Silkie as quail and pheasants. Silkies are considered a bantam breed in some countries, but this varies according to region and many breed standards class them officially as large fowl; the bantam Silkie is actually a separate variety most of the time. Almost all North American strains of the breed are bantam-sized, but in Europe the standard-sized is the original version. However, even standard Silkies are relatively small chickens, with the males weighing only four pounds (1.8 kg), and females weighing three pounds (1.36 kg). The American Standard of Perfection calls for males that are 36 ounces (1 kg), and females
The Silkie band Hapshash And The Coloured Coat. Ramsden received a kidney transplant in 1993, but prematurely died on 17 January 2004 in Totnes, Devon, at the age of 60, after a long battle with kidney disease. A retrospective sixteen-track album entitled You've Got To Hide Your Love Away was reissued on CD 30 years after the original group had disbanded in 1966. A track listing, together with brief audio samples, can be found here. * "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" (click on the individual track song titles). The Silkie The Silkie were an English folk music group. Their name