Neil Armitage (529)
![Should you get day old chicks, growers or ready to lay hens.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/482/Day-old-chicks-is-a-popular-age-for-getting-chickens.jpg)
What is the best age to buy chickens. That's the chickens' age and not yours!
![Chickens make good pets and lay eggs.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/481/My-chickens-are-free-range.jpg)
Why do people keep chickens?
![A lovely pair of paint Silkie hens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/480/lovely-pair-paint-silkie-hens.jpg)
The Paint Silkie
![The self blue is a difficult colour to breed well.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/479/A-self-blue-Silkie.jpg)
The Blue Silkie
![A buff Silkie hen walking on green grass.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/478/Buff-Silkie-hen-header-image.jpg)
The Buff Silkie
![A splash silkie free ranging.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/477/A-splash-Silkie.jpg)
The Splash Silkie
![A red coloured Silkie.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/476/red-silkie.jpg)
The Red Silkie
![A cuckoo Silkie on green grass.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/475/a-Cuckoo-Silkie.jpg)
The Cuckoo Silkie
![Young chickens in a wooden coop.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/474/a-wooden-coop.jpg)
What is the best material for chicken coop construction?
![Silkies are lovely birds and full of character but they are not good for every keeper.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/473/a-show-winning-Silkie.jpg)
Are Silkies right for me? The pros and cons.
![Chicken coop roof, how much slope it needs and what to cover it with.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/472/a-chicken-coop-roof.jpg)
The chicken coop roof.
![How to deal with and treat lethargic bantam chickens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/471/a-lethargid-bantam-wyandotte.jpg)
Lethargic bantam chickens.
![All chickens are different sizes and even bantams vary quite a lot.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/469/how-big-do-bantam-chickens-get.jpg)
How big do bantam chickens get?
![What should you be using as a paint or preservative on your chicken coop.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/468/should-coops-be-painted.jpg)
Painting and preserving your chicken coop.
![A barnevelder rooster ranging in the chicken run.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/467/coop-floors-and-foundations.jpg)
Chicken coop floors and foundations.
![A selection of eggs from my bantam egg flock.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/466/When-will-my-chicken-sstart-laying-eggs.jpg)
Why are my bantams not laying eggs? (with FAQ)
![A bantam wyandotte hen wandering in the snow.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/465/a-bantam-wyandotte-happy-in-the-snow.jpg)
Are bantams easy to keep?
![Two hens in a nest with shavings as bedding.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/464/bedding-for-coops-and-nests.jpg)
Chicken coop and nest box bedding
![A batch of new day old chicks.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/463/when-is-the-best-time-to-buy-chicks.jpg)
When is the best time to buy chicks?
![Ice forming on the chicken coop vents.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/462/Ice-in-the-chicken-coop.jpg)
Chicken coop ventilation. Why its so important and how to do it right.
![Young chickens inside a chicken coop.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/461/A-simple-shed-chicken-coop.jpg)
What should be inside your chicken coop.
![A black Silkie chicken on fresh green grass.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/460/black-silkie-chicken.jpg)
Black Silkie chickens
![How much height and head room do you need inside the coop.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/459/how-tall-should-a-chicken-coop-be.jpg)
How tall do chicken coops need to be?
![A lavender Silkie hen in the grass.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/457/A-lavender-Silkie-in-the-grass.jpg)
Lavender Silkie chickens
![A silver dutch bantam rooster.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/456/bantam-cockerels-and-roosters-header-image.jpg)
Bantam roosters and cockerels
![A raised coop makes the keepers life easier.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/455/should-a-chicken-coop-be-raised-of-the-ground.jpg)
Should Chicken coops be raised up of the ground?
![A frizzle chicken at a poultry show.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/454/Frizzle-chicken-at-a-poultry-show-header.jpg)
What are Frizzle, Sizzle and Frazzle chickens
![A show quality partridge Silkie at a poultry gathering](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/453/Partridge-Silkie-header-image.jpg)
Partridge Silkie chickens
![A beautiful full white Silkie on beach sand.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/452/beautiful-white-Silkie-chicken-on-beach.jpg)
White Silkie chickens
![three colours of Silkie chicken sat on a perch.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/451/silkie-colours-header.jpg)
Silkie colours.
![Silkies are one of the oldest known breeds](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/450/11-facts-about-silkies-header-image.jpg)
11 fascinating Silkie facts
![A chicken coop with the windows clearly visible.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/449/chicken-coop-windows-header.jpg)
Chicken coop windows
![Bantam chickens do tend to be more friendly.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/448/friendly-bantam-looking-into-camera.jpg)
Are bantams friendly?
Can you make a hen go broody?
![A Silkie hen enjoying her time in the dust bath.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/446/silkie-chicken-in-a-dust-bath-header.jpg)
Do Silkie chickens need a dust bath?
![A snake eating an egg in the nest](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/445/snake-eating-egg-in-chicken-coop.jpg)
15 ways to keep snakes out of the chicken coop.
![](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/444/Feeding-chickens-inside-or-outside-header-image.jpg)
Should you put food and water in the chicken coop?
![This is definitely a happy chicken. How can the keeper tell whether their flock is happy and in good health.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/443/this-is-a-happy-chicken-header-image.jpg)
How do you know if your chickens are happy?
![A pop hole in a home built chicken coop](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/442/chicken-coop-doors-and-pop-holes-header-image.jpg)
Chicken coop doors and pop holes
![A nest full of eggs from my light Sussex bantams](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/441/Are-bantams-good-layers-header-image.jpg)
Are bantam chickens good egg layers.
![Chicken coops can be too big or small and both have their problems.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/440/coop-size-too-big-or-too-small-header.jpg)
Can a coop be too big or too small
![A happy broody hen settled on her nest.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/439/broody-hen-on-nest-header-image.jpg)
Are bantams broody?
![A young chickens looking for food in fresh pasture.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/438/what-do-chickens-eat-naturally-header-image.jpg)
What do chickens eat naturally?
![Hens do like water but will drown easily.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/437/hen-in-water-header-image.jpg)
Can and should chickens swim?
![A mother hen with a large brood of chicks.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/436/How-many-chicks-can-a-hen-have-header-image.jpg)
How many chicks can a chicken look after.
How to provide fresh greens for chickens in winter.
![Silkies do roost and it is important for all chickens to be able to perch.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/434/Roosting-silkies-header-image.jpg)
Do Silkie chickens roost? And how high should they be.
![A whole flock of chickens sleeping in the nest box.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/433/how-to-stop-chickens-sleeping-in-nest-boxes-image-header.jpg)
11 reasons chickens sleep in nest boxes and how to stop it.
![What should you avoid when breeding or buying Silkies.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/432/Silkie-faults-in-breeding-header.jpg)
Faults in Silkies.
![I test 4 of the current range of automatic coop door openers .](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/431/automatic-chicken-coop-door-openers-header-image.jpg)
A review of automatic chicken coop door openers with 4 on test.
![Washing a bathing Silkies so as they look nice for they show.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/430/washing-and-bathing-Silkies-header-image.jpg)
How to wash and bath a Silkie.
![Older hens have some special needs but are very useful to have around.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/429/old-hens-header-image.jpg)
Dealing with older hens or biddies.
![A showgirl Silkie perching](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/428/Showgirl-silkies-header.jpg)
What is a Showgirl Silkie?
![A close up of a silkie chickens feet showing some of the problems they have.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/427/looking-after-a-silkies-feet-header-image.jpg)
Looking after a Silkies feet. Common problems and treatment.
![Silkie chickens are some of the slowest growing chickens](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/426/how-fast-do-silkies-grow.jpg)
How fast do Silkie chickens grow
![A lost chickens peering out from under branches.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/425/lost-a-chickens-header-image.jpg)
Lost chickens
![Mother hens are very good at looking after their young but lack the equipment to nurse.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/423/Do-chickens-nurse-their-young-header-image.jpg)
Do chickens breastfeed or nurse their young?
![Two Silkie chickens in the snow.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/422/cold-and-wet-silkieas-header-image.jpg)
Silkies in the ice, cold and wet of winter
![A well bred Silkie hen.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/421/breeding-Silkies-header.jpg)
Breeding Silkies and Showgirls
![What happens if you breed bantams and large fowl chickens together.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/420/breeding-bantams-and-large-fowl-chickens.jpg)
Breeding bantam and large fowl chickens together
![A tray of Silkie eggs showing the colour](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/419/silkie-eggs.jpg)
Silkie eggs
![Telling the boys from the girls is very difficult with silkies.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/418/sexing-silkie-chickens-header.jpg)
Sexing Silkie chickens
![Bantams never seem to be sold sexed.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/417/ready-to-let-out-header.jpg)
Why are bantams only sold as straight run
![Bantams can be good egg producers as well.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/416/why-keep-bantams.jpg)
Why keep bantam chickens
![A selection of different types of bantams](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/415/bantams-header.jpg)
Types and varieties of bantam chickens
![Two different sizes and colours of Silkie chicken.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/414/types-and-sizes-of-silkie-header.jpg)
Types and sizes of Silkie chickens
![Silkie cockerels are generally a pleasure to have around.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/413/silkie-cockerel-header.jpg)
The Silkie cockerel
![A selection of eggs from my bantam chickens.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/412/bantam-chicken-eggs.jpg)
Bantam chicken eggs
![A beautiful white Silkie at a poultry show.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/411/What-is-a-silkie-header.jpg)
Silkies for showing and how to prepare for judging.
![A sick Silkie chicken with an eye infection.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/410/sick-silkie-header.jpg)
Silkie problems and diseases
![](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/409/silkies-and-parasites-header.jpg)
Silkie chickens and parasites
![A pair of Silkie chickens eating.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/408/feeding-chickens.jpg)
Feeding Silkies and what to give as treats
![A free range chicken out on grass.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/406/free-range-chickens-header-image.jpg)
Should I free range my chickens and bantams?
![How much is too much to pay for silkies.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/405/cost-and-where-to-get-silkies.jpg)
Where to get Silkies and how much to pay for them.
![The breed standard of perfection for the Silkie chicken.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/404/breed-standard-silkie.jpg)
Silkie breed standard.
![A silkie chicken plucked and ready for cooking.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/403/silkie-chicken-meat.jpg)
Keeping silkies for meat
![A family of Silkie chickens.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/402/incubating-and-hatching-silkies-header.jpg)
Incubating and hatching Silkie eggs
![A Silkie chicken from the history books.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/401/silkie-from-history.jpg)
History and origin of the Silkie chicken
![Silkies need a little extra care.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/400/A-silkie-bantam.jpg)
Care of Silkie chickens
![One of my Silkie cross chickens I use for hatching chicks.](https://cluckin.net/media/posts/399/silkie-cross-broody-header.jpg)