Black Acres: The chickens that saved me

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The Friends - Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Ross, Chandler and Joey. They are the RIRs. All very curious. All want to be right beside me but not touched.

 

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And the last of the biggie crew, but part of the OGs, we have Hillary Fluff, the Cream Legbar and Nosy Rosy, the Barred Rock. I’m realizing now that I need to take some new pictures of the bigs as they’ve all grown since these, especially these two ladies!

 

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Just went to lock up the outdoor coop and found this! It was in the banty coop. I have 3 laying, but this egg isn’t the same color as the ones they always give me. It’s a bit darker. I think my Silkies are all too young to lay, so I’m stumped. No idea who laid the fairy egg.

Photo of the fairy egg with some of my regular banty eggs for comparison

 

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Loving it. Does your hubby know you're reporting and recording this for posterity?

What he doesn’t know, won’t hurt him.

 

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Meet the showgirl, Nigel. Nigel was named before I started to suspect that he may actually be a she. Silkies and showgirls can be hard to tell. Naked Neck Nigel is a sweet bird. Doesn’t like to be touched but loves to hang out right beside me and eat from my hand.

 

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If you’ve read my whole thread, then you know I got two “true” Seramas yesterday. My plan for them is to breed to SOP and possibly get into some shows. As I’ve mentioned before, my two youngest human children are a Junior and Senior this year and will be leaving the nest sooner than I’d like to admit and I need a hobby. I adore my flock but I also love a challenge; enter my crazy idea of learning a breed and it’s genetics from scratch! Pin, not intended. I can’t wait to see how these beauties grow out. The female is 5 months old and the male is 6 months old. They loved snuggling under my heated blanket today. Against the husbands protest, I have a feeling they’ll be spending a few hours a day in the house with me. Anyone know where to get chicken diapers for tiny chickens? Seriously. I need them!

 

[Ponypoor]

Y’all. I’m so busted! The pair of breeder Seramas that were due to ship January 10; you know, the ones I haven’t told my husband about?! Well, THEY’RE HERE! My mail carrier showed up with them today. I had no idea he’d shipped them early. I was NOT prepared. I planned to get through Christmas and then tell my husband and acquire all the needed supplies to properly keep delicate Seramas in the Winter months. I had NOTHING. No cage, no extra feeder or waterer. No heat source. I went into full panic mode. I quickly set up the play pen, placed them in it and hopped in my car.
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Off to town I went, in search of all the items I needed. Quick stop for a cage, then across town to TSC for a heat plate, feed dish and water dish. Secured all I need for now and headed home.

Got the cage set up and filled the bottom with bedding. The set up the heat plate and put out food and water. Once the heat plate was warm, I transferred my beautiful Seramas to their new home. Whew. What. A. Day.

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Hahaha reminds me of the time I bought a new horse and didn't tell Dad after all there were already 3 - what's another one?

Chickens r far more easy then horses, tell your hubby, he is lucky it's only chickens and not horses!!!!!

Fyi it took about 3 weeks till he noticed the new gal and n the paddock....

 

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Cant wait to hear more!

 

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Introducing “The Littles”

I have 10 littles in the banty coop. Five Silkies, one showgirl and four Serama mixes.

I’ll start with the Silkies.

This is DJ, my satin smooth silkie. She is named after my oldest daughter, Dakota Jade because she’s sassy, classy and a little smart assy. She’s my favorite of the littles. She comes running to me as soon as she hears me near the pen.

This is Chicken Little. The runt of the bunch, hence the name.

This is Kid Rock. She garnered her name when her poof was growing in crazy and she looked like she had a rockstar hair do.

This is the largest of the littles and, clearly, a cockerel. He doesn’t have a name though.

And then there’s this fella. Also a cockerel with no name. He’s hard to get pictures of because he’s generally trying to keep me away. *Edit to add, he shall be called Juan*

 

[Ponypoor]

I am always very scared that will happen…

Well soap and water cleaned everything

Hazards of livestock. My thoroughbred pee'd on her tail and then as she walked by me she flicked her tail and caught me across the face

Good for your immune system