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A gentle trim can help your silkie see through their long hair and keep them clean around their backend. Hold the chicken still with one arm. With a small pair of nail scissors, gently clip the ends of their longer feathers. Don't cut too close to their skin or you may hurt them. Silkies can't fly, so you don't need to clip their flight feathers. Silkies' famous feathers aren't very waterproof. If your silkies get wet, dry them off with a towel before placing them inside a warm room or coop. Silkies keep themselves clean naturally with dust baths. Make sure that a corner of their run or yard is bare dirt. If this is not possible, place a bowl in the coop with 6 inches (15cm) of dusting powder. You can buy a dusting powder at a pet store, livestock store, or online. once a week. A clean coop will help keep your silkies healthy and happy. Once a week, remove the dirty bedding from the coop. Wipe down the nest boxes and floor with bird-safe disinfectant. Replace the bedding with fresh shavings or litter. If any droppings are stuck to the nest boxes, scrub them off. Do not use normal disinfectants, as these can irritate your chicken's respiratory systems. You can buy bird-safe disinfectant at a pet store. Silkies don't lay as many eggs as other chickens. At best, you might get 2-3 eggs a week. Collect the eggs once every morning. Throw away any cracked or split eggs. Clean off and keep the rest. You can cook and eat silkie eggs as you would any chicken eggs. If the hen refuses to leave its eggs or if it acts aggressively when you approach its nest, it means that it is brooding. Leave the hen and its eggs alone. Soon you might have baby silkies!
Trim the feathers around the face and rear. Dry off silkies if they get wet or damp. Set off an area for dust baths. Clean the coop Collect the eggs in the morning.