Haha! Enjoy them, they will be a great addition to your family. That is a great compliment from your mom, But being a kid is alot of fun also when done responsibly.
What area are you both from. The lady we get ours from is in hillsboro/aloha, right off of cornelius pass road. She has great show quality girls. We have been very happy with all of them we have bought from her. Here is a picture of our most recent girls.
I agree about silkies liking to pile up. Our hen decided that she liked to sleep under the roost while the other girls were on it. That was a bit of a mess until I moved things around so she had a different spot to sleep in. We have 2 ameraucana's, 2 Rhode Island Reds, and a Bantam Cochin and...
We currently have 5 silkie babies and one Hen. When considering getting our girls my wife mentioned she wanted some silkies, I was a bit apprehensive about them, just due to not knowing anything really about them. We had a Rooster and he was a great guy. Very nice to everyone and loved spending...
My wife says that her best bet would be a hen. She came to this conclusion due to no ridge above her beak. We had a Silkie rooster and he had a ridge above his beak. Beautiful Silkie none the less.
Glad to see we are not the only ones who have the occasional visitor in the house. The poop on the carpet is not hard to clean up, a paper towel and some lysol disinfectant is what we use. If you are proactive about it I have not seen any stains.
Good looking group you have there kteel
Mark
Thank you! Yeah Lil' Red is our Easter Egger. She is from our original group of girls. Its a sad story and really was a dark day for our family. It was really hard to share the news with my Wife and Kids. Anyways enough with the sad stories onto the pictures
My daughter and her Silkie Pumpkin...
Thank you all, Glad to be here. We just added a few more to our group of girls. We now have 6 Silkies, 2 Ameraucana, 2 Rhode Island reds, and 1 Bantam Cochin. Lil' Red has been laying consistently for a week now. It is allot of fun for the kids to gather her egg each morning. One of the new...
Great site going here. We are new to chickens and I have enjoyed the information found before registering. Thought I would share some pictures of our girls.
Brownie and Ms. Black
Lil' Red and Dot
Brownie, Oranges, Ms. Black, And Lil' Red
Lil' Reds first egg...