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Definition of Silkies
1. silkie [n] - See also: silkie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Silkies
Literary usage of Silkies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Book of poultry by Lewis Wright (1885)
"I consider silkies hardy. The chickens are easily reared, and generally very true to
... The most successful exhibitor of silkies of late has been Mr. RSS ..."
2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1877)
"The first-prize pen of silkies were well clawed, and the hen had a large crest,
but being adult birds were a little out of feather. The winning Game Bantams ..."
3. Report by American Genetic Association (1907)
"When crested birds (Houdans, Polish, and silkies) are mated with crestless, ...
Extra toes occur on certain races such as Dorkings, Houdans, and silkies. ..."
4. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Home Farmer (1883)
"silkies, then, have in the main been bred on the first of these systems—viz.)
according to the ideal of their native fanciers. ..."
5. Propagation of Wild Birds: A Manual of Applied Ornithology, Treating of by Herbert Keightley Job (1915)
"Buff cochins are in most general uses but silkies and white cochins are just as
good. ... Cochins and silkies are sluggish, and the young are more likely to ..."
6. Red Sea Sharks by Jeremy Stafford-Deitsch (1999)
"The silkies would turn up in the afternoon and circle the divers but do no more
... However, even as I entered the water two of the silkies aggressively ..."
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