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Pipd’s Peeps!
The Birds of my Flock
Current happenings and updates on my flock posted here: Pipd's Peeps Thread
This is just a directory of all of the birds currently in my flock, including a picture of each bird, their breed / variety, origin, and hatch date if known. I've divided this into several parts to make it a little shorter and have less load time for others who, like me, don't have the fastest internet speeds for pictures. You can use the dropdown at the top of the page or links at the right (on larger screens and computers) to navigate. Below is a listing of who is on which page.
Chickens
Chickens are my heart and soul, my passion. My flock has grown over the years, from a mere dozen or so TSC chicks to over one hundred birds from various sources.
Who are you looking for? You can search for a name (ctrl or cmd + F) and find out which page they are on from here!
Favorite Breeds
Achernar - Cazzie - Feldon - Flury - Freia - Ida
Kita - Louis - Lydda - Mack - Mallow - Myrna
Perdita - Rigel - Sumi - Sylvie - Tessa - Vega
Silkied Cochin Bantams
Bella - Birch - Buck - Calla - Clover - Coco
Delphine - Donna - Duckling - Georgia - Holly
Inara - Ivy - Juniper - Lavender - Maisie
Margot - Morena - Nora - Ottilie - Pete
Phoebe - Priscilla - Roscoe - Rowena - Roxy
Thistle - Trixie - Wyatt - Zeke - Zoe
Flock Staples
Endymion - Findlay - Gwenyth - Izzy - Mavis
Merlin - Fifi - Vivienne - Wynne
Silkies, Mixes, and Misc. Breeds
Amaretto - Ganymede - Harriet - Peanut Butter
Rangi - Reuben - Roha - Winter
Ducks
Ducks were an experience, but not for me. I just have my one last little call duck living with my chickens now. I will not be continuing with more once she is gone.
"Hey you! You're gonna check out my page, too, right?" - Crash Duck
The Birds of my Flock
Current happenings and updates on my flock posted here: Pipd's Peeps Thread
This is just a directory of all of the birds currently in my flock, including a picture of each bird, their breed / variety, origin, and hatch date if known. I've divided this into several parts to make it a little shorter and have less load time for others who, like me, don't have the fastest internet speeds for pictures. You can use the dropdown at the top of the page or links at the right (on larger screens and computers) to navigate. Below is a listing of who is on which page.
Chickens
Chickens are my heart and soul, my passion. My flock has grown over the years, from a mere dozen or so TSC chicks to over one hundred birds from various sources.
Who are you looking for? You can search for a name (ctrl or cmd + F) and find out which page they are on from here!
Favorite Breeds
Achernar - Cazzie - Feldon - Flury - Freia - Ida
Kita - Louis - Lydda - Mack - Mallow - Myrna
Perdita - Rigel - Sumi - Sylvie - Tessa - Vega
Silkied Cochin Bantams
Bella - Birch - Buck - Calla - Clover - Coco
Delphine - Donna - Duckling - Georgia - Holly
Inara - Ivy - Juniper - Lavender - Maisie
Margot - Morena - Nora - Ottilie - Pete
Phoebe - Priscilla - Roscoe - Rowena - Roxy
Thistle - Trixie - Wyatt - Zeke - Zoe
Flock Staples
Endymion - Findlay - Gwenyth - Izzy - Mavis
Merlin - Fifi - Vivienne - Wynne
Silkies, Mixes, and Misc. Breeds
Amaretto - Ganymede - Harriet - Peanut Butter
Rangi - Reuben - Roha - Winter
Ducks
Ducks were an experience, but not for me. I just have my one last little call duck living with my chickens now. I will not be continuing with more once she is gone.
"Hey you! You're gonna check out my page, too, right?" - Crash Duck
Favorite Breeds
Favorite Breeds
My favorite breeds are Dorkings, Cochins, and Old English Game bantams. Because I have so many silkied Cochin bantams and breed them so there will always be many of them around, they are on their own page despite being one of my favorite breeds. My smooth Cochin bantams will be listed here, however.
Bantam Cochin
Freia
Name: FreiaMy favorite breeds are Dorkings, Cochins, and Old English Game bantams. Because I have so many silkied Cochin bantams and breed them so there will always be many of them around, they are on their own page despite being one of my favorite breeds. My smooth Cochin bantams will be listed here, however.
Bantam Cochin
Freia
Nickname(s): Frey
Sex: Female
Variety: Chocolate
Egg: Small, tan and speckled
Origin: Triple Creek Farm in North Carolina
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Random Fact: Freia is very particular about how she is picked up and will SQUAWK if not picked up properly!
Ida
Name: Ida
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Mottled
Egg: Smallish and tan
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: May 21, 2018
Random Fact: Ida is one of the sassiest birds in the flock. Doesn't matter if you're 3 times her size, she's the boss!
Mack
Name: Mack
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Chocolate
Crow: Cock-a-DOODLE-oo - higher-pitched
Origin: Triple Creek Farm in North Carolina
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Random Fact: Mack started turning white when he was 5-6 months old, but lost most of his white feathers when he had his first full adult molt at about 17 months of age. Now he just has one white feather left in his tail and a few stray white feathers on his face.
Sylvie
Name: Sylvie
Nickname(s): Sylv
Sex: Female
Variety: Mottled
Egg: Smallish and tan
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: May 21, 2018
Random Fact: Sylvie is the only Cochin I've owned to have greenish eyes into adulthood.
Large Fowl Cochin
Cazzie
Name: Cazak
Nickname(s): Cazzie, or just Caz
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Large and slightly darker brown with speckling
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: May 16, 2016
Random Fact: Caz is the calmest bird I think I've ever owned. Never in a hurry, always just moseying along.
Flury
Nickname(s): Flury, Flury-Floofy, Floofles, Floofle-Poofle
Sex: Female
Variety: Splash
Egg: Large and brown with speckling
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: May 16, 2016
Random Fact: Flury takes herself very seriously. That's probably why I refer to her with so many random, ridiculous nicknames!
Dorking
Kita
Nickname(s): Kita
Sex: Female
Variety: Silver Gray
Egg: Medium-large and pure white
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: May 21, 2018
Random Fact: Kita is high-strung and rather flighty for a Dorking. She sleeps every night in the rafters of the coop instead of on a perch!
Lydda
Name: Lydda
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Silver Gray
Egg: Large and pure white, often rounder
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: May 16, 2016
Random Fact: Lydda will be your best friend in the world if you offer her something to eat.
Myrna
Name: Myrna
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Silver Gray
Egg: Large and pure white, often pointier
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: May 21, 2018
Random Fact: Myrna is a very laid back and quiet hen, and she prefers you to be quiet around her as well. If you move around too much or make too much noise, she's out of there!
Perdita
Name: Perdita
Nickname(s): Perdeet, Perdi
Sex: Female
Variety: Red
Egg: Medium-large and pure white
Origin: Sand Hill Preservation Center, Calamus, Iowa
Hatch Date: estimated to be April 3, 2017
Random Fact: Perdita's left leg is twisted and completely unusable. She gets around by hopping on her right leg.
Tessa
Name: Tessa
Nickname(s): Tess
Sex: Female
Variety: 'Dark Gray'
Egg: Medium-large and tinted white
Origin: Sand Hill Preservation Center, Calamus, Iowa
Hatch Date: estimated to be April 3, 2017
Random Fact: Tessa is known around here for her catastrophic molts. She even won second place in the 2018 molting contest during her very first adult molt!
Old English Game
Achernar
Name: AchernarAchernar
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Fawn Silver Duckwing bantam
Crow: "a-DOOdle-a-DOO" - high-pitched, somewhat shrill
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Winston x Sybil)
Hatch Date: March 27, 2019
Random Fact: Achernar has one of the most distinct crows of any of the males I've owned. I can always tell for sure when it's Achernar crowing!
Feldon
Name: Feldon
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Khaki Silver Duckwing bantam
Crow: "cock-a-DOO-dull" - high-pitched, shrill
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Winston x Sybil)
Hatch Date: June 4, 2020
Random Fact: Feldon is the shyest OEGB I own, fleeing from any human attention when given.
Louis
Name: Louis
Nickname(s): Hopalong
Sex: Male
Variety: Khaki Silver Duckwing bantam
Crow: "squawk-a-DOO-DULL" - high-pitched, somewhat shrill
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Winston x Sybil)
Hatch Date: June 5, 2020
Random Fact: Louis has crooked toes on his left foot. Ironically, his right leg went bad so he hobbles around using mostly the foot with crooked toes now.
Mallow
Name: Mallow
Nickname(s): Mal
Sex: Male
Variety: Fawn Silver Duckwing bantam
Crow: "cock-a-DOO-DULL" - high-pitched, somewhat shrill
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Winston x Sybil)
Hatch Date: February 23, 2021
Random Fact: Mallow hates cameras! Every time I try to take pictures of him, he flares up his hackles and goes on the attack!
Rigel
Name: Rigel
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Khaki Silver Duckwing bantam
Crow: "a-DOO-Dull" - high-pitched, shrill
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Winston x Sybil)
Hatch Date: March 27, 2019
Random Fact: Rigel was once so bullied by his brothers that I had him mixed into my main flock for a while. The boys eventually made amends, and now they all live together happily in their own coop.
Sumi
Name: Sumi
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Silver Duckwing bantam
Egg: Tiny and tinted white
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Winston x Sybil)
Hatch Date: June 5, 2020
Random Fact: Sumi is, to date, the only Silver Duckwing OEGB I have ever been able to hatch. Oddly enough, despite the colors having equal odds of being produced in the cross I was doing, I got a ton of Khakis and only one plain Silver Duckwing.
Vega
Name: Vega
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Fawn Silver Duckwing bantam
Egg: Tiny and tinted white, usually especially oblong
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Winston x Sybil)
Hatch Date: March 27, 2019
Random Fact: Vega does not know what personal space is. If I'm outside, then she wants to be on my lap, or on my shoulder, or on my feet, or into whatever I'm trying to do, or pecking my ankles, etc.
.Silkied Cochin Bantams
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Nickname(s): Bucky boy, Buck-o
Sex: Male
Variety: Splash
Crow: Cock-A-doodle-oo - higher-pitched and sort of fast-paced, just like his father's crow
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Calla
Name: Calla
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Clover
Name: Clover
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black (possibly dark Blue?)
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Delphine
Name: Delphine
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black (possibly dark Blue?)
Egg: Small, pale tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Holly
Name: Holly
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black (possibly dark Blue?)
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Lavender
Name: Lavender
Nickname(s): Lav
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Work in progress
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Thistle
Name: Thistle
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black (possibly dark Blue?)
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with faint white speckles
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Pen 2: The Red coop / The Corner Coop
Black male over Black and Blue females
Bella
Name: Bellachix
Nickname(s): Bella
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small and pale tan
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: May 26, 2021
Duckling
Name: Duckling
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale tan with white speckles
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Gus x Ottilie or Inara)
Hatch Year: 2023
Gus III
Name: Gus III
Nickname(s): Gus
Sex: Male
Variety: Black
Crow: Cock-A-Doodle - higher-pitched, last syllable drawn out a bit and sometimes with a trill in the middle
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Priscilla
Name: Priscilla
Nickname(s): Prissy
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale tan, almost looks tinted white
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Gus x Ottilie or Inara)
Hatch Year: 2023
Pen 3: The Blue Coop
Blue male over Blue, Black, and Splash females
Georgia
Name: Georgia
Nickname(s): Georgie
Sex: Female
Variety: Splash
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with heavy white speckling
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Inara
Name: Inara
Nickname(s): Nara
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with super-fine white speckles
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Judy
Name: Judy
Nickname(s): Judy Booty
Sex: Female
Variety: Splash
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Maisie
Name: Maisie
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Margot
Name: Margot
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Morena
Name: Morena
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Wyatt
Name: Wyatt
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Blue
Crow: Cock-A-doodle-oo - higher-pitched, sort of fast-paced
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Nickname(s): Zo
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Extra Males
Backups just in case I lose a breeder male. I have a soft spot for my boys, so often there are more than just a few extras here.
Birch
Name: Birch
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Splash
Crow: Cock-a-DEE-DO-oo - higher-pitched, somewhat choked at the end
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Pete
Name: Pete
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Black
Crow: Cock-A-DOO-doo - higher-pitched
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: May 26, 2021
Note: Pete was my breeding male for the corner coop pen in 2023.
Retired Breeders and Pet Flock Culls
These birds didn't make the cut for the breeding pens, but were kept in my mixed pet flock because I liked them individually or they hold sentimental value to me.
Coco
Name: Ms. Coconut
Nickname(s): Coco
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small and pale tan
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: May 27, 2021
Ivy
Name: Ivy
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: None yet!
Origin: Red coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Juniper
Name: Juniper
Nickname(s): Juni, June Bug, Juni Bee
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small and pale tan, a little lumpy
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: May 26, 2021
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Red coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Note: Nora sustained an injury to the left side of her head in early February of 2024. She has healed well, but signs of her injury still remain.
Ottilie
Name: Ottilie
Nickname(s): Otter, Ottie
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan, usually slightly narrow and with fine white speckling
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Phoebe
Name: Phoebe
Nickname(s): Phoebs, Feeb
Sex: Female
Variety: Black (possibly dark Blue?)
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Date: July 25, 2023
Trixie
Name: Trixie
Nickname(s): Trix
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: none yet
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Pete x Harley)
Hatch Date: April 17, 2022
Red
I am no longer breeding Reds, but these are the remainder of them that now reside in my mixed pet flock.
Donna
Name: Donna
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Red
Egg: Small and tan
Origin: Bought from a breeder in Chicago
Hatch Date: May 12, 2016
Rowena
Name: Rowena
Nickname(s): Row, Sassy Pants
Sex: Female
Variety: Red
Egg: Small and tan
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Roscoe x Donna)
Hatch Date: January 5, 2017
Name: Roxanne
Nickname(s): Roxy, Rox
Sex: Female
Variety: Red
Egg: Small and tan
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Roscoe x Donna)
Hatch Date: May 12, 2018
Silkied Cochin Bantams
This page specifically has my beloved silkied Cochin bantams on it, starting with my breeding groups and ending with retired breeders, culls that I kept in my mixed layer flock, and any oddballs that I've hatched and kept in the mixed flock as well.
Blue, Black, Splash
My goal is to breed these birds toward the standard for smooth bantam Cochins, along with attempting to select for lighter Blues as silkied feathering tends to make Blue look quite dark, sometimes indistinguishable from Black at first glance. I am hoping to see improvement as I select for the very best in my breeding flocks.
A history of my breeding flocks year by year is located on this page.
Pen 1: The Green coop / 'Flower Girls'
Splash male over Black hens (some possibly dark Blue)
Buck
Name: BuckThis page specifically has my beloved silkied Cochin bantams on it, starting with my breeding groups and ending with retired breeders, culls that I kept in my mixed layer flock, and any oddballs that I've hatched and kept in the mixed flock as well.
Blue, Black, Splash
My goal is to breed these birds toward the standard for smooth bantam Cochins, along with attempting to select for lighter Blues as silkied feathering tends to make Blue look quite dark, sometimes indistinguishable from Black at first glance. I am hoping to see improvement as I select for the very best in my breeding flocks.
A history of my breeding flocks year by year is located on this page.
Pen 1: The Green coop / 'Flower Girls'
Splash male over Black hens (some possibly dark Blue)
Buck
Nickname(s): Bucky boy, Buck-o
Sex: Male
Variety: Splash
Crow: Cock-A-doodle-oo - higher-pitched and sort of fast-paced, just like his father's crow
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Calla
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Clover
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black (possibly dark Blue?)
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Delphine
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black (possibly dark Blue?)
Egg: Small, pale tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Holly
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black (possibly dark Blue?)
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Lavender
Nickname(s): Lav
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Work in progress
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Thistle
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Black (possibly dark Blue?)
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with faint white speckles
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Pen 2: The Red coop / The Corner Coop
Black male over Black and Blue females
Bella
Nickname(s): Bella
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small and pale tan
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: May 26, 2021
Duckling
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale tan with white speckles
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Gus x Ottilie or Inara)
Hatch Year: 2023
Gus III
Nickname(s): Gus
Sex: Male
Variety: Black
Crow: Cock-A-Doodle - higher-pitched, last syllable drawn out a bit and sometimes with a trill in the middle
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Priscilla
Nickname(s): Prissy
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale tan, almost looks tinted white
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Gus x Ottilie or Inara)
Hatch Year: 2023
Pen 3: The Blue Coop
Blue male over Blue, Black, and Splash females
Georgia
Nickname(s): Georgie
Sex: Female
Variety: Splash
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with heavy white speckling
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Inara
Nickname(s): Nara
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with super-fine white speckles
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Judy
Nickname(s): Judy Booty
Sex: Female
Variety: Splash
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Maisie
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Margot
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Morena
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Wyatt
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Blue
Crow: Cock-A-doodle-oo - higher-pitched, sort of fast-paced
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Zoe
Name: Zoe
Nickname(s): Zo
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Extra Males
Backups just in case I lose a breeder male. I have a soft spot for my boys, so often there are more than just a few extras here.
Birch
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Splash
Crow: Cock-a-DEE-DO-oo - higher-pitched, somewhat choked at the end
Origin: Blue coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Pete
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Male
Variety: Black
Crow: Cock-A-DOO-doo - higher-pitched
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: May 26, 2021
Note: Pete was my breeding male for the corner coop pen in 2023.
Retired Breeders and Pet Flock Culls
These birds didn't make the cut for the breeding pens, but were kept in my mixed pet flock because I liked them individually or they hold sentimental value to me.
Coco
Nickname(s): Coco
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small and pale tan
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: May 27, 2021
Ivy
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: None yet!
Origin: Red coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Juniper
Nickname(s): Juni, June Bug, Juni Bee
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Small and pale tan, a little lumpy
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: May 26, 2021
Nora
Name: Nora
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan with white speckles
Origin: Red coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Year: 2023
Note: Nora sustained an injury to the left side of her head in early February of 2024. She has healed well, but signs of her injury still remain.
Ottilie
Nickname(s): Otter, Ottie
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan, usually slightly narrow and with fine white speckling
Origin: Gopher Hill Farms in Georgia
Hatch Date: June 9, 2022
Phoebe
Nickname(s): Phoebs, Feeb
Sex: Female
Variety: Black (possibly dark Blue?)
Egg: Small, pale pinkish-tan
Origin: Green coop 2023 hatch
Hatch Date: July 25, 2023
Trixie
Nickname(s): Trix
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: none yet
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Pete x Harley)
Hatch Date: April 17, 2022
Red
I am no longer breeding Reds, but these are the remainder of them that now reside in my mixed pet flock.
Donna
Name: Donna
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: Red
Egg: Small and tan
Origin: Bought from a breeder in Chicago
Hatch Date: May 12, 2016
Rowena
Name: Rowena
Nickname(s): Row, Sassy Pants
Sex: Female
Variety: Red
Egg: Small and tan
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Roscoe x Donna)
Hatch Date: January 5, 2017
Roxanne
Name: Roxanne
Nickname(s): Roxy, Rox
Sex: Female
Variety: Red
Egg: Small and tan
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Roscoe x Donna)
Hatch Date: May 12, 2018
Flock Staples
Flock Staples
Though not my absolute favorite breeds, Easter-eggers, Marans, naked necks, Orpingtons, and Plymouth Rocks have become staples in my mixed flock for their individual beauty, fun personalities, entertainment value, or for the beauty they bring to my egg basket. As such, I hope to always have at least one of each in my mixed flock going forward!
Though not my absolute favorite breeds, Easter-eggers, Marans, naked necks, Orpingtons, and Plymouth Rocks have become staples in my mixed flock for their individual beauty, fun personalities, entertainment value, or for the beauty they bring to my egg basket. As such, I hope to always have at least one of each in my mixed flock going forward!
Easter-Egger
Endymion
Name: Endymion
Nickname(s): Dym-Dym, Dymi, Dymothy
Sex: Female
Variety: N/A
Egg: Medium-large and deep green
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: May 16, 2016
Random Fact: Dym-Dym does do some awfully dumb things sometimes, hence the nickname, but I actually would consider her one of the sharpest birds I have owned overall.
Merlin
Nickname(s): Merl, Merl-Girl, Merly-Girly
Sex: Female
Variety: N/A
Egg: Medium-large and very pale turquoise-blue. She has not laid an egg in at least two years now.
Origin: Tractor Supply Co. (Sold as an ‘Americana’)
Hatch Date: Spring 2010
Random Fact: At nearly 14 years of age now, Merlin is the very eldest chicken I have ever owned!
Ophelia
Nickname(s): Fifi, Feef', Beardy Bird, Fifi-Foofy
Sex: Female
Variety: N/A
Egg: Medium-sized and vivid turquoise blue
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: April 22, 2019
Random Fact: Fifi has the floofiest beard of any chicken I have ever owned! When she was a chick, I was constantly having to trim it back to keep it out of her eyes. As an adult, she thankfully no longer has that problem!
Wynne
Name: Wynne
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: N/A
Egg: Medium-large and pale turquoise colored
Origin: Purchased from a local farm (Sold as an ‘Americana’)
Hatch Date: May 11, 2011
Random Fact: Wynne is... How to put this lightly... Not the sharpest tack in the drawer. Her pastimes include eating the other Easter-eggers' beards, and burying her whole head in any of the other chickens' butt fluff.
Marans
Mavis
Name: Mavis
Nickname(s): Mavey, Nosy Marans
Sex: Female
Variety: Mixed color ('golden' S/s+ Black Copper x Black Copper)
Egg: Large and dark, chocolate brown with speckles
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Murphy x Nadine)
Hatch Date: March 3, 2018
Random Fact: Mavis, as her one nickname indicates, is SO NOSY! If I'm outside with the birds, she has to be into everything I am doing!
Vivienne
Name: Vivienne
Nickname(s): Vivi, Viv
Sex: Female
Variety: Black
Egg: Medium-large and dark, chocolate brown with neat speckling
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Murphy x Nadine)
Hatch Date: March 3, 2018
Random Fact: Vivi is an artist! Her eggs are often some of the prettiest eggs I've ever seen out of my birds!
Naked Neck
Gwenyth
Nickname(s): Gwen, Gwenny
Sex: Female
Breed: Naked neck bantam
Egg: small, somewhat pale tan
Origin: Dunlap Hatchery in Caldwell, Idaho
Hatch Date: April 16, 2022
Random Fact: Gwenyth never, ever, ever stops moving!! Getting pictures of her that are properly focused and not blurred is an incredibly difficult task!
Orpington
Izzy
Name: Isolde
Nickname(s): Izzy, Izzy-Bizzy, Izz-Bizz
Sex: Female
Variety: Blue
Egg: Large and brown
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: July 6, 2021
Random Fact: When Izzy was a chick, on the drive home from the hatchery, she jumped out of the box and nearly got lost in the car we were riding in!
Plymouth Rock
Findlay
Name: Findlay
Nickname(s): Finnie
Sex: Female
Variety: Barred bantam
Egg: Small and pale tan with brown speckles
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: July 6, 2021
Random Fact: Finnie is named in honor of the harrowing day we had picking her up from the hatchery. The car broke down on the way home, we were stuck at a rest stop for hours and hours, took a wrong turn on the way home, and didn't get home until after dark! Findlay was the city in Ohio we erroneously turned toward instead of the direction we needed to go to get home.
.Silkies, Mixes, and Misc. Breeds
Silkies, Mixes, and Misc. Breeds
I at one point had many Silkies and mixes of them in my flock. When I started breeding silkied Cochin bantams, I realized I liked them a lot more as a breed with silkied feathering. These are the remnants of my once fairly Silkie-centric flock. I have also listed the breeds unrelated to the Silkies here that were one-offs, gotten as a whim or just for fun.
I at one point had many Silkies and mixes of them in my flock. When I started breeding silkied Cochin bantams, I realized I liked them a lot more as a breed with silkied feathering. These are the remnants of my once fairly Silkie-centric flock. I have also listed the breeds unrelated to the Silkies here that were one-offs, gotten as a whim or just for fun.
Silkie
Reuben
Nickname(s): Reub, Reuby
Sex: Male
Variety: Paint
Crow: "cock-a-doodle-ROOO" - medium-deep pitched
Origin: Rehomed from another BYCer
Hatch Date: October 2014
Random Fact: Reuben is the only rooster I have had to try and fight off a hawk swooping at the hens!
Winter
Nickname(s): Winty, Wint
Sex: Male
Variety: White (from a mixed color crossing of Paint x Porcelain)
Crow: "cock-a-dooDLE-EE-doo" or sometimes "cock-a-doodle-little-loo" - medium pitched
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Reuben x Margaret)
Hatch Date: March 10, 2016
Random Fact: Winter has a very musical crow that's hard to properly describe in text.
Silkie Mix
Amaretto
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Variety: mixed color (dominant White x incomplete Partridge / Red)
Egg: Small and tan with beautiful speckling
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Winter x Abra)
Hatch Date: June 5, 2020
Random Fact: Amaretto is one of those hens that really, really wants to go broody, really badly does, but isn't much interested in rearing the resulting chicks.
Ganymede
Nickname(s): GanyMEAN
Sex: Female
Variety: mixed color (dominant White x whatever random Partridgey Easter-egger genes Maggie had)
Egg: Small and grayish
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Winter x Maggie)
Hatch Date: April 19, 2019
Random Fact: Ganymede was named after the largest moon of Jupiter because when she hatched she was HUGE for a chick! She also had a HUGE comb at hatch, making me sure she would be a cockerel. Oddly enough, not only is she a hen, but actually ended up much smaller than her brothers were, about the size of a Silkie hen!
Peanut Butter
Name: Peanut Butter
Nickname(s): PB
Sex: Female
Variety: Partridge? (from a mixed color crossing of dominant White and incomplete Partridge / Red)
Egg: Small and pale tan
Origin: Hatched from my flock (Winter x Abra)
Hatch Date: June 4, 2020
Random Fact: Despite looking very convincingly like a Silkie, Peanut Butter is, indeed, a Silkie mix. Just goes to show how many dominant traits Silkies have! The one recessive trait they do have is silkied feathering, which PB only ended up with due to her Cochin mother having that trait as well.
Miscellaneous Breeds
Harriet
Nickname(s): Hair
Sex: Female
Breed: Cream Legbar
Egg: Pale blue, round, and quite large for her size
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: July 6, 2021
Random Fact: Harriet has the craziest, flippiest, foldiest single comb I've ever seen!
Rangi
Name: Rangi
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Breed: Ancona
Egg: Large, white, and very round, reminiscent of a large ping pong ball
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: May 12, 2013
Random Fact: Rangi lost a large portion of her comb and half of her right wattle due to a cold snap occurring immediately after a flood in the coop during her very first winter. Despite this, her comb is still pretty huge most of the year--but in the wintertime it shrinks to about half the size!
Roha
Nickname(s): none
Sex: Female
Breed: Exchequer Leghorn
Egg: Large and white
Origin: Meyer Hatchery in Polk, Ohio
Hatch Date: May 12, 2013
Random Fact: Roha hates to see anyone else get attention from me, especially Rangi. But she also does not want me to give her any attention and will flee if I try to pet her.
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