producing around 150 eggs per year. The breed is known for its broodiness and makes a great mother hen for raising chicks. The Silkie is a little chicken believed to have originated in China. This ...

sells a mature female bantam chicken of the silkie breed at Sh6,000, while a chick costs Sh1,000. “I sell a fertilised bantam chicken egg at Sh300. Their demand is high while the supply is low ...

Staff were horrified to discover eight chickens, including Silkies, Bantams and Ayam Cemani were ... some hatched from eggs on the farm, which she hopes are 'being looked after' by their captors.

Farm Manager Katie Bates is convinced the rare female breeds were stolen to order as it involved a prepared vehicle with cages, vaulting over padlocked gates and entering the locked chicken house.