Well... I hadn't read the Derp Files for a long minute... Finally caught up...
I want to say that I have a few old girls... Vanilla, she's going on 5 (White silkie hen). Then there is Fiametta. A fav-x. She's 4. Those are my two oldest birds. Both healthy girls. I am hoping to get a good 10-15 yrs of giggles out of some of the girls. We don't eat the girls, and I am of the opinion, that once their laying days are over, they're in retirement, and warm bodies in the winter to keep the other warm bodies warmer. LOL
I did get some darker fav hens out of this years girls. THey do not have the black in there like Derp does though. But they are a rich reddish salmon color. AND I have one derpidoo... She's a little banty fav and she's a super spaz one minute, then stares off into space te next minute. Tiniest little thing. Cracks me up. The only one that survived a mystery illness that killed every chick in her brood. No, it wasn't cocci...
I want to say that I have a few old girls... Vanilla, she's going on 5 (White silkie hen). Then there is Fiametta. A fav-x. She's 4. Those are my two oldest birds. Both healthy girls. I am hoping to get a good 10-15 yrs of giggles out of some of the girls. We don't eat the girls, and I am of the opinion, that once their laying days are over, they're in retirement, and warm bodies in the winter to keep the other warm bodies warmer. LOL
I did get some darker fav hens out of this years girls. THey do not have the black in there like Derp does though. But they are a rich reddish salmon color. AND I have one derpidoo... She's a little banty fav and she's a super spaz one minute, then stares off into space te next minute. Tiniest little thing. Cracks me up. The only one that survived a mystery illness that killed every chick in her brood. No, it wasn't cocci...
:cd Also a pic or two or three or four of Derp would really end the year on a GREAT note! 
