Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Dropping in to congratulate @Ponypoor on winning this weeks POW!

Thanks Janie - Reenie and Butterscotch also say thank you

 

[Ponypoor]

Silkies are such a popular hot item for so many reasons & their popularity only keeps increasing. I've seen them as long ago as a 1970's fashion magazine, & just to name a few celebrities that have them are Paris Hilton & Tori Spelling, & there's no fear from people who are afraid of other larger assertive breeds ~ especially roosters that attack or chase. Silkies are the marshmallows of chicken gentility yet just as hardy as any chicken breed & they come in so many varieties.

They even watch TV like any other breed
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Mine enjoy taking part in online work meetings. That always have important safety News to tell the other Hoomans.

 

[Sylvester017]

@knoturavggrl ~ another Silkie mix sold exclusively by Meyer called Cookies & Cream. The Silkies are being used for so many crossbreedings

 

[Ponypoor]

He has ducks, geese (no pond for them to swim in) regular chooks, and several roosters that I don’t know the breed. If he’s breeding chickens for anything other than eggs or meat, I would be happy to take the opportunity to find out where those chooks go (fighting birds)?

Is bird fighting illegal there ? It is here but still people do it, mostly immigrants who don’t know better. Which is why I demand my Roos be processed here and not taken off property. No way I am letting any Roos leave here to be dumped in with strange Roos fighting getting hurt.

 

[featherhead007]

Silkies are such a popular hot item for so many reasons & their popularity only keeps increasing. I've seen them as long ago as a 1970's fashion magazine, & just to name a few celebrities that have them are Paris Hilton & Tori Spelling, & there's no fear from people who are afraid of other larger assertive breeds ~ especially roosters that attack or chase. Silkies are the marshmallows of chicken gentility yet just as hardy as any chicken breed & they come in so many varieties.

They even watch TV like any other breed
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Okay, I have heard that Silkies are the “Toy Poodles” of poultry

 

[Ponypoor]

@knoturavggrl ~ another Silkie mix sold exclusively by Meyer called Cookies & Cream. The Silkies are being used for so many crossbreedings
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Oh it’s a silver laced satin silkie

I’ll take three of those…

 

[Ponypoor]

How thrilling for Pebble. I know Cuckoo variety in other breeds are auto-sexing at hatch but not sure how sex can be guaranteed w/ Blue Silkie chicks... unless the hatchery does their own DNA testing? That's a first if a hatchery can guarantee SiLkie pullet chicks. I have heard great comments about Meyer & if other hatcheries don't start doing DNA testing on bantams Meyer will blow them all away

It’s a simple PCR test at the lab I have sent samples to. I am sure a hatchery can to it no problem, as long as they have a blood sample - I have used the membrane from an egg shell. But that’s not very practical for a hatchery that hatches 1000s of chicks.

There are also new ways of testing the egg at 3 days incubation. But not sure if that is mainstream at all.

I’d be interested to see how they manage their gender testing.

 

[featherhead007]

Is bird fighting illegal there ? It is here but still people do it, mostly immigrants who don’t know better. Which is why I demand my Roos be processed here and not taken off property. No way I am letting any Roos leave here to be dumped in with strange Roos fighting getting hurt.

The way I raise my birds, calm, sweet, human friendly, and trusting. NO WAY are any of my roosters going out to fight, they would be killed. They would not know what to do. And that would be so cruel.

 

[rural mouse]

Oooh, calendar worthy! Can you make it landscape format??? She is a beauty and really pops against the green of the ?pea tree shrubs?

Maybe crop it, but considering her tail got cut...unless she poses for me again....doubtful. I love that pic, though.

 

[Ponypoor]

Wasn't someone commenting they were pretty certain the larger walnut comb confirmed him a boy?

Yep but hey can’t be 100% sure…. Unless he crows!