Articles by Shayna

Meet my silkie chickens. There are a few black silkies, and the rest are paint. There are three showgirls. I have three roosters in with my ladies, one of them is a paint showgirl. They all enjoy spending their days picking around at the fruit and veggie puree extract I bring them from our...

We've finished our coop and run for our Silkies, Showgirls, and Guineas! We wanted something very predator proof that provided a safe space to sleep when they can not be free ranging and for protection from weather. The guineas free range most of the daytime for tick control, but the chickens...

Meet Our Guineas We acquired them as little keets the summer of 2011, to help with our very bad tick problem, since we live in a wooded area. The guineas free range during the day and come in at night to sleep in the secured run on the branches at the end. We have two of just about every...

This page is of chicks hatched from eggs from my paint silkie/ showgirl flock: THANK YOU to everyone who's given me permission to use pictures of their hatches from my eggs! Cjexotic hatched December 2011 (excluding lavendar on the far left): More chicks Cjexotic hatched February 2012...

My Silkies and Showgirls This page is dedicated to my chickens. I absolutely love taking pictures of them! I am working with paint silkies, and there is a black bearded showgirl now laying, and she was originally hatched from paints. There are also several nice black silkies in here...