Silkie thread!

[Sonoran Silkies]

I use steps for my Silkies to get into the coop (it's only about 8 inches high) but as they get older I think they get a kick out of "flying" into the coop. Wings flapping, feathers flying...but they do it over and over again for fun (silly birds).

Mine have never been wild over the Happy Hen treats, but plain yogurt, raisins, grapes, oatmeal, scratch, shredded wheat, hard boiled egg all drive them wild. They all eat their treats out of a big dog bowl and the teeniest ones perch on the side to eat. SO DARLING to watch

Over the years, listening to what one person's flock loves or won't touch for treats versus a different person's flock ha led me to conclude that chickens are like people: they all have their own, individual taste preferences.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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I can read through all the posts by mid afternoon, check the next morning and I will be many pages behind...

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: Get a BIG box of crayons and ask him to pull out all the various blues. Then tell him it is like that (or ask him which one [of all the blues in your hand] is blue). Or if he is a techie, have him go into word and select the colour for a font; click on "More Colors"; select a medium blue then click on "Custom." And tell him it is like that. If (and I doubt it or he wouldn't have a spinning head, lol) he has a scientific bent, sent him to The Coop to read some of the genetic discussions on blue.

 

[peepblessed]

Get a BIG box of crayons and ask him to pull out all the various blues. Then tell him it is like that. Or if he is a techie, have him go into word and select the colour for a font; click on "More Colors"; select a medium blue then click on "Custom." And tell him it is like that. If (and I doubt it or he wouldn't have a spinning head, lol) he has a scientific bent, sent him to The Coop to read some of the genetic discussions on blue.

Now this would land me in divorce court! Especially the crayon part!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Quote: "cut the legs off the hen"

"house"

Last Sunday we moved a new (to me) coop from my neighbor's yard to my chicken (horse) stall in the park. When she had chickens, she had dutch, who like to roost up high, so the roost is about 5 feet up. I've figured I would need to lower it, but hadn't had time to work on it. Heck, it was still wired shut from the move until yesterday afternoon when I took some time to work on it. So, the chickens finally got inside and wouldn't you know it. A silkie hen was the first to try the roost! No ramp or ladder or anything!


That's me hidden in the back, my sons in front and my dh at the back. My neighbor's dh is in the middle, and she took the picture.

 

[peepblessed]

I posted photos of this chick a while back. I'm still wondering what color it is. It's primaries are white, secondaries are blue. I thought it was splash but maybe just a weird blue?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

The white will go away as it molts to adult plumage.

 

[Suzierd]

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Thanks everyone, I am so bummed that means I got two roosters that were garunteed hens. The blue roo was suppose too be a hen also. Now I ended up with three Roos and only two hens. I really don't want to part with the white or the splash silkies. I already have the lady picking up the blue on Saturday and she warned me he will probably end up in the freezer.
This is so hard he does the cutest dance with his wing down around the girls. It's heart braking.
I get attached to fast. I just can't keep that many Roos. Do you think I should keep the two or is there not enough hens?

 

[peepblessed]

"cut the legs off the hen"

"house"

Last Sunday we moved a new (to me) coop from my neighbor's yard to my chicken (horse) stall in the park. When she had chickens, she had dutch, who like to roost up high, so the roost is about 5 feet up. I've figured I would need to lower it, but hadn't had time to work on it. Heck, it was still wired shut from the move until yesterday afternoon when I took some time to work on it. So, the chickens finally got inside and wouldn't you know it. A silkie hen was the first to try the roost! No ramp or ladder or anything!


That's me hidden in the back, my sons in front and my dh at the back. My neighbor's dh is in the middle, and she took the picture.

Wow! What a project! I could use one of those!!

 

[peepblessed]

The white will go away as it molts to adult plumage.

Okay. Thanks!