It just happened!

[VolailleAmant]

I once went into a store to buy plants and came out with two turkey chicks.

Ha!! That sounds like something my mother would do!

 

[VolailleAmant]

I know the feeling. We used to have a little of everything poultry wise. We had to cut back on the amount of we have. As we are having the third go around of hatching with three incubators full! Lol! We moved to a smaller acerage place with closer neighbors. Our local TSC also has a farmers market two Saturdays a month. April thru Oct. I came out of the store last spring just as my wife and kids are putting two pygmy goats in the back of the truck! I guess that was payback for going to get lawnmower gas and coming home with a tiller. Lol!

Sounds good to me! I would really love goats...But money doesn't grow on trees! Lol. BTW, after visiting TSC today, chicks are only .99¢! I might want more.....!

 

[10 acre woods]

With the addition of the goats. We are at the limit of hoof stock our little place will handle. We had been checking TSC and the other farm stores for more Silkies. We are wanting to add a little more color to our flock. No stores around here has had them. We finally found some hatching eggs. Which will allow us to start our flock in the direction we want it to go. Not only more color, but smaller birds. The Silkies we got from TSC are pretty big. Just the opposite of the recently aquired OEGBs. They are so small the roo cannot even make a decent crow. I guess that is how it goes when it just happens though. Kinda like my little tiller I got from the scrap hauler at the gas station. Get what works and improve and make it to your liking as time and money allow.

 

[VolailleAmant]

With the addition of the goats. We are at the limit of hoof stock our little place will handle. We had been checking TSC and the other farm stores for more Silkies. We are wanting to add a little more color to our flock. No stores around here has had them. We finally found some hatching eggs. Which will allow us to start our flock in the direction we want it to go. Not only more color, but smaller birds. The Silkies we got from TSC are pretty big. Just the opposite of the recently aquired OEGBs. They are so small the roo cannot even make a decent crow. I guess that is how it goes when it just happens though. Kinda like my little tiller I got from the scrap hauler at the gas station. Get what works and improve and make it to your liking as time and money allow.

In which state do you reside? Reason I ask is that at our Lowell Michigan TSC they have Silkie chicks...Too cute!
My Silkie hen is on her 8th day of broodiness. I hope the eggs will hatch!

Agreed.

 

[10 acre woods]

I am in missouri. One of our old neighbors kept Silkies just to set eggs under. Hers always set tight on a clutch of eggs. I hope yours does also. Our Silkie eggs should hatch this weekend. I am going to hatch some American Gamefowl Bantams next. After that, other than giving a broody hen a job. We should be done hatching for the year.

 

[VolailleAmant]

I am in missouri. One of our old neighbors kept Silkies just to set eggs under. Hers always set tight on a clutch of eggs. I hope yours does also. Our Silkie eggs should hatch this weekend. I am going to hatch some American Gamefowl Bantams next. After that, other than giving a broody hen a job. We should be done hatching for the year.

I have brassy back oegb. They are too cute! What are all the breeds in your flock?
Mine are-
ISA Browns-20
Ameraucana-1
Silkies-5
BBOEGB-4
Belgian Mille Fleurs- 5
Silver Sebrights-5
Golden Sebrights-7

 

[10 acre woods]

We have Welsummers
Silkies
BBRed OEGB
BBRed Phoenix rooster
Red Quill American Gamefowl
Yellow Legged Hatch American Gamefowl
BBRed American Gamefowl Bantams
I am crossing the Phoenix with the American Gamefowl. I want to create a bird with the long saddle and tail feathers of the Phoenix. With a tail that stands up like the gamefowl with the red quill coloring. I have the f1 crosses complete. Just waiting to see which ones have good coloring and feathering. I think they will be very pretty birds.

 

[10 acre woods]

I am really fond of Seabrights. They have great personalities