Henny & Co. Hatchery

12/22/2022

12/20/2022

One more blue silkie available!
$15
Located in Elberta

12/06/2022

We've got an incubator full of babies that will be hatching soon! Reserve yours today!

11/24/2022

It's beginning to look a lot like Chickmas 'round here! 🎄🎅🎁

08/18/2022

Why we can't sell just hens or pullets!!!!
I get asked this question all the time… why don’t you sell silkie hens or pullets?
Well, let me answer that question, and on behalf of (most) all silkie breeders.. It’s just the nature of the breed.

1) Silkies are naturally very slow to mature. It takes a silkie chick 5 - 8 months to reach maturity. In comparison, a meat production bird is ready for market by 6 weeks of age. A 6-week old bantam silkie is just getting old enough to wean off of heat lamps and is about the size of a 2-week old LF bird.

2) Silkies are not known for being great egg layers… Many hens will only lay about 20 - 30 eggs per year, taking many breaks in between to go broody, which stops egg production for weeks to months at a time.

3) It is very hard to determine a silkie chicks s*x until they reach maturity, trust me, I'm wrong almost always … As stated above, that can be half of a calendar year. Not only are they slow to mature, their walnut combs look identical at a young age.. meaning a boy chick looks just like a girl chick. In comparison, a single-comb breed cockerel's comb will stand up higher and be redder in color in as little as 2 weeks of age. That allows a breeder to cull out all the boys from a growout pen, allowing extra space for just females… Not so in silkies. They truly all look alike.

4) The only reliable, proven way to s*x a silkie is a DNA swab test. Currently, the cost of each test is at least $25.00 for each bird tested. This makes it very cost prohibitive… Most DNA s*xed silkie pullets sell for $75.00 or more each. If someone tells you they can s*x a 2 month old silkie, they may also try and sell you ocean front property in Arizona. Buyer beware.

5) Pen size makes raising a large number of silkies difficult for the backyard breeders… Because boys look just like girls, breeders are forced to feed a mixed flock of birds until s*xual maturity, ya'll know how expensive feed is - around 6 months of age.. That’s a lot of feed, shaving, medical attention (mite treatment, wormer etc) and space, for a long period of time..
With absolutely no guarantee that any of the grow-outs will be female.

Currently, my largest grow-out pens will hold about 20 full sized silkies … Given a 50/50 ratio, (often is 3 to 1 boys), at best half the pen will end up being boys, That’s only 4 - 5 pullets out of every 20 birds.. If I hold back 2 or 3 pullets for show or to replace my own stock, that leaves 1 or 2 birds to sell and around 5 or 6 cockerels (that I can’t give away because nobody wants boys). So breeders, like myself, will sell pairs on occasion, but even then, I just don’t have enough stock to supply all the requests for hens and pullets.

My advise is to purchase a bunch of silkie chicks, from a reputable breeder and raise them out just like I have to do.. Cull your cockerels and keep your pullets and in a year's time… you’ll have hens… That’s what us breeders have to do… It’s slow, it’s costly, it’s a lesson in patience.. But in the end, you’ll have silkie hens that suddenly are a hot commodity!

Copied and pasted from Flynn Farm Silkies and Showgirls

08/13/2022

Great advice for molting chickens! Higher protein is KEY!

08/07/2022

Hello world! Sweet hen raised babies available for adoption!

08/07/2022

The mama's (-1!) at the watering hole!

08/07/2022

Pair UFD
Silkie hen
Satin showgirl rooster
NPIP
Elberta, AL

08/05/2022

SOLD
This fella is UFD.
Year old, proven breeder, not friendly.
Five-Oh.

07/14/2022

One of other feathered friends, Daisy! We love our parrots here at Henny & Co.!

06/23/2022

🍃 AVAILABLE BABIES 🍃

Frenchie says "Come get these chirren!"

🐣6 week olds-
•2 black satin Silkies
•2 blue satin Silkies
•1 blue cuckoo satin Silkie

🐣2 day olds
•1 blue Polish
•1 wcb Polish
•3 splash Polish
•2 blue Silkies
•4 black Silkies
•2 paint Silkies
•2 black Showgirls

Elberta, AL

06/22/2022

Arlo, here wants you all to know we have BABIES! It'll be the last hatch of the season. Splash Polish, blue Polish, white crested black Polish, and various colors of Silkies and Showgirls, reserve yours now!

06/20/2022

Polish pair SOLD.

06/19/2022

SOLD
Beautiful satin paint pair available, one is a showgirl, one is a frizzle

06/19/2022

SOLD
2 frizzle satin partridge silkies available.

06/19/2022

Sweet blue satin babes needing a new coop! 💙

06/13/2022

Some tips to keep your chickens cool in this heat wave 😎
🧊 Lots of water.
🧊 Frozen fruit, melon is a favorite!
🧊 Fans, if you have them.
🧊 Shallow pools to dip their feet in.

06/13/2022

Reverie Homestead, home of Henny & Co. Hatchery ❤️

06/09/2022

WINNER WILL BE SELECTED ON MONDAY!

Henny & Co. wants to spread the love! Like, comment, share, and tag 5 friends for a chance to win some babies!

05/31/2022

This little Tolbunt Polish baby is worn slap out from hatching. Sweetest little things!

05/30/2022

NFS
Some of the crew, Godiva, Athena, Stormi, Lemon Drop, Dodie, Rain, and Frenchie. We LOVE our girls!

05/23/2022

SOLD
We've got some sweet turkey babies hatching today! Six so far!

05/22/2022

SOLD
✨️This pretty girl needs a new coop!✨️

05/21/2022

SOLD
4 pairs of seramas
2 chicks
A dozen eggs
Located in Elberta

05/21/2022

✨️Available✨️
Located in Elberta

05/21/2022

Two handsome fellas needing new coops!

05/20/2022

Henny & Co. Hatchery is a good egg! So thankful for my customers! We love you SO much! 🐔

05/20/2022

👑 Customer appreciation post 👑

I just wanted to reach out and thank each and everyone one of you, I truly appreciate your business, your loyalty, and your friendship. But most of all I appreciate that of all the choices you have, you chose me. You guys are the driving force behind Henny & Co., and these smiles are why I do what I do. Thank you for your support and encouragement!

Love, H&Co.

05/18/2022

Need eggs? Don't need eggs, but WANT eggs? I have a fun assortment of Polish and Silkie eggs, as well as a couple serama eggs. Fitty doll hairs.

05/18/2022

⚠️ATTENTION, ATTENTION⚠️

If you have reserved either adult birds or chicks, they will need to be paid in full and picked up by Friday or we will have to move on to the next buyer. Thank you!

05/17/2022

Well hello little oddball!

05/10/2022

SOLD
Two beautiful silkies UFD.
PM for pricing
Located in Elberta.

05/09/2022

SOLD

🐣Precious little Seramas looking for a new coop!

🐣Frizzled and smooth

🐣PM for pricing

🐣Located in Elberta AL

05/06/2022

SOLD.
Beautiful splash Polish pair ready for a new coop!

05/05/2022

SOLD
👑1 dozen splash/blue Polish eggs available
Some of the parents are pictured, but not for sale 👑

05/03/2022

Our beautiful flock of blue Polish 💙