Steel Rain Acres Silkies & Call Ducks

09/25/2024

NO LONGER AVAILABLE - Found new home.

Available! Four one week old bearded silkie chicks. Each all have proper five toes and no pigment holes. Come from good stock.
No farm store or hatchery stock in my pens.

I don't normally let go of my silkie chicks as I like to see them grow and quality first.
However, after shows a buff silkie roo and splash silkie roo got loose into my white and paint breeding pens for a little bit so I just can't be sure they weren't mixed colors.
Still 100% silkies!!!
I honestly feel the two white chipmunks will feather into buff and the other two I feel are a double silver white.
My mistake is someone else's gain.

Must go in pairs. So you either get two or take all four. Ten each!

07/23/2024

Appropriate attire as I currently have chicks hatching 🐣

07/10/2024

🏵️Bantam C**k - With her white bearded silkie c**k - Best in Class
🏵️Bantam C**kerel - With her blue splash silkie c**kerel - second in class
🏵️Bantam Hen - With her paint bearded silkie hen - Best in class
🏵️Bantam Pullet - With her white bearded silkie pullet - Best in class
🏵️Bantam Drake waterfowl - With her white drake call duck - Best in class
🏵️Bantam hen waterfowl - With her white hen call duck - Best in class

🏵️ Supreme Grand Champion
🏵️ Reserve Grand Supreme
🏵️ Grand Champion Bantam Fowl
🏵️ Reserve Grand Champion Antam Fowl
🏵️ Grand Champion Waterfowl
🏵️ Reserve Grand Champion Waterfowl

Six trophies
Six banners
Two belt buckles
And so many ribbons

07/08/2024

Yesterdays pamper session

06/07/2024

I have done some hard cuts on my silkies.
While the silkie market is flooded with pet quality silkies from farm stores and hatcheries and those that are new to the silkie breed take some time to learn more, I feel this is the perfect time to better the quality in my flock further.
With that being said I’ve been hatching some of the most adorable paints that I’ve ever seen. Look at this little and the spots this little chick hatched with.

04/08/2024

01/11/2024

I love finding grow outs like this little. Young but already promising.

01/01/2024

Thank you to all of our followers. It has been a blessing to be able to share with you all in 2023 and here’s to new things for 2024!

12/29/2023

Recently I’ve seen a surge in Silkie prices. Not only from big name breeders but those purchasing from farm stores/hatcheries as well.
It makes me ever so grateful that I started my Silkie addiction almost a decade ago. On the other hand it makes me incredibly sad for those that may not ever get their hands on such quality to enjoy due to greediness in the world today.
I can honestly say I’ve hatched silkies from some of these bigger names just to give them away free to pet homes or cull due to having a single comb (silkies should have walnut combs).
I personally hatch for myself, to better the breed and better my stock. Not often letting go of any until I feel secure with my keepers.
I am also not afraid to cull.
The cost for raising silkies and breeding them to SOP, keeping them healthy, happy, showing them, feeding them, supplementing them and upgrading is a pretty big price tag. However, I still can not see the justification for the numbers i am seeing lately. Especially when selling in mass quantities or constantly running waffles.
I have been told “people will pay it so why not”.
I understand that my prices are higher then people in my area wish them to be but compared to what I’m seeing, mine are sold at a steal.
I suppose my old heart is just too soft for todays market and I could not justify asking the prices I’m seeing.

End of rant.