Fabulously Feathered Silkies

Dawn was so sweet and explained in details each sweet silkie I was getting! She is a animal lover and you can tell, I would be definitely going to her for any of my silkie chicken needs! Thanks dawn!

First, the positives-- as others have mentioned, Dawn herself is really sweet and personable. We had a great time going to pick out our chicks back in the spring and it's clear her birds all love her. So why one star? Of the three birds we purchased from her (for $20 a piece), one died within a month of us bringing it home, another came to us sick (I wish I had known what to look for) which resulted in my entire new flock becoming ill, and the third was a rooster who we've since had to rehome. Early on Dawn was helpful in providing me with what I needed to treat the illness in my flock, and it's why I held off on writing a review for as long as I did -- but then came the rooster and the grown chicks that are in fact not silkies...On the rooster front, we ended up rehoming our roo ourselves. Despite Dawn telling us at the time of purchase that she would help -- when it came time, she became unresponsive. I cannot say for sure what the chick we lost early would have been but I can tell you with absolute certainty that the two that survived were not silkies. We brought home several birds at the same time, three from here and several others from our local feed store. The others cost us less than 1/3 of what we paid for our birds from Dawn. So of the $60 spent for three birds that were supposed to be silkies, what we're left with is one bird that is beautiful but in no way passes for a silkie. I really wish I could give this a higher review and I know she has a lot going on personally, but that should not prevent anyone from operating with honesty in their business.

The sweetest, kindest lady. Dawn loves her Silkies it is very evident. Highly recommend! I will be back ASAP

DO NOT BUY FROM THIS BREEDER! She sells sick chicks to unsuspecting people and lies to them about the chicks age, breed, and sex. The chicks all have Coccidia infections (causes bloody stool) and bacterial respiratory infections. If any of them survive you will likely as not get a rooster. And she doesn't vaccinate against Marek's disease, the number one cause of death in backyard chickens. Someone should shut this place down!

Well I managed to nurse the second chick back to health. It turns out to be a rooster. I know that's not the owners fault but after all the smoke she blew about lower incubation temperature so she gets less roosters; I'm definitely surprised. I'd avoid this breeder.I'm doing my best to let you know I was not happy with my purchase. Please contact me to make this right!

Avoid this breeder. She seems knowledgeable but is in fact blowing smoke up your... Sold us three extremely overpriced birds she said would be hens and one turned out to be a roo. For the price she should really take better care of her customers and also, she doesn't know what variety/type of bird she is selling you. She cannot say she's selling a "silkie" or a "frizzle" because she does not in fact know what they will be at the time she sells them to you. Don't waste your money. Don't listen to anything she says. She's a chicken mill selling for a premium price.

In March, I purchased 2 silkies from Dawne. We had several phone and text conversations. She constantly raves about her passion for breeding silkies and her 20+ years experience.I clearly stated that I live in a residential area, and can not have roosters. Her response was that with her experience, she is able to tell which is a rooster, and if I really want to be positive I get a hen, purchase the adolescent ones which she is positive are hens. I was willing to pay the $30 price vs. $13 for the baby chicks that she wasn't 100% positive about.Fast forward to one month later, one of the silkies start crowing early in the morning..... we have a rooster! When I initially text her, she is apologetic saying it doesn't happen often but "sometimes they sneak through" she said she would replace it. (SEE screenshot picture #1)It got more complicated because she's a breeder and can not take the silkie back without being quarantined for 30 days and she didn't have the means to do it. She agreed that I can give him to a happy home and she would replace it.Well she didn't replace it, she had 101 excuses, but then stopped responding to my calls and texts.Today, the other silkie just started crowing! I sent her a video and her tone was very different this time. Well she actually responded but unapologetic. (SEE screenshot #2)Do NOT purchase from Dawne if you live in a residential and 100% need hens. She has bad customer service and doesn't run an honest business. I love to support local businesses, but she is not a good representation of one.

she sells sick birds and blames it on you. claims she's selling you silkies but they are barnyard mix. horrible business. if i could rate 0 stars i would.

I got a little poofy silkie, she showed us the frizzle silkies but we got a poofy one because they were all so cute. There were like 50 chickens in the backyard they were all so adorable running up when she called them. So many types of silkies!

The person who lied to the city of Lathrop about Dawne selling her sick chickens lied I bought silkies and shipped them to interior southern California they are doing great and they have been laying eggs 2 a day every day and healthy beautiful white full feather silkies.