Black Silkie
A variety of the Silkie
Chicken · Cream eggs · Ornamental
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About the Black Silkie
Black Silkies aim for solid, even jet-black fur-like plumage carrying a green sheen in the light, with the face, comb and wattles a dark mulberry approaching black for a uniformly dark bird. A PCGB and APA standard colour, the black harmonises with the breed's naturally dark skin and bones; cock birds may throw a little gold or silver in the hackle with age.
At a glance
- Egg colour
- Cream
- Eggs per year
- About 120
- Purpose
- Ornamental
- Sizes
- Large fowl, Bantam
- Incubation
- 21 days
- Broodiness
- High
- Cold hardiness
- Moderate
- Purity
- Pure
- Origin
- China
- Scientific name
- Gallus gallus domesticus