Debbie's Silkies

[Jenbirdee]

Hey, by the way, you didn’t mention what are their names?

 

[Debbie292d]

Hey, by the way, you didn’t mention what are their names?

Before I knew they were both girls, they were Gus and Gerty. They need new names lol.

 

[janiedoe]

Before I knew they were both girls, they were Gus and Gerty. They need new names lol.

I like the names!
I have an 8yo hen named Gus. I probably should have changed her name, but by the time I realized she was not a he, She was used to the name. Her 1st "husband " was named Doris. They had a son named Jacqueline. Thankfully, I've gotten so much better at sexing them, in the past few years.

 

[Jenbirdee]

Growing up, my parents had hamsters. Gus, Gus the second, Gus the third, Gus the fourth, Gus the fifth, Gus the sixth, Gus the seventh, we were never without a Gus in the house. And nobody ever knew what sex they were.

 

[janiedoe]

Growing up, my parents had hamsters. Gus, Gus the second, Gus the third, Gus the fourth, Gus the fifth, Gus the sixth, Gus the seventh, we were never without a Gus in the house. And nobody ever knew what sex they were.

Good thing you didn't have two gusses at the same time; you might have made it to gus 1001.

 

[Debbie292d]

I took our six chicks we're keeping outside for a while. Hopefully, in a few days they'll go to the four seasons, which is a huge covered pen in our back yard that has a hutch with a cozy coop radiant heater in it. The pen is HWC all around.


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Left to right, all unnamed thus far.
cuckoo pullet, lemon, chocolate mottled pullet, black mottled cockerel, not sure what it's changing to but it was silver, and the one on the right is thus far looking partridge. That one's quite friendly. Their ages vary by a couple of weeks.

Hubby helped me get a miniscule drop of blood from three of these's toes to DNA test. Melissa (@2ndTink) is starting up her DNA lab. She's doing sexing for me, but can do blue egg reveals too, and probably down the road a few more things. Just putting a plug in for her if you want anything DNA tested, give her a shout!