How Do You Crossbreed White & Black Silkie Chickens?
Silkies are a small, bantam breed of chicken with feathers that look more like hair than like a feather. Their feathers lack barbicels (which hold the feather together), thus creating a furlike look. Silkies cannot fly because their feathers do not hold together against air. Their temperament is docile, and they make wonderful pets. Silkie mothers are very attentive to their eggs and chicks. Crossbreeding can reveal interesting colors. Try a black rooster with a white hen, or a white rooster with a black hen. Select a black silkie rooster and two white silkie hens, or a white silkie rooster and two black silkie hens, that are seven months or older to lay mature eggs that form healthy chicks. Silkie hens tend to be broody and are willing to sit on eggs. Using two hens produces a clutch of of eggs faster and ensures that plenty of fertile eggs will be laid. Confine the hens and rooster to their own locked chicken coop to ensure that no other roosters have access to the hens. Allow the tr
