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Silkies most likely originated in China, but Southeast Asia is also sometimes proposed.
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Among the most docile of poultry, Silkies are considered an ideal pet.
Silkies most likely made their way to the West via the Silk Route and maritime trade.
In the 21st century, Silkies are one of the most popular and ubiquitous ornamental breeds of chicken.
Silkies are often mistakenly called a bantam breed, and although some countries do consider them a bantam, this varies according to region and many breed standards class them officially as large fowl ; the bantam Silkie is actually a separate variety most of the time.
Their capacity for incubation, which has been selectively bred out of most egg-laying fowl, is often exploited by poultry keepers by allowing Silkies to raise the offspring of other birds.
Silkies and Asia
The earliest surviving written account of Silkies comes from Marco Polo, who wrote of a furry chicken in the 13th century, during his travels in Asia.
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All Silkies have black skin, bones and grayish-black meat ; their Chinese language name is wu gu ji ( 烏骨雞, literally " dark boned chicken "), meaning " black-boned chicken ".
Silkies lay a fair number of cream-colored eggs, but production is often interrupted due to their extreme tendency to go broody ; a hen will produce 100 eggs in an ideal year.
The British standard weight for bantam Silkies is 600 g ( 22 oz ) for males, and 500 g for females ( 18 oz ).
* Silkies is a spot further down the beach where a curve is formed, close to the old Springbok Cafe.
Silkies and also
The Renaissance author Ulisse Aldrovandi also spoke of chickens akin to Silkies.
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In addition to their distinctive physical characteristics, Silkies are well known for their calm, friendly temperament.
Once Silkies became more common in the West, many myths were perpetuated about them.
However, even " large " Silkies are relatively small chickens, with standard bantam size males weighing only four pounds ( 1. 8 kilos ), and females weigh three pounds ( 1. 36 kilos ).
Their feathers lack functioning barbicels, and are thus similar to down on other birds and leave Silkies unable to fly.
Silkies appear in two distinct varieties: Bearded and Non-bearded.
Bearded Silkies have an extra muff of feathers under the beak area that covers the earlobes.
All Silkies have a small Walnut-type comb, dark wattles, and turquoise blue earlobes.
In addition to these defining characteristics, Silkies have five toes on each foot.
In addition to being good mothers, Silkies are universally renowned for their calm, friendly temperament.
This docility can cause Silkies to be bullied by more active or aggressive birds when kept in mixed flocks.
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