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[taffeta]

Morehens may have struck and I'm mulling this over. I'm in the west of Scotland and wondered if they would be ok with our somewhat varied weather! Do any Scottish Omleteers have any advice?

[Chortle Chook]

Hello taffeta.

I'm not in Scoland but I can say that my Silkies all did just fine throughout last winter and we live close to one of the UK cold spots, Benson. It got down to -18 at one point. Sometimes they got a bit wet and I was worried in case their pom poms froze but I found that patting with paper kitchen towel (or in the case of the pom poms a gentle squeeze) got most of the rain water off. I also used to put them on a towel on my lap an dry them with my hair dryer on a low setting. They seemed to love it and I enjoyed doing it

 

You might find more information from the Silkie club There is even a Scottish national show advertised in the Shows area there. It is run in Jan each year (contact Dilwyn Green tel number 01771622557) . You can also post questions on the forum (and don't have to be a member to do so).

[sparkysmum]

Hi Taffeta & welcome to the forum. It's a great place to chill I have thought about silkies from time to time - they really are lovely but I feel that our winters would just be too much for them. Their feathers aren't waterproof & I think they would just be miserable here. I don't know where you are but we are cold, wet & exposed from November to at least March and I just don't feel Silkies are sufficiently hardy to cope with this

 

Alli x

[taffeta]

Thankyou both for replying. I was working yesterday and only just logged on so forgive my tardy response. Hmm, that's interesting. Since I won't be able to get a WIR for a while I'll have to put the idea on the backburner for a while but that link will be very useful. Thankyou so much.