Silkie they are fair layers themselves, laying only about three eggs a week, they are commonly used to hatch eggs from other breeds and bird species due to their broody nature. Silkie chickens are very easy to keep as pets. They are suitable for children, as they can easily withstand being roughly handled. It is unknown exactly where or when these fowl with their singular combination of attributes first appeared, but the most well documented point of origin is ancient China (hence another occasionally encountered name for the bird, Chinese silk chicken). Other places in Southeast Asia have been named as
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