Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[featherhead007]

Once you've had a chance to have a couple Silkies & find out how versatile & hardy they are, it's hard to give them up. No matter how many standard breeds we cycled thru there were always Silkies in our midst.

In the beginning it was a flip coin whether our 1st two backyard pets were going to be Silkies or Pekins (Cochin bantams). Getting 2 free Partridge Silkie chicks settled the choice & it's been Silkies always for us no matter what other standard size breeds we sampled thru the years.

Violet & Trumpet ~ Gold-blue Partridges 2011
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Mini ~ Black Silkie 2012
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Amber ~ Dark Partridge Silkie 2020
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Ginny & Suzu ~ Buff-blue Partridge & Silver Partridge (called Gray in APA) 2021
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Mika ~ Dark Partridge 2024
Keiko ~ Moorhead 2024
Betta ~ Blue Silkie 2024
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Hubby likes the bird as much as she likes him!

 

[Ponypoor]

Good morning Fluffy Butt's peeps

I love how they all stampeded

 

[Sylvester017]

Someone on BYC has barred silkies - let me see if I can find them….

They usually call them Cuckoo Silkies & they are adorable!

 

[Sylvester017]

$5/dozen

I have 10 in the fridge - how many do you want - shhhhhhh

 

[Sylvester017]

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Had another order for a chicken potholder. I love how these look.

That is so cute as a table doily/trivet for a hot dish. That's what most of our potholders get used for. That would look so cute for cuckoo birds, red, black, brown, buff birds. Just too too cute & practical.

How do you make one look like a Silkie? Probably Angora yarn? Never mind...too impractical for kitchen use!

You are so talented

 

[Sylvester017]

Thirsty Thursday

I took these on Tuesday - they sure loved being out digging in the mud!

Blanche
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Go girl! That’s Patches
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The Buff Orps having a grand time
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Sophia enjoying wild water
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TY for the Blanche update. That white frosting on her tail feather tips is unique. Very pretty. What breed or mix is she?

 

[RoyalChick]

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Had another order for a chicken potholder. I love how these look.

And I can tell you it works as well as being pretty. Thank you @SimpleJenn

 

[BY Bob]

These two are enjoying a nice day outside. It's currently 72 F.
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The best photo I've ever taken of Mozzarella.
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Grandma and Parmesan are sitting in the back and relaxing.
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I just love that mozzarella pose for leghorns and leghorn derivatives. It's classic.

 

[Sylvester017]

Still $ 10 USDollars here at the store

I sell mine to church friends $7.00

We don't need to buy eggs but DH always checks store prices. He says our local organic free pasture Vital Farms & Happy Eggs brands here are cheaper than the production/imported ones.

Our skelter of Silkie eggs filled to the top so DH made another mushroom/spinach quiche today. Eggs just make everything taste better ~ potato salad, soups, curry stew, deviled eggs, egg salad sandwich, Cobb salad, yum yum yum! Not to mention all the baked cakes & custards that use eggs!

Skelter yesterday & 2 eggs added later afternoon & 2 more this morning so he got in some baking plus made me pancakes, eggs & bacon for breakfast . There are 2 more rows we can add to the skelter but we use the eggs so fast we never attached the extra levels..

 

[Sylvester017]

I forgot to mention:
I heard a mockingbird yesterday, making all kinds of noise. I yelled at it to shut up! But it didn’t stop (now it’s saying “shut up, shut up!”)

Our Mockingbird makes car alarm noises! I'm surprised he hasn't picked up on chicken egg songs yet! He's been around at least 3 years now!