This Silkie hen won Best of Show at the Buffalo County (Neb.) Fair several years ago. She was shown by Becky Mercer, who has raised Silkies for more than a dozen years.
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A silkie chicken.
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When she was 10, Samantha Mercer begged her parents for a Silky chicken. They bought some for her, and her chicken showing career began. Here she won the 2019 Nebraska State Fair Reserve Feather Legged Champion.
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Becky Mercer won the 2016 Buffalo County Fair Best of Show with this black Silky. Silkies are known for their docile personalities, good mothering abilities, and unique looks.
A pair of Silkies, with the male in the back and the female in front. Mercer hatches out about 300 Silky chicks a year, keeping some to show and selling the rest.
Samantha Mercer’s Silky perches on her lap as she exhibits her ribbons and honors from the Buffalo Co. Fair: Champion Senior Poultry Showmanship and Reserve Best of Show Poultry.
Freelance writer Ruth Nicolaus loves (nearly) everything about the Great Plains, but mostly its people. She lives in eastern Nebraska. Reach her at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.
This Silkie hen won Best of Show at the Buffalo County (Neb.) Fair several years ago. She was shown by Becky Mercer, who has raised Silkies for more than a dozen years.
A pair of Silkies, with the male in the back and the female in front. Mercer hatches out about 300 Silky chicks a year, keeping some to show and selling the rest.
Samantha Mercer’s Silky perches on her lap as she exhibits her ribbons and honors from the Buffalo Co. Fair: Champion Senior Poultry Showmanship and Reserve Best of Show Poultry.
When she was 10, Samantha Mercer begged her parents for a Silky chicken. They bought some for her, and her chicken showing career began. Here she won the 2019 Nebraska State Fair Reserve Feather Legged Champion.
Becky Mercer won the 2016 Buffalo County Fair Best of Show with this black Silky. Silkies are known for their docile personalities, good mothering abilities, and unique looks.
