Silkie Chickens: Australia Buying Guide

Silkie chickens are easy to recognise by their soft, fluffy feathering. Before buying, choose whether you want chicks to rear, adult hens or a breeding pair. Our Silkie chickens for sale listing keeps the colour, sex and bird options together, so you can compare them without jumping between duplicate products.

Black Silkies and white Silkie chickens

The live-bird listing includes Black, White, Buff and Splash Silkie Bantams. Choose Black Silkie Bantam if you want a black Silkie chicken; the same colour is often described simply as black Silkie. White Silkie chickens have a very different appearance, but colour alone does not tell you the bird’s sex or age. For a fluffy white chicken, choose the White option and then the age and sex you need.

Are Silkies blue, grey or lavender?

Those names describe different colour choices and should not be swapped when ordering. A lavender Silkie chicken is not offered through our current Black, White, Buff and Splash choices. If you want a lavender Silkie, ask us about that colour before buying another option. Splash is the name of the option on our listing; it is not a promise of a particular Blue bird.

Grey Silkies: chickens sold under different colour labels

A bird advertised as a gray Silkie uses an alternative spelling of grey. Ask for the breeder’s colour description and a recent photograph instead of choosing from the spelling alone. For a partridge Silkie, check the pattern too. “Silkie chicken partridge” describes a colour request, not one of the four colours in our live-bird selector.

Silkie hens, chicks and pairs

Choose adult female for Silkie hens, adult male for a male bird, or the pair option for one male and one female. Chicks have their own sex choices and minimum quantities. Compare the actual option, rather than assuming every photograph shows the bird’s selling age. The product page displays the price and stock for your selection.

Silkie chicken eggs for your own hatch

Silkie chicken hatching eggs are sold separately from live birds. Our Chocolate Silkie hatching eggs are an option within Chicken Hatching Eggs. Choose Chocolate Silkie as the breed, then a pack of 6, 12, 24 or 30 eggs. Chocolate Silkie names the breeding variety, not the shell colour. This egg option is separate from the Black, White, Buff and Splash live birds.

Are “silky chicken eggs” the same thing?

Silky is an alternative spelling you may come across. Check the breed and whether the eggs are sold for hatching; a name alone does not establish fertility or a hatch rate. Basket quantity counts complete packs. Two 12-egg packs contain 24 eggs.

Everyday Silkie chicken care

Keep shelter and bedding dry, provide clean water and suitable poultry feed, and make sure smaller birds can reach feeders without being pushed aside. Have a brooder ready for chicks. Check feathered feet regularly and introduce new birds carefully. Our chicken house and run guide covers the setup to prepare before your birds arrive.

Silkies can become broody, so take that into account if your main aim is a steady supply of eating eggs. The Poultry Club’s Silkie profile describes this breed characteristic.

Is “silk chicken” another name for a Silkie?

Silk chicken is sometimes used as a shortened name in enquiries. We use Silkie on our listings. Compare our Silkie birds by colour, age and sex. For naked-neck or curled-feather birds, read about Showgirl and Frizzle Silkies before choosing an ordinary Silkie option.

View current Silkie birds or ask us about a colour or age.