What a wonderful entry! Thank you so much for sharing! I so wish we could rescue battery hens here in the US!! I would add several to my flock for sure. Your babies are simply gorgeous!
Oh I hate to hear this. Flo and the rest of your flock are just beautiful! My favorite chicken, Permelia, was killed last year by a dog we were fostering. I know your loss and I wish you comfort.
Thank you so much for featuring The Flock Sprabeary! I'm so very excited and have called everyone I know to tell them our girls (and guy) are on the front page!
I appreciate everyone's guess on our breeds as we really have no idea. Some of our girls were labeled when we bought them, others were...
Driving down our street this morning and whom is walking down the street? Anna and Adaline!! I pulled over, scooped them up, drove home, opened the back gate, and who is already in the backyard? Anna and Adaline!! I looked down at the chickens under each of my arms and asked them what their...
Our Flock Sprabeary
Our Story
My family had chickens, ducks, guineas, and geese when I was growing up and as I got older with a family of my own, I knew I wanted chickens again. Before that my grandparents had chickens and guinea fowl and my great grandparents did as well. The line of poultry...
Okay, we have two Salmon Favorelles (Purley and Dee) that act just as you describe Derp! They sort of do their own thing separate from the rest of the flock. The Orpington, Marans, Silkie, Barnevelder, Andalusian, Golden Comet, and Austra White will all be on one side of our yard and Purley and...
I just adore our Buff Orpington, Permelia. She is just too sweet. She gets along well with the other ladies, loves being held and petted, and the Texas heat doesn't seem to bother her as much as it does our other breeds.
Permelia is all well and completely back to her old self! My whole flock is doing well and growing up! I just wanted to give an update. I ended up putting some antibiotic in all their waterers and putting VetRx on their little nostrils and mixing some in water and feeding a bit of the mixture to...
Gosh, ALL of these are soooo true! And unfortunately (or fortunately) I fall into the Obsessed group!
... and have been guilty of bringing home scraps for my chickens from restaurants, friends barbeques, family functions, etc!
Who can resist such sweet creatures??!
What beautiful babies! It's always hard to lose a pet and I'm sorry about your loss. I love this part, "And also to the Silkie I got the same time as Turnip... You were special as well. I don't know why you died, but I wish you had lived (especially if you were a girl...)." LOL!