However, silkies are considered true bantams because there's no full-sized silkie breed. Bantam chickens weigh 25 to 30% of what standard chickens do.

Smallholder Sally Coulthard shares why Bantams are the perfect chicken breed to own, as they don’t need as much space, eat less feed, don’t mind being handled and make great mothers.

There are about 18 breeds of bantam chicken, which include pekin, dutch and sebright, but silkie is gaining the most popularity in Kenya. ‘Weird’ characteristics ...

According to the national authority on silkies, the American Silkie Bantam Club, the silkie chicken possesses “many characteristics that set them apart from the other breeds of chickens; the ...

The silkie “black” chicken's feathers look like fluffy fur -- and it is billed as one of the gentlest, cutest chickens out there. That's why some people in America keep it as a pet. On the ...

Japanese Bantams – ancient breeds in plain, frizzled and silkie plumage, with elegant tails and short legs that prevent energetic gardening.

Unlike other chicken breeds, these birds can double as pets and attract high prices. Mr Martin Njogu, an exotic species farmer at Blue Farm, sells a mature female bantam chicken of the silkie ...