and you decide to cancel an order that has not yet been filled, 50% of your payment is refundable and the other 50% will be issued as a store credit for a future purchase with us. We do not issue full refunds. If you need to cancel your order, please email us with your order number and cancellation reason. In the event we are unable to fill an order, we reserve the right to cancel it, and a full refund will be issued.
Feeding: We feed Non-GMO Nature’s Best Organic starter grower (this is a non-medicated feed). We provide fresh water daily with a tbs of apple cider vinegar (Brags raw and unfiltered, “with the mother”)
Electrolytes:
If you want to make your own solution here is the recipe:
§ 8 teaspoons granulated sugar
§ ½ teaspoon sea salt
§ ½ teaspoon baking soda
§ 1 gallon of water
About our Silkies
We are very proud of our Silkies. We have acquired our breeding stock from two master exhibitors and professional Silkie breeders in the State of Florida. We currently have two pens. One with solid whites, which is a standard APA recognized color. The other one is my red pen, which is not an APA recognized color. Red is a project color in Silkies. What I love about them and have learned from my own experience working with this color is that I can hatch other colors too, such as NSV (non-standard variety) and Patridge. NSV color Silkies can be shown and entered in shows as such.
Silkies are the divas of the chicken world. They originate from China. There is a great deal of information about the Silkie in ancient Chinese writings—eastern cultures have always believed the Silkie to have medicinal powers beyond any other chicken breed. That belief is justified: recent studies have discovered that the Silkie produces more carnosine, an important anti-oxidant, than other poultry. It is for this reason that Silkies are still used widely today in Chinese medicines. The first western recording of a Silkie sighting was by Marco Polo, 1928. He marveled about seeing a bird with black skin and “hair like a cat” on his travels to China. It’s thought that he took some Silkies with him and was the first person to introduce them to the western world. In the early 1900s, Silkies were exploited in travelling circuses and side-shows as “freaks’, described as “Chickens with fur instead of feathers.”
Silkies are ornamental chickens and should not be kept with large fowl breeds as they could become object of harassment by other breeds.
Female Silkies make great mothers. They love to sit on eggs and hatch them. They make great mothers as well. Male Silkies are charming and full of sassiness. They will do anything to protect their females. It is actually cute to watch how they court and protect. Male Silkies make excellent pets.
Silkie chickens are for you if :
You're just starting out with chickens and you're prepared to take good care that they don't get cold or wet.
You want a friendly first chicken for your children or a companion for yourself.
You have a fairly small area, or you can't let your girls free range at all and need to keep them in a coop.
You're thinking of keeping a chicken (or two) in an apartment.
You want a bird who will be a "mother hen" to lots of little chickens - no matter whose they are!
You shouldn't buy Silkies if :
You live somewhere cold, wet and muddy.
You want a hen who will lay eggs but not go broody over them (although there are ways to stop a hen who's 'gone broody').
You're thinking of keeping chickens for meat.
Silkies lay about 160-180 eggs per year. Their eggs are off white and small.
PLEASE READ THE LISTING IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDER. THANK YOU.
Local pick up only. We do not ship birds! All orders of chicks and hatching eggs are pre-orders! Chicks are sold unsexed. When you place your order we will contact to you let you know when we are setting the eggs for your chicks and give you an anticipated hatch date. When your chicks hatch, we vaccinate them, unless requested otherwise, and reach out to you to schedule your appointment for pick up.
Once you are notified that your birds are ready for check out, it is up to you to have their coop ready and make arrangements to pick them up by the deadline agreed upon. Should life happens and you are not able to take care of the birds you pre-ordered, we will give you credit for the amount paid up-to-date for a future purchase. Please understand we are not able to refund any orders/pre-orders. The only time, a refund applies is when we are not able to deliver the product (Ex. theft, fertility issues, hatch rate issue, fire, flock demise, bird illness, death of breeder, etc). There is a $5 fee for each bird, each day that is here past the deadline. No exceptions. You must order a minimum of 5 chicks and no more than 10. If you want to order more than 10 chicks, please reach out to me first.
A fee of $20 is added to any order that does not meet the minimum purchase requirement. This fee will be collected during pickup. Orders are filled by the order in which payment is received. Please allow up to 48 hours to hear back from us, especially if you are ordering on a Friday night or over the weekend. Appointments are scheduled for Saturdays most of the year. If you are ordering on a Saturday and expecting to pick up on the same day, please note available slots fill up quickly during the week, so sometimes, we are fully booked on Saturdays. Please wait to hear back from us before heading to our farm. We will contact you within 48 hours to schedule your pick up or anticipated pick up date, depending on the birds’ age group you purchased.
Feeding: We feed Non GMO Nature’s Best Organic starter grower (this is a non-medicated feed). We provide fresh water daily with a tbs of apple cider vinegar (Brags raw and unfiltered, “with the mother”)
Vaccination Policy
We make no guarantee that the vaccinations will protect your poultry 100% from getting the disease, but it is a good preventative step. Marek's vaccine is an injection and will not be noticeable on the chicks.
Cancellation/Return Policy
If life happens and you decide to cancel an order that has not yet been filled, 50% of your payment is refundable and the other 50% will be issued as a store credit for a future purchase with us. We do not issue full refunds. If you need to cancel your order, please email us with your order number and cancellation reason. In the event we are unable to fill an order, we reserve the right to cancel it, and a full refund will be issued.
Feeding: We feed Non-GMO Nature’s Best Organic starter grower (this is a non-medicated feed). We provide fresh water daily with a tbs of apple cider vinegar (Brags raw and unfiltered, “with the mother”)
Electrolytes:
If you want to make your own solution here is the recipe:
§ 8 teaspoons granulated sugar
§ ½ teaspoon sea salt
§ ½ teaspoon baking soda
§ 1 gallon of water
About our Silkies
We are very proud of our Silkies. We have acquired our breeding stock from two master exhibitors and professional Silkie breeders in the State of Florida. We currently have two pens. One with solid whites, which is a standard APA recognized color. The other one is my red pen, which is not an APA recognized color. Red is a project color in Silkies. What I love about them and have learned from my own experience working with this color is that I can hatch other colors too, such as NSV (non-standard variety) and Patridge. NSV color Silkies can be shown and entered in shows as such.
Silkies are the divas of the chicken world. They originate from China. There is a great deal of information about the Silkie in ancient Chinese writings—eastern cultures have always believed the Silkie to have medicinal powers beyond any other chicken breed. That belief is justified: recent studies have discovered that the Silkie produces more carnosine, an important anti-oxidant, than other poultry. It is for this reason that Silkies are still used widely today in Chinese medicines. The first western recording of a Silkie sighting was by Marco Polo, 1928. He marveled about seeing a bird with black skin and “hair like a cat” on his travels to China. It’s thought that he took some Silkies with him and was the first person to introduce them to the western world. In the early 1900s, Silkies were exploited in travelling circuses and side-shows as “freaks’, described as “Chickens with fur instead of feathers.”
Silkies are ornamental chickens and should not be kept with large fowl breeds as they could become object of harassment by other breeds.
Female Silkies make great mothers. They love to sit on eggs and hatch them. They make great mothers as well. Male Silkies are charming and full of sassiness. They will do anything to protect their females. It is actually cute to watch how they court and protect. Male Silkies make excellent pets.
Silkie chickens are for you if :
You're just starting out with chickens and you're prepared to take good care that they don't get cold or wet.
You want a friendly first chicken for your children or a companion for yourself.
You have a fairly small area, or you can't let your girls free range at all and need to keep them in a coop.
You're thinking of keeping a chicken (or two) in an apartment.
You want a bird who will be a "mother hen" to lots of little chickens - no matter whose they are!
You shouldn't buy Silkies if :
You live somewhere cold, wet and muddy.
You want a hen who will lay eggs but not go broody over them (although there are ways to stop a hen who's 'gone broody').
You're thinking of keeping chickens for meat.
Silkies lay about 160-180 eggs per year. Their eggs are off white and small.
PLEASE READ THE LISTING IN ITS ENTIRETY BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDER. THANK YOU.
Local pick up only. We do not ship birds! All orders of chicks and hatching eggs are pre-orders! Chicks are sold unsexed. When you place your order we will contact to you let you know when we are setting the eggs for your chicks and give you an anticipated hatch date. When your chicks hatch, we vaccinate them, unless requested otherwise, and reach out to you to schedule your appointment for pick up.
Once you are notified that your birds are ready for check out, it is up to you to have their coop ready and make arrangements to pick them up by the deadline agreed upon. Should life happens and you are not able to take care of the birds you pre-ordered, we will give you credit for the amount paid up-to-date for a future purchase. Please understand we are not able to refund any orders/pre-orders. The only time, a refund applies is when we are not able to deliver the product (Ex. theft, fertility issues, hatch rate issue, fire, flock demise, bird illness, death of breeder, etc). There is a $5 fee for each bird, each day that is here past the deadline. No exceptions. You must order a minimum of 5 chicks and no more than 10. If you want to order more than 10 chicks, please reach out to me first.
A fee of $20 is added to any order that does not meet the minimum purchase requirement. This fee will be collected during pickup. Orders are filled by the order in which payment is received. Please allow up to 48 hours to hear back from us, especially if you are ordering on a Friday night or over the weekend. Appointments are scheduled for Saturdays most of the year. If you are ordering on a Saturday and expecting to pick up on the same day, please note available slots fill up quickly during the week, so sometimes, we are fully booked on Saturdays. Please wait to hear back from us before heading to our farm. We will contact you within 48 hours to schedule your pick up or anticipated pick up date, depending on the birds’ age group you purchased.
Feeding: We feed Non GMO Nature’s Best Organic starter grower (this is a non-medicated feed). We provide fresh water daily with a tbs of apple cider vinegar (Brags raw and unfiltered, “with the mother”)
Vaccination Policy
We make no guarantee that the vaccinations will protect your poultry 100% from getting the disease, but it is a good preventative step. Marek's vaccine is an injection and will not be noticeable on the chicks.
Cancellation/Return Policy
If life happens and you decide to cancel an order that has not yet been filled, 50% of your payment is refundable and the other 50% will be issued as a store credit for a future purchase with us. We do not issue full refunds. If you need to cancel your order, please email us with your order number and cancellation reason. In the event we are unable to fill an order, we reserve the right to cancel it, and a full refund will be issued.
Feeding: We feed Non-GMO Nature’s Best Organic starter grower (this is a non-medicated feed). We provide fresh water daily with a tbs of apple cider vinegar (Brags raw and unfiltered, “with the mother”)
Electrolytes:
If you want to make your own solution here is the recipe:
§ 8 teaspoons granulated sugar
§ ½ teaspoon sea salt
§ ½ teaspoon baking soda
§ 1 gallon of water
About our Silkies
We are very proud of our Silkies. We have acquired our breeding stock from two master exhibitors and professional Silkie breeders in the State of Florida. We currently have two pens. One with solid whites, which is a standard APA recognized color. The other one is my red pen, which is not an APA recognized color. Red is a project color in Silkies. What I love about them and have learned from my own experience working with this color is that I can hatch other colors too, such as NSV (non-standard variety) and Patridge. NSV color Silkies can be shown and entered in shows as such.
Silkies are the divas of the chicken world. They originate from China. There is a great deal of information about the Silkie in ancient Chinese writings—eastern cultures have always believed the Silkie to have medicinal powers beyond any other chicken breed. That belief is justified: recent studies have discovered that the Silkie produces more carnosine, an important anti-oxidant, than other poultry. It is for this reason that Silkies are still used widely today in Chinese medicines. The first western recording of a Silkie sighting was by Marco Polo, 1928. He marveled about seeing a bird with black skin and “hair like a cat” on his travels to China. It’s thought that he took some Silkies with him and was the first person to introduce them to the western world. In the early 1900s, Silkies were exploited in travelling circuses and side-shows as “freaks’, described as “Chickens with fur instead of feathers.”
Silkies are ornamental chickens and should not be kept with large fowl breeds as they could become object of harassment by other breeds.
Female Silkies make great mothers. They love to sit on eggs and hatch them. They make great mothers as well. Male Silkies are charming and full of sassiness. They will do anything to protect their females. It is actually cute to watch how they court and protect. Male Silkies make excellent pets.
Silkie chickens are for you if :
You're just starting out with chickens and you're prepared to take good care that they don't get cold or wet.
You want a friendly first chicken for your children or a companion for yourself.
You have a fairly small area, or you can't let your girls free range at all and need to keep them in a coop.
You're thinking of keeping a chicken (or two) in an apartment.
You want a bird who will be a "mother hen" to lots of little chickens - no matter whose they are!
You shouldn't buy Silkies if :
You live somewhere cold, wet and muddy.
You want a hen who will lay eggs but not go broody over them (although there are ways to stop a hen who's 'gone broody').
You're thinking of keeping chickens for meat.
Silkies lay about 160-180 eggs per year. Their eggs are off white and small.