Pennsylvania!! Unite!!

[feliciadawn]

My chicks have to learn to use a nipple if they want to live here. I don't do other types of waterers. My hands are too unsteady to carry them without spilling (especially since I damaged my finger trying to make the electric fence.)

 

[VictoriaTemple]

Anyone wanna see some funky chickens? This past summer Dennis (@dheltzel) gave me some Silkie/Cochin hybrids, which are totally adorable. Their chicks apparently are always barred (various patterns), and I THINK the down color is sex-linked, I just haven’t hatched enough to be sure yet. This 2 are the only ones I have grown out myself so far (the others were given to friends), and they both have these amazing crested head feathers! #1 pic (Blossom) is (I think) a cockerel and was born with charcoal colored down and a large white head spot. #2 pic (Pepper) is a pullet and likely Blossom’s 1/2 sister, I think Blossom’s mother was pure Silkie, and Pepper’s mother 1/2 Silkie 1/2 Cochin. Pepper was white with black wing-tips when hatched. #3 pic is their father Bud, whom Dennis guessed was 3/4 Cochin 1/4 Silkie. He has a bit of head fluff but nothing like his kids! I’ve never seen crested Cochins before, I’m so excited!

 

[feliciadawn]

Love them. Do you know what size they will be?

 

[VictoriaTemple]

Love them. Do you know what size they will be?

Probably the same size as their parents, about 2-3 pounds.

 

[BullChick]

I didn’t realize Erie was so warm.
I checked two other places, and all three (mine and the other two) are saying around a foot of snow. Poor children can’t even get a snow day!

 

[BullChick]

Erie is shorts weather, and no snow.

 

[CuteFluffyButtSilkies]

I am not ready for 2 feet of snow

 

[BullChick]

Actually, I shouldn’t laugh. My snowblower is still a mystery to me, and the person that can fix the issue is AWOL.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

I’m lovin all these heated waterer options that have been posted! My main coop is so far from the house, I just can’t see me running electric to it. So I Keep several waterers and change them out throughout the day when it’s freezing. Not the best fix, but with the shorter days, it’s not too bad.

 

[Blarneyeggs]

@TillyPeeps That must have been terrifying, seeing the hawk attack right in front of you. How is your flock? Anyone get injured?