Alaska Chicken Lover's Soup for the Cold!!

[Wolfwoman]

Tori, I gotta tell you that I am pleasantly surprised with my Minnie Pearl

I have heard so many times that Silkies are very submissive to other chickens, I thought I'd have a scared little hen on my hands with all the bigger girls. However, this morning after I let her out she not only backed down my two young EEs, but my two BARRED ROCKS, one of which was close to the top of the pecking order in the other coop!! It was an awesome sight watching this little hen stand up to girls 2x her size and WIN!!

She also made sure to put the little Russian Orloff chicks in their place in the eating order when given spaghetti this evening for a treat. No one else challenged her! Now I also have to say that Rocky is not quite sure what to do with her, as she squats each time he gets close...

He hasn't mounted her yet and that's ok.... but I don't think he knows what girls are for...yet!

The two BSL girls act as tho they've always lived here!

Thank you Tori!!

 

[Mrs MIA]

She's an Alaskan... what would you expect?

LOL!

Your little Minnie will give them a whopping fer shure if they get in her way.

I'm glad they are doing well... y'all are making me smile... makes my heart glad to share chicky-love.

 

[Wolfwoman]

Mrs. AK-Bird-Brain :

She's an Alaskan... what would you expect?

LOL!

Your little Minnie will give them a whopping fer shure if they get in her way.

I'm glad they are doing well... y'all are making me smile... makes my heart glad to share chicky-love.

And thank YOU for your wealth of information and wonderfully adaptive birds!!

I'll be getting more pics later on once I get more straw in the coop and it's prettier... lol​

 

[Alaska animal lover]

Howdy!

It's good to see that everyone is adapting well. Mine are too. I went out this morning and we shared a pancake.

 

[Wolfwoman]

Good to hear yours are doing good as well

Some more pics...

There's only a weeks difference in age - the EEs are younger, but DANG Rocky is big!!

Rocky thinks size DOES matter!!

Ginger the Favorelle wondering if she should sit next to the BSL girls...

They settled right in...

And yes, the TOUGH AS NAILS Silkie - Minnie Pearl!!

 

[Ban seabhag]

Minnie looks very happy there Bonnie!

She has a very firm look in her eye.

 

[MrsDeb]

I got to pry my beautiful blue girl out of aimee's arms this afternoon.....I tell ya she sure put up a fight....LOL:......thank you everyone! She is very pretty.....we hit the floor running this morning and are still on the road but I'll share more later.......

 

[Wolfwoman]

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They're all still doing fine. The BSL girls have decided to hang out with the Orloffs, I guess because they're all the youngest.

Please tell me MOST of you remember Minnie Pearl from TV??

 

[incubatingisfun]

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nice birds

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

What is a Minnie Pearl?

Glad all the passengers of the Chicken Train arrived safe and sound. Carmen, Tori, Donna, you guys are awesome! Hope I get to participate in the next one.