I believed that Silkies are one of the few true bantams, but I keep seeing ads for miniature Silkies in the ebay eggs for sale section. Can some very kind soul enlighten me on this subject please?
Yes, they do come both as bantams and in larger versions, Val. 'Miniature silkies' sounds too me like 'teacup yorkies' in dogs - an ad. posted by people who are hoping to sell to people who don't really know what they're buying!
Interesting article in Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silkie
and elsewhere online, see Google.