Soft as a cloud.
Sweet as can be.
Fancy silkies.

We hatch in small batches throughout the season. The best way to hear first is to join our list. List members get first pick, and you'll get an email or text when the colors and ages you picked are ready.

Yes, though fewer than production breeds. Silkie hens lay small cream to lightly tinted eggs, usually around two or three a week. They're also famous for going broody and make wonderful mothers.

Silkies are known for being calm, friendly and easy to handle, which makes them a favorite for families and first-time chicken keepers.

Straight run chicks are unsexed, so expect about half to be roosters. Silkies are hard to sex by looking at them until they're several months old, but a DNA test from a poultry lab can tell you for sure at any age.

Not yet, but we plan to offer DNA sexing for our silkies in the future. Join our list and we'll let you know when it's available. In the meantime, you can send feather samples to a poultry DNA lab yourself. Our hen or rooster guide explains how.

NPIP is a USDA program run with each state. Certified flocks are tested regularly for diseases like Pullorum-Typhoid and avian influenza. Many states require NPIP certification before birds or hatching eggs can cross state lines.

Yes. Our chicks are vaccinated for Marek's disease, a common and deadly virus in backyard flocks, and our breeding birds are tested for MG (Mycoplasma gallisepticum). Silkies are known to be especially prone to Marek's, so we don't skip it.

We don't usually sell hatching eggs. Most of our eggs go into our own incubators, so we only offer a few dozen once in a while. Every egg is set in shipping foam or sliced pool-noodle foam, taped and packed tight. Shipping isn't included: each dozen ships in its own box by UPS 2nd Day Air, and checkout adds the UPS cost for your state plus a $20 box fee per dozen. Orders ship within 3 weeks, depending on how many eggs the ladies are laying, and if we can't fill an order we refund it in full. Hatch rates on shipped eggs can't be guaranteed. Read more about our hatching eggs.

Yes. We ship hatching eggs, chicks and juveniles, and adult birds won at our auctions. We don't sell adult birds outside of auctions. Local pickup in Hudson, Florida is also available by appointment. Our flock is NPIP certified, which most states require before birds can cross state lines.

To protect our flock, we don't offer farm tours. Pickups are by appointment, and you'll see your birds before you take them home.