“I ordered 5 day old Baby silkies that were a year old this past Mother's Day. My black silky has an overgrown beak. That has to be trimmed every month. My buff silky Is around 4 pounds. I did a lot of research before I ordered These Bantams the males Are only supposed to get up to 22 ounces. And females 18 ounces, I don't understand Why my buff female Has gotten up to four pounds. The only thing I can think of is maybe she is crossbred. I also got a white silky, She is the only one that does not have anything wrong with her. I would love to have maybe three more female silkies, but I am afraid to order anymore because of the problems that I had with these last ones.”
“My mother ordered me some chicks this past spring. I was beyond excited to have the Silky I have been waiting for...for a year! Everything was great when she arrived, cute little fluff I named Fifi. Then, a month later I started seeing issues. She has an overgrown beak. Fifi did have this when she was little, but it wasn‚Äôt a huge issue. She was not the fluffy Silkie I expected her to turn out like, and then one month later....suddenly died for no reason. We spent a good amount of money to have her be a girl, and then this happened. I was devastated. (She also turned out Blue, not speckledü•∫) We ended up getting Tractor supply chicks also, to replace her. (we did not contact MPC because we understand sometimes things just happen, and to move on and hope for better luck next time.) We lucked out with TS, and that NEVER happens! Usually TS gets all the rejects from other hatcheries, so I was shocked! (Also in that same order, we got a cream legbar instead of a Speckled Sussex. They looked so similar as chicks, so we never caught on until months 2 months later. We didn‚Äôt mind to much getting them switched out, our Legbar is super sweet!). This is the first time I have had issues and was sad. But things happen, I understand. Hopeful for better shipments this spring!”
“We weren‚Äôt sure what to expect because everybody says silkies are really hard to sex, but our girl is our 2nd to lay at 5.5 months old! Perfect little cream eggs. She was shy at first but as soon as she started laying, she became so friendly and lets us pet her. She‚Äôs also one of the bigger of our bantams AND holds her ground against our standards too! She‚Äôs the best!”
“Okay, so I got a blue (mine is a full blue, not black or splash) and she is the cutest! She‚Äôs a little spacey and is lowest in pecking order but she doesn‚Äôt seem to notice or care. She is SO fluffy and likes to snuggle. All 3 of my silkies from MPC were sexed correctly and all 3 are laying (5 eggs a week) at 24 weeks! I couldn‚Äôt be happier!”
“So sweet such a little cotton ball so tiny but so sweet needs special attention around the bigger breed babies but holds her own and is paring well with the jubilee orpington !”
“The only reason I gave 3 stars is because my chickens are all healthy and alive one year later but they do not have nearly the amount of fluff that these photos show. Im assuming the quality is not as good? All 4 of my silkies have more like short mohawks rather than pompom shapes.. their rumps are also not at all fluffy and have a couple of "straw-like" tail feathers.”
“I ordered 20 bantams, 3 are blue silkies. I got 2 blue and a splash couldn‚Äôt be happier. I live in Colorado and the chicks shipped Monday and I got them Wednesday morning. Everyone doing great! Love your company friendly staff.”
