Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[ForTheLoveOfSilkies]

He's gorgeous!! Can you keep him?

I love the chick next to the roo.. too cute!

Well I was hoping to keep him since the 3 boys do get along. But if he's chasing the girls stressing them out it's not good.

 

[CSolis]

I have to admire silkies if for only one thing (not to mention how beautiful they are). That little fuzzikin just couldn't find his place on the roost with mom and his 4 sibs. Try as he might, he couldn't get close enough to mom and kept falling off the roost. Last night I didn't even see him, until................... I walked around to the other side of the pen.. Up popped his head from beneath the pile of Silkies. He had crawled up under Top Gun's wing in the fuzz pile and was happy as a lark. I had taken the divider down between the two sides and let mom and her 'room mates' get aquainted last week. Mom and kids did really well with the 4 Silkie pullets and the man of the house. What impresses me is the way silkies will care for the young, even when not theirs.

In my other pen, Poof Poof has gone back to roosting on the 'roof' with Shadow Captain and the F1 pullets. Her two daughters from the second hatch still nest in the bucket with the last hatch, keeping everyone snug as a bug and warm. Their parenting instincts are beyond belief at times.

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

I lost my beautiful buff hen Penny Tuesday to either a hawk or owl attack. It all happened so fast I can't even believe she's gone. She will be missed.

 

[CSolis]

I lost my beautiful buff hen Penny Tuesday to either a hawk or owl attack. It all happened so fast I can't even believe she's gone. She will be missed.

So sorry you lost your hen. I lost 7 bantams and one EE to hawks last month. I friend has lost every single one of his silkies to hawks, and they weren't even free ranging! Hawks are bad this year it seems.

 

[Poodlemum]

I lost my beautiful buff hen Penny Tuesday to either a hawk or owl attack. It all happened so fast I can't even believe she's gone. She will be missed.

Oh no, I’m so sorry!!!

 

[chickengr]

sorry for your losses. that reminds me I need to buy netting before I put any chickens in my new place. still waiting for the notary call to sign the contract.

 

[Poodlemum]

It’s not like we shoveled them several paths or anything…

 

[AngBantamLuv]

I lost my beautiful buff hen Penny Tuesday to either a hawk or owl attack. It all happened so fast I can't even believe she's gone. She will be missed.

So sorry, she was such a pretty girl too. Hang in there

 

[AngBantamLuv]

So sorry you lost your hen. I lost 7 bantams and one EE to hawks last month. I friend has lost every single one of his silkies to hawks, and they weren't even free ranging! Hawks are bad this year it seems.

I've noticed more flying in general near my house. I swear they are staring at my coop!

 

[Obsessed With Silkies]

So sorry you lost your hen. I lost 7 bantams and one EE to hawks last month. I friend has lost every single one of his silkies to hawks, and they weren't even free ranging! Hawks are bad this year it seems.

Oh no, I’m so sorry!!!

sorry for your losses. that reminds me I need to buy netting before I put any chickens in my new place. still waiting for the notary call to sign the contract.

So sorry, she was such a pretty girl too. Hang in there

Thank you all