5 straight run white silkies

[jeremy]

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I've currently got:
4 Delaware hens (hatchery stock)
4 Australorp hens
2 Buff Orpington hens

From MMcM I'm ordering:
10 Australorp hens
10 Buff Orpington hens
1 Golden Polish (standard) hen
1 White Leghorn hen
1 Black Minorca hen
5 White Silkies (bantam)
+ 1 free "rare/exotic" mystery chick.

From some reputable breeder's here on the forum:
12 Blue Wheaten Ameraucana eggs
12 Heritage Delaware eggs (I hope to get a roo out of these eggs!)

...needless to say, I'm going to have quite a few fuzz butts running around in the upcoming months. Eventually I'm hoping to whittle down the flock size to 32. 2 roos with 30 laying hens. I wouldn't count the Silkies or the Polish in the laying hens numbers though, they're just for kicks. And of course I don't expect all 24 hatching eggs to hatch or be exactly what I want (all pullets! with 1 Dell roo!

that's not too realistic though.) So I'll be finding new homes for some of the hatchlings after I've decided which ones I'm keeping.

I didn't ever think I wanted a flock of rainbow layers, but it looks like that's what I've ended up with. Browns, Whites, Blues. I may cross some of my BW girls when they're ready to create some EE's that lay a green/olive egg. It'll all make for interesting dozens that I'll eventually be selling at the farmer's market!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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Cannot do with bantams, as OP said.

 

[jeremy]

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Cannot do with bantams, as OP said.

Thanks for the clarification.

Sonoran- do you know anything about MMcM's Silkie stock?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Sorry, all my purchased silkies have come from breeders. I don't do hatcheries.

 

[jeremy]

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Do you know of any friendly breeders in the Northern CA area then?

 

[Year of the Rooster]

I originally ordered 6 Silkies from Ideal, but they gave me an extra. I ended up with 4 roos and 3 hens.