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Hattie is a Lavender Orpington.O my goodness, she is so pretty!! What is her breed?
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Hattie is a Lavender Orpington.O my goodness, she is so pretty!! What is her breed?
So cute!Here is my newest lady Gianni.
I'm putting that breed on my Chicken wish listHattie is a Lavender Orpington.
I am in no way enabling then if you are leaning towards silkies. I would either find some hatching eggs, or a few day old chicks and brood them yourself. Silkies like to snuggle. Let your little ones have visits with them daily. You will not have to train them to cuddle with you, they will do the training themselves by simply settling in and going to sleep. Even the roosters I have been around love to cuddle. That said there are exceptions to every breed, but in general for families with small children almost everyone recommends silkies as a possible breed. Having had them, I fully understand why. If someone new comes into our neighborhood who have small children who want to hold a chicken. Branch is my go to, I trust him fully to love being handled. He has been held by a child as young as 18 months, with supervision now.Mayyyybeeeee I am where you were. I would like to repair the relationship my kids have with the chickens. Oreo, aka attack for no reason chicken, had a lasting impression on both my kids and it wasn’t good. Story is sweet, Lore thinks the kids are fun to chase if they run. He doesn’t attack them butttt if they run he is game to chase em off. I think he will stop this after this spring, he is huge and not particularly inclined to feats of physical prowess and his heart isn’t really in the fight, it’s clearly hormones. Time will tell for sure and I am watching him closely.
So, all that to say mayyybe they do not take up much space after all….
I still say, silkies are not real chickens!
Jaffar isn't a real chicken either...View attachment 3747439
Branch is as much of a real chicken as your Jaffar is a real chicken.
At these cold temps I wouldn’t worry about mold - and I am sure as you say Phyllis will have that uncovered and gobbled up fast! They sure don’t forget were food is haha!I did not consider mold. Too late now. It's buried.