Our little brown silkie has been living inside for a week. We separated him out since he hatched early and the mother would have left the nest to take care of him instead of sitting on the remaining eggs.
He's getting held a lot and will fall asleep in your hand. We often take him out and he'll follow us around, and will peep loudly when we leave the room.
I do think he likes this little bear -- this morning the bear was inside the tank and he was sleeping against it. This has been a lot of fun for the family, but in about a day he'll have to join the other chicks outside.
Update: This one is not assimilating with the others and will be raised inside for now.
During the day it is a toy -- he pecks at it and tries to pull the feathers out. I've had to put it back together three times. 
The little silkie we're taking care of gets to spend a lot of time outside in this great weather we're having. If you have to do a little yardwork, he's great company. Just put on the Crocs and he'll follow you around. He hasn't gotten stepped on yet, fingers crossed!
With all this warm September weather, the chicks are spending every day out in the yard. Pictured here are the two littlest, a cochin and cochin frizzle. Fancypants works like crazy to scratch for bugs for them, which they prefer over regular chicken feed.
Our little brown silkie has been living inside for a week. We separated him out since he hatched early and the mother would have left the nest to take care of him instead of sitting on the remaining eggs. 
I'm wondering if we're only going to end up with three chicks this time. Two eggs still show no signs of hatching. Here are the two that hatched Friday and Saturday -- this morning they followed their mom out of the nest.
