I thought so too!
Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock
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Once you have 'em they become an addiction over other breeds. We only wanted a couple 14 yrs ago & now we've cycled thru w/ 9 of them over the yrs. Other standard breeds are ok for other reasons... but Silkies who have been APA registered since 1874 have it all... gentle temperament around families, good flockmates, a large variety of colors & patterns to choose from, can't fly over a high fence to escape, decent egg size for a large bantam, busy foragers, excellent broodies who very often do co-op broody duties, the males have been known to feed the broody hen on the nest & like most roosters will do babysitting, & fluffy Silkies are especially hardy in our climate zone. Standard breeds huff & puff in our heatwaves while the fluffy Silkies continue foraging all in stride... been great at ducking predators too which was a surprising bonus to us
The first two Silkies that started it all ~ 2011
Dorothy has beautiful feathers
That is a classic animal pic of Truly... you can almost see any pet's begging in that face of hers teehee!
Trivia: The shading on the front shanks & toes on yellow chick legs is how to know they are females. On Dominique chicks if one can't identify chick sex by the white spot on the head then the dark shading on the front chick legs will be female ~ as adult females the shading disappears. The male Dom chicks don't ever have the dark shading on their legs.
Our Dominique chicks also had pretty blue eyes until 4 months old
(The American Dominique: a Treatise for the Fancier by Mark A. Fields) out of print
They all seem fine today, and that lightest one can RUN!
Dorothy has beautiful feathers
That is a classic animal pic of Truly... you can almost see any pet's begging in that face of hers teehee!
She went and hauled a bunch off the other tree - they aren’t as ripe yet she wanted the sweet ones.
The chooks finally had to give up on the fallen ones the yellowjackets were just crazy!
Once you have 'em they become an addiction over other breeds. We only wanted a couple 14 yrs ago & now we've cycled thru w/ 9 of them over the yrs. Other standard breeds are ok for other reasons... but Silkies who have been APA registered since 1874 have it all... gentle temperament around families, good flockmates, a large variety of colors & patterns to choose from, can't fly over a high fence to escape, decent egg size for a large bantam, busy foragers, excellent broodies who very often do co-op broody duties, the males have been known to feed the broody hen on the nest & like most roosters will do babysitting, & fluffy Silkies are especially hardy in our climate zone. Standard breeds huff & puff in our heatwaves while the fluffy Silkies continue foraging all in stride... been great at ducking predators too which was a surprising bonus to us
The first two Silkies that started it all ~ 2011
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Clyde came in for a visit when I had Whiskers and the babies out for a bit. Whiskers was very upset though, so Clyde got the boot from me. He was most interested though, he has been good with Georgie and Hollys babies.
Dorothy has beautiful feathers
That is a classic animal pic of Truly... you can almost see any pet's begging in that face of hers teehee!
Penelope is Dorothy’s mom, the only one I hatched from her and it was a pullet
I have debated hatching something from Dorothy and Mr P. Too risk of cockerels
I would say that lightest one will be white. The orangey one who knows. And Chippy-choo I guess will be black.
Just kidding hahahaha
Just kidding hahahaha
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