Silkie Fertile Eggs – Fluffy Broody Line (Mixed Colours)

☁️ Beautiful Silkies – Exceptional Broody Chickens & Gentle Backyard Companions 🐣

🐣 Breed Overview

• Silkies are a unique ornamental breed, famous for their soft, fluffy “fur-like” feathers ☁️
• Highly valued for their strong brooding instinct and calm nature
• Perfect for hatching eggs and raising chicks naturally 🐔

🎨 Egg Colour

• Cream to light beige eggs 🥚
• Great for incubation and natural brooding
• Note: Egg taste is the same regardless of shell colour – quality depends on freshness and diet 👍

🧬 Breed Characteristics

• Dark skin and pigmentation (true Silkie trait) 🖤
• Blue ear lobes 💙
• 5 toes – correct Silkie characteristic ✅
• Crested heads with fluffy top knots
• Fully feathered legs and feet 🪶

😊 Temperament

• Extremely calm and friendly 😌
• Easy to handle and ideal for families
• Excellent mothers and protective hens when broody

🥚 Egg Production

• Approximately 100–150 eggs per year
• Approximately 8–12 eggs per month
• Seasonal layers with strong brooding cycles

🌿 Why They’re Perfect Backyard Chickens

• Best natural incubators 🐣
• Perfect for hatching other breeds
• Beautiful ornamental birds with soft appearance ☁️
• Great for small farms and backyard setups

💡 Fun Facts

• Silkies feel like fur instead of feathers 🐻
• Known worldwide as some of the best broody chickens
• Often used by breeders to hatch expensive or rare eggs

⭐ Why You’ll Love Them

• Gentle, friendly and easy to manage 🐔
• Excellent for breeding and incubation
• Unique, fluffy appearance unlike any other breed ✨

📦 What You’re Getting

• Fresh, fertile Silkie eggs
• Selected from healthy, well-managed breeding stock
• From birds in peak laying condition (approximately 8 months old) 💪

📊 Stock Availability

• Limited stock available ⚠️
• Daily production varies
• Orders processed on a first-come, first-served basis

🔥 Hatching & Incubation Guide

• Main purpose: These eggs are sold for incubation to hatch your own chicks 🐣
• Best results when incubated within 7 days
• Ideal settings:
  • Temperature: 37.5°C
  • Humidity: 45–55% (Days 1–18)
  • Humidity: 65–70% (final 3 days)
• Turn eggs 3–5 times daily
• Stop turning on Day 18 (lockdown)
• Expected hatch time: 21 days ⏳
• Candle eggs on Day 7 and Day 14 🔦
• Allow eggs to rest after transport before incubation
• Note: Hatch rates depend on handling and incubation conditions

🌿 Breeding, Housing & Nutrition

• Raised in the Garden Route 🌿 with clean, spacious, predator-protected housing 🛡️
• High-quality diet including balanced feed, added oils, greens, and fly larvae 🐛
• Supplemented with Camelus Avi Layer & Breeder for fertility, egg quality, and hatchability ✅

🧬 Breeder Line & Origin

• Breeding stock sourced from reputable South African breeders 🇿🇦
• Selected for brooding ability, health, and consistency

❤️ Our Philosophy

• At Garden Route Trail Hatch House, our chickens are more than just livestock – they are part of our family 🐔
• We believe in raising birds with care, respect, and attention to their wellbeing at all times
• We do not support intensive or caged breeding systems where birds are treated purely for production
• Rather than operating as a high-output breeding farm, we have created a safe, well-managed haven where these beautiful and extraordinary breeds can thrive under proper care and protection
• Our breeding stock is raised using natural husbandry practices focused on health, vigour, and long-term genetic strength 🌿
• No vaccinations are administered
• No routine medications or antibiotic treatments are used
• No added hormones are used 🚫
• Our goal is to maintain healthy, stress-free breeding stock that produce strong, viable offspring
• We believe that how birds are treated directly reflects in the quality of the eggs and chicks we produce ✅

📍 Collection & Delivery

• Collection by arrangement ✅
• Nationwide courier delivery 🚚
• Prompt collection or delivery recommended due to egg viability