Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[AngBantamLuv]

Update on the baby I thought was a Silkie, then decided it was a bantam Brahma…HE is a Satin/Brahma and a very calm and gentle boy

So adorable!! I miss my chickens being in the house with me

 

[kurby22]

So adorable!! I miss my chickens being in the house with me

I know, it sucks when they go outside

 

[NCchickentender]

I know, it sucks when they go outside

Yes it does! I've started taking the littles to the outside brooder during the day while it's still warm

Hubby has almost finished the fence around their yard to keep out loose dogs. It's bad when the chickens have a 6' fence and my 100lb pitt and 80lb bulldog only have a 4' fence.

 

[kurby22]

Yes it does! I've started taking the littles to the outside brooder during the day while it's still warm

Hubby has almost finished the fence around their yard to keep out loose dogs. It's bad when the chickens have a 6' fence and my 100lb pitt and 80lb bulldog only have a 4' fence.

Yeah, I always feel like a worried mother when they leave the brooder and go outside with the flock! I'm glad I'm not the only one! Plus it is a lot more work to get one to snuggle with while I watch TV when they are all grown up and outside

 

[Somewhere_In_The_Clouds]

@Hinotori did you end up with any splash partridges?

 

[Hinotori]

@Hinotori did you end up with any splash partridges?

Im not sure yet. I need to catch the little buggers and check them. One of the hens is very aggressively protective and is good at allowing them to escape while the other hen hides them

 

[Fluffy gang]

Im not sure yet. I need to catch the little buggers and check them. One of the hens is very aggressively protective and is good at allowing them to escape while the other hen hides them

Oh, have you got any pictures?

I think I’ve got a splash patridge too
5 month old boy

 

[Hinotori]

Actually felt well enough to corner chicks today. They are about 6.5 weeks old.

Of 13, these 3 are the ones that could possibly be splash judging by wing feathers. Need them to get out of their chick feathers to tell better. The lighter body color in chick feathers is a trait that is carried by some of my birds from one of my first hens. Usually it means they are boys, but I think that one in the middle is a girl.

There are several moorhead chicks in this batch, but I'm very pleased to have quite a few red heads. The fathers were all red heads. There are some blue patridge, male and female, and I'll keep one of those for breeding if I don't get a splash male.

 

[Hinotori]

This is my favorite little blue patridge pullet

 

[Hinotori]

2nd gen bred back to partridge. His sisters are jet black. I don't know why that hen is black or all her chicks. I'm going to breed him to some partridge hens and see what I get. He's an adorable sweetheart. One of those boys who likes being petted. He doesn't mind being picked up and snuggled.