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[Faraday40]

BTW- Here was Xansie's "spa day"

She was giving me the evil eye when I pulled out the camera. However, she did enjoy the blow dryer.


She's back to looking like her beautiful fluffy self now. (except a little "thinner" due to some molting)

Also, no more blood since I treated her toe feather with some cornstarch.
Let's hope that was it!

.... but I'm going to continue the Corid for the full 5 days just in case.

 

[Molpet]

Keep me in mind, please. Sure would love to have turkeys around one day.

I'll put you down for a dz, you can eat the extras.

BTW- Here was Xansie's "spa day"

She was giving me the evil eye when I pulled out the camera. However, she did enjoy the blow dryer.
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She's back to looking like her beautiful fluffy self now. (except a little "thinner" due to some molting)
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Also, no more blood since I treated her toe feather with some cornstarch.
Let's hope that was it!

.... but I'm going to continue the Corid for the full 5 days just in case.

I have to say if I seen one of those 10 yrs ago I would have wondered what the heck it was. They are funny looking chickens. I like the orps better LOL
But she is beautiful

"Dinner" is still acting like a hormonal cockerel, But he is a hansom stud muffin.
He doesn't share and keeps chasing hens that aren't his and gets in trouble.
2 of his girls left him and moved in another coop and I think another is thinking about it.
I had the fence open because a couple of turkey girls went on a walkout and couldn't figure out how to get back in. The 2 Dinner girls went the wrong way and went to the garden where another flock was fenced in, so I let them in... figuring they would be at the dividing fence at bedtime... they just moved into that coop instead. So that 8x8 coop has 20 hens and 1 roo..it's packed.... dinner's coop has 9 hens and is the same size.
At bedtime one hen from dinner's coop, runs in the main coop and then runs back to dinners coop. I was hoping some would move TO dinners coop not out of it. When they get snow bound I figured I would move some from the packed coop to Dinner's coop... not sure if thats going to happen this winter... but I would rather not have snow.

 

[BReeder!]

I'll put you down for a dz, you can eat the extras.



I have to say if I seen one of those 10 yrs ago I would have wondered what the heck it was. They are funny looking chickens. I like the orps better LOL
But she is beautiful

"Dinner" is still acting like a hormonal cockerel, But he is a hansom stud muffin.
He doesn't share and keeps chasing hens that aren't his and gets in trouble.
2 of his girls left him and moved in another coop and I think another is thinking about it.
I had the fence open because a couple of turkey girls went on a walkout and couldn't figure out how to get back in. The 2 Dinner girls went the wrong way and went to the garden where another flock was fenced in, so I let them in... figuring they would be at the dividing fence at bedtime... they just moved into that coop instead. So that 8x8 coop has 20 hens and 1 roo..it's packed.... dinner's coop has 9 hens and is the same size.
At bedtime one hen from dinner's coop, runs in the main coop and then runs back to dinners coop. I was hoping some would move TO dinners coop not out of it. When they get snow bound I figured I would move some from the packed coop to Dinner's coop... not sure if thats going to happen this winter... but I would rather not have snow.

Yes!

 

[Faraday40]

I have to say if I seen one of those 10 yrs ago I would have wondered what the heck it was. They are funny looking chickens. I like the orps better LOL
But she is beautiful

You should see our silkies when DD decides to dye them!
Here's Xansie as a "cosmic chick" and poor Teddy went through a "blue period" this summer.


or plays chicken dress up.


Also a running silkie is just about the silliest sight. Their fuzzy legs & body shape look like an old man wearing pants..... and awkwardly running about in circles. Macy (also called "Mai-Mai" after Hei-Hei the rooster in Moana) is not very bright. She gets excited when free ranging but can't see well. She darts off in one direction then pops straight up into the air & lands facing a new direction. Off she runs in her new bearing. We call it "Mai-Mai's happy dance."


I'm sorry Dinner's manners have not improved and am surprised that the mature hens haven't beat him up for it yet. (That's how our young cockerels learn.) I suppose Dinner was gifted with all that beauty, so there wasn't much left over to give him some brains. At least he's not aggressive and hopefully his size alone will help deter some predators.

 

[Molpet]

You should see our silkies when DD decides to dye them!
Here's Xansie as a "cosmic chick" and poor Teddy went through a "blue period" this summer.
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or plays chicken dress up.
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Also a running silkie is just about the silliest sight. Their fuzzy legs & body shape look like an old man wearing pants..... and awkwardly running about in circles. Macy (also called "Mai-Mai" after Hei-Hei the rooster in Moana) is not very bright. She gets excited when free ranging but can't see well. She darts off in one direction then pops straight up into the air & lands facing a new direction. Off she runs in her new bearing. We call it "Mai-Mai's happy dance."


I'm sorry Dinner's manners have not improved and am surprised that the mature hens haven't beat him up for it yet. (That's how our young cockerels learn.) I suppose Dinner was gifted with all that beauty, so there wasn't much left over to give him some brains. At least he's not aggressive and hopefully his size alone will help deter some predators.

They have entertainment value that's for sure

Dinner avoids the hens that are a year or more older than him... the ones that left him are a few months older than him...he tries to take the ones that are that age or younger... but they aren't having him.
He does alert for Hawks well.

 

[BReeder!]

You should see our silkies when DD decides to dye them!
Here's Xansie as a "cosmic chick" and poor Teddy went through a "blue period" this summer.
View attachment 1633406 View attachment 1633407 View attachment 1633421

or plays chicken dress up.
View attachment 1633408

Also a running silkie is just about the silliest sight. Their fuzzy legs & body shape look like an old man wearing pants..... and awkwardly running about in circles. Macy (also called "Mai-Mai" after Hei-Hei the rooster in Moana) is not very bright. She gets excited when free ranging but can't see well. She darts off in one direction then pops straight up into the air & lands facing a new direction. Off she runs in her new bearing. We call it "Mai-Mai's happy dance."


I'm sorry Dinner's manners have not improved and am surprised that the mature hens haven't beat him up for it yet. (That's how our young cockerels learn.) I suppose Dinner was gifted with all that beauty, so there wasn't much left over to give him some brains. At least he's not aggressive and hopefully his size alone will help deter some predators.

What kind of chicken is Xansie? That's some bizarre coloring.

 

[Faraday40]

What kind of chicken is Xansie? That's some bizarre coloring.

Our splash silkie, Xansie,

has had many adventures involving some non-toxic Crayola markers &/or food coloring.

 

[BReeder!]

Our splash silkie, Xansie,
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has had many adventures involving some non-toxic Crayola markers &/or food coloring.

LOL! I was really confused and was thinking it was some funky color pattern. LOL. I've heard of blue chickens, but let's face it: they are a shade of grey. I looked at that picture and was like, "that's a really blue type of blue, that purple is some serious lavender..." Now I feel dumb. Too funny.

 

[Faraday40]

LOL! I was really confused and was thinking it was some funky color pattern. LOL. I've heard of blue chickens, but let's face it: they are a shade of grey. I looked at that picture and was like, "that's a really blue type of blue, that purple is some serious lavender..." Now I feel dumb. Too funny.

Believe it or not, but you're not the 1st. I'm known locally for my lavender orpingtons. Someone new to chickens was looking for a couple pullets & a former customer referred them to me. With so many chicks hatching from different hens, I marked some chicks with food coloring while still in the incubator. (Once they dry & move around, it's more challenging to remember who's the mama. I also use small rubber bands, but they can slip off those tiny feet.) Anyway, I happened to mark all of Smudge's chicks with "purple". There was one lavender chick I debated keeping, so I was generous with the purple to easily identify it. Yep, the visitor saw my "lavender orpington" and was in awe! LOL

As far as Xansie, she's very much DD's chicken. I think silkies look funny & it took DD over 3 years to talk me into letting her hatch some silkie eggs. While waiting for the eggs to hatch, DD said that she was hoping for a white silkie. I dislike white chickens (hawk- attracters) and joked that if a white one hatched I'd dye it pink to make it look like cotton candy. She took it to mean that she should dye her new little silkie. That's how we got a cosmic colored chick. Yet, Xansie is perfect for DD. She enjoys spending time with her human and patiently stands there for pedicures, being colored, dressed up, or even getting new updos. Although they barely look like chickens, silkies have an amazing temperament and are smaller = very easy for kids to handle. They make wonderful, loving pets but do not have the usual survival skills needed to free range. I'm still an orp lover, but if there's any chicken breed that has a cult following - it's the silkie. Xansie is known by name throughout our town. She's been in classrooms, school assemblies, parades, park district events, etc. I laughed one year at an Easter Egg hunt when the line to talk with DD & pet Xansie was longer than the line to see the Easter Bunny!

 

[Faraday40]

@BReeder!
In other countries, they dye & sell colored day old chicks.
It's just the chick fluff & the feathers grow in the natural color. (Kind of hard to watch the video of how they dye them.)

Of course I think these pics were our inspiration for dying a silkie.