The silkies have five toes instead of the usual four that is common in chickens.Silkies have broad and stout, the back is short and with full breast.Their beak is very hard, short, broad at the base, it will be in grey/blue in color. Silkies have an oval-shaped turquoise with blue earlobes and dark-colored wattles.The comb color will be in be black or dark mulberry. And their comb looks like a ‘walnut’, which means almost circular in appearance. This breed chicken head is crested, looking somewhat like a ‘pom-pom’.Physical Characteristics of Silkie Chicken: They behave well towards children, as they can easily withstand being roughly handled. Silkie chickens are one of the best ornamental breed birds, and they can become good pets. These breed chickens are commonly used to hatch eggs from other breeds and bird species as they are very good brooders. They lay a decent number of eggs, they can lay 3 to 4 three eggs in a week. Silkie Chickens are very good brooder/ mothers. It is the most obedient breed in poultry farming. Apart from these extraordinary qualities, Silkies are good-natured birds, they are very calm, friendly temperament. This chicken breed is mainly seen in poultry shows and comes in various colors.
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The Silkie chicken has many unique qualities, for example, they have black skin and bones, blue earlobes, and five toes on each foot, whereas having four toes common in all most all the chicken breeds. The Silkie or silky is a breed of chicken, the name is derived from its atypically fluffy plumage, its plumage is very smooth like silk and satin.
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