Rose Blossom Silkies

10/24/2026

This is what 50 pounds of meal worms looks like.. Lou's Silkie Farm this is your fault. 🤣🤣.. posting stuff on sale. You know I suffer from scarcity mindset.

10/24/2026

Mille Satin Frizzle 💙

He’s going to be dark skin, full pattern, beautiful feet, lovely shape comb, possibly split to porcelain.

PMforℹ️

✨Onehundredfiftypetals✨

10/23/2026

Just to chime in on the hefty hens trend!

The standard (SOP) says:

C**k - 36 oz./1020 grams / 2.25 lbs
Hen - 32 oz./905 grams / 2 lbs
C**kerel - 32 oz./905 grams/ 2 lbs
Pullet - 28 oz./795 grams/ 1.75 lbs

And remember, a pullet is not yet a hen until she is over a year old. And the same for the cockerels of course.
I find the majority of my standard variety hens are within range.. it’s my boys that can and do go over. It’s really not a huge deal in silkies as I’ve never seen a judge call for a scale. 🙂. I think they like the ones with good body score as well and place them.

Weighing our birds is a good practice not only for adherence to the SOP but for tracking their health. Broody hens in particular should be weighed to make sure they aren’t dwindling to nothing. ✨

10/23/2026

I designed this logo to have some sweatshirts made at our local screen printing shop. They make high quality pieces that won’t peel or fade and I chose some Independent brand blanks that are extremely heavy weight and high quality. (Imagine the same weight of Carhart sweatshirts) I decided to go with their smallest bulk order of 12 as it was close to the same price as ordering for my family only.

It seems silly to ask 😅 but is there anyone who would be interested in having one of the extras? They will be black with white letting. A large silkie on the back and a small one on the front.

10/22/2026

I can’t be out here alone having caught every single Pokemon. 😬😬. How many varieties y’all up to?

Don’t ask me what this is. Her band fell off and I couldn’t make it again if I tried. 🤣🤣. I love the weirdos!

10/21/2026

Some Blossoms are kept in bubble wrap for safe keeping. 🤍

10/20/2026

🌼✨BLOSSOM DROP✨🌼

Sorry for the delay, life is lifin’ 😮‍💨

Many of these are about a month younger than my normal drops. So 3-4 m-o-n-t-h-s. Instead of 5,6,7

Trying to cut numbers before my trip. 🙂.

Lots of growing to do on these.

PM only.

Flying Tuesday is possible 📦 ✈️

10/17/2026

🌼✨Sunday Blossom Drop Coming!! ✨🌼

10/17/2026

I have not come to this lightly and it’s definitely something that happened over time as I took careful note. I once believed this person was good and had the interest of helping American breeders. After selling so many silkie books to the US and us recommending and singing her praises. Her page took a dark turn. Over the last year her content has become increasingly hostile towards the American silkie. Personally, I cannot recommend supporting her or her message of negativity and outright misinformation towards our birds, our national poultry clubs, judges, and breed clubs. This particular article suggests we are abusing our birds, breeding them with brains protruding from their skulls and in general not being responsible. Sigrid has not been in my barn, or yours. I stand behind the statement that my birds are thriving and I actually see very few vaults. The beauty of evolution is that if there were traits that ever existed that made birds less vigorous or less likely to thrive.. those birds take themselves out of the gene pool over time. No serious show breeder is working to keep birds with neurological symptoms in their program. That’s a baseless assertion masquerading as a fact. In this barn we don’t breed birds recovered from wry neck, any sort of skeletal deformity, tick, or head wobble. Etc. Big crests exist without vaults or neurological issues . ALL. THE . TIME.

I know I sound like a broken record, yet it can't be said often enough.

Here is the sketch of a striking USA Silkie: blind, with a vault and dangerously prone to neurological damage because the cerebral hernia (vault, protuberance, skull k**b) lacks the skull bone that should protect the brain.

Here in Europe, such birds must be allowed proper grooming so they can see, otherwise animal welfare laws kick in sooner or later, and in the worst case scenario, ALL crested breeds risk being phased out.

Rules tend to lack specificity, but breed clubs and national poultry organisations could be held responsible for enforcing bans on crested chickens if breeders don't breed for freedom of vision.

This is NO problem in the European Silkies on the Continent, it is in the 'fun fluffy US Silkies' who suffer for being 'cute' in the eyes of their admirers.

Don't underestimate animal protection groups, they're doing vital work flagging when and why our chickens suffer. Information matters.
A protuberance in Silkies is simply not acceptable.

We don't want to harm our chickens, do we?
We're not without empathy, are we?

www.chickencolours.com for the Silkie and Silkie bantam book.

10/16/2026

A little Re-share. 💙