It's been a "Chicken" Year....

[happybooker1]

Since I first started with my order from MM October 2012. Out of that first order of 25 assorted Bantams, I have 2 left:

"Shy" is a Dark Brahma



and "Poof-Poof" is a Sultan:




Then I got some Silkies and Seramas from local breeders that turned out to be males, or disappeared/died.

Next I added 2 EE's. I have one left, "Hattie".



She's the brown one. After a egg-laying hiatus starting in August, she started laying again about 3 weeks ago and I have steadily gotten a bluish egg a day from her since.

So today I picked up 2 Silkie pullets from another local breeder:

They are "Smokey" (the greyish one that has a beard) and the "Bandit" ( the cream-colored one):




Here is Smokey again:



and "Bandit":



I named Smokey and my son insisted that "Bandit" HAD to be the other one's name. LOL! Even though she's a girl.

I'm back to 5 in my flock now. I plan to add 2 more Lavender Ameraucanas (the real deal) from a breeder about 1 1/2 hours away as soon as he can identify for certain which of his chicks are pullets.

Mine are in a 15' x 30' fenced in area with a coop that my son & I made out of a FREE wooden packing crate. Over the year we've lost to questionable circumstances: 2 Silkies, 1 EE, 1 Frizzle Cochin, & 4 Seramas (3 as chicks). Strangely enough, all but the EE and 2 Seramas were black. And they were all the black bantams I had. ??????

 

[HS Pye]

Hi,

That's a beautiful flock you have there. I especially like the White Sultan.

HS Pye

 

[b.hromada]

They're so beautiful! Sorry you lost the others.

Its difficult when that happens. I know what you mean about the egg laying hiatus. My girls did the same here, until about, maybe a month ago. Strange, isn't it? Although, some of my girls are like 4 y/o now, so I don't expect to have eggs all the time. Got 3 more chicks a few weeks ago at the South Florida Fair, which of course, is exciting! Enjoy your chickens, and thanks for sharing!