Hello from Australia. with Pictures of my Silkies.

[silky_3699]

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ooooooh! can you us!

 

[Fierlin1182]

So exciting! So what's it like having a broody?
I love when my hens shake their feathers out, but i can never catch that on camera!

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

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Hey Welcome

Yes, its a great feeling knowning that my hen can hatch her own eggs.
but it does make me worry about her sometimes.

Just one of my fav pics i took of Lucky today

Yes I love it when mine do it, even my roos do it and they get even fluffier

 

[Fierlin1182]

Aww, Lucky is beautiful! I love the name too. Is she nesting in those pot plants?

It must be rewarding watching her with the chicks if you keep them.

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

Theres actually a story behind her name too

She likes to sit on things, like my blankets my legs my shoulders EVERYTHING.

 

[nzpouter]

you guys got bearded silkies in oz..?

 

[Fierlin1182]

What's the story?

My hens used to sit on my arm like a roost when they were smaller. Now my arm would probably buckle.

 

[Christie Loves Silkies]

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I'm really not sure, I havent looked into it, but I do want a bearded one.

Okay so, Lucky is the last one left from my first ever lot of hatchings.
my hen hatched like 13 eggs for her first ever hatch
all of her bros/sisters died.
they were dissappearing in the night/day time, nothing can get in or out of the coop.
as they slowly got down to having Lucky and 2 others left.
so i had them all living inside in a box next to my bed with the hen

mind you this all happened in the middle of winter.
one day my mum took them outside to play and run around with the hen...
i got home from school...
i only had one left....
i was crying my eyes out at this point.
mum told me that a crow had came along and picked one of them up...
my mum then locked the other 2 up in the coop... and one went missing... she ran outside, and saved Lucky... thats how she got her name.

out of 13, only Little Lucky lived.

 

[silky_3699]

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yup

 

[silky_3699]

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I'm really not sure, I havent looked into it, but I do want a bearded one.

Okay so, Lucky is the last one left from my first ever lot of hatchings.
my hen hatched like 13 eggs for her first ever hatch
all of her bros/sisters died.
they were dissappearing in the night/day time, nothing can get in or out of the coop.
as they slowly got down to having Lucky and 2 others left.
so i had them all living inside in a box next to my bed with the hen

mind you this all happened in the middle of winter.
one day my mum took them outside to play and run around with the hen...
i got home from school...
i only had one left....
i was crying my eyes out at this point.
mum told me that a crow had came along and picked one of them up...
my mum then locked the other 2 up in the coop... and one went missing... she ran outside, and saved Lucky... thats how she got her name.

out of 13, only Little Lucky lived.

OMG. in a way it sounds unfair!