Easter Egger club!

[lovechicks1293]

Happy Birthday to my roommate I gave her two silver partridge silkies she named Luna and Jupiter[/quote]
Oh my gosh, I think i have a new obsession!

 

[FlyWheel]

Quote: Possibly some strange variation of a rogue ear-tuft gene? Just a wild guess, it almost looks like an ear-tuft gone wild...

 

[Shawneegyrl]

Possibly some strange variation of a rogue ear-tuft gene? Just a wild guess, it almost looks like an ear-tuft gone wild...

I don't really know. It could be a throwback to the very early influence of the Araucanas. I have true Ameraucanas and by reading some breeders forums, it will pop up on rare occasions and they are culled, since it is not part of the standard. Those culls are often used with EEs or OEs to improve egg color or muffs/beards. I have an EE also that has some angel wings as an "added feature"

In EE or mixed chickens I think it is cute

 

[cmccullough1390]

Happy Birthday to my roommate I gave her two silver partridge silkies she named Luna and Jupiter

Oh my gosh, I think i have a new obsession![/quote]Lol aren't they cute

 

[Amelia Egghart]

I had an EE who had those up and away neck feathers. We called her Van Buren. Not quite the same hairstyle, she was much cuter than he was

 

[summerb123]

lol here are my babies before those three passed we still 2 left

 

[Sylvester017]

Happy Birthday to my roommate I gave her two silver partridge silkies she named Luna and Jupiter

Ameraucanas and EEs are great birds to have around little Silkies because of the usually gentle non-combative nature of Amer's and EEs. The gentlest bird around our Silkies was our Blue Wheaten Ameraucana. Very smart to get 2 Silkies. Our 2 Silkies are not necessarily best buddies but they do tend to toodle around together:







Our sweet Blue Wheaten Ameraucana inside the doghouse with the Silkies. It surprised us how much the chickens hang out inside the houses.

 

[cmccullough1390]

Ameraucanas and EEs are great birds to have around little Silkies because of the usually gentle non-combative nature of Amer's and EEs. The gentlest bird around our Silkies was our Blue Wheaten Ameraucana. Very smart to get 2 Silkies. Our 2 Silkies are not necessarily best buddies but they do tend to toodle around together: Our sweet Blue Wheaten Ameraucana inside the doghouse with the Silkies. It surprised us how much the chickens hang out inside the houses.

Very nice our silkies are getting on pretty well we have a very diverse flock. We actually have a 3rd silkie that's mine

 

[Sylvester017]

Very nice our silkies are getting on pretty well we have a very diverse flock. We actually have a 3rd silkie that's mine

That IS a diverse flock! My DH loves his Silkies so I've had to plan what docile types of other chickens to mix with them. I tried larger dual purpose birds but any breed over 5-lbs were too assertive toward our Silkies. Our backyard is small so not much room for littles to hide from aggressive large fowl. We are zoned for no more than 5 hens/no roos so it limits our breed choices. Otherwise I'd love a half-dozen Silkies, a few Ameraucanas, and several Bredas plus another section of exotic ornamentals, etc etc etc LOL!

 

[cmccullough1390]

That IS a diverse flock!  My DH loves his Silkies so I've had to plan what docile types of other chickens to mix with them.  I tried larger dual purpose birds but any breed over 5-lbs were too assertive toward our Silkies.  Our backyard is small so not much room for littles to hide from aggressive large fowl.  We are zoned for no more than 5 hens/no roos so it limits our breed choices.  Otherwise I'd love a half-dozen Silkies, a few Ameraucanas, and several Bredas plus another section of exotic ornamentals, etc etc etc LOL!

lol I know what you mean I'm lucky we don't live with in city limits and our birds seem to have a system