Silkies - They’re simply SPECTACULAR!

[Gammas Bearded Babies]

Photo this morning of the 10 chickies left. Moved over to the larger brooder. 8 of them are going to new homes tomorrow! Next (and last for now, I swear…) hatch due on the 16th, 6 Polkie eggs and 10 Silkie eggs, all look good so far.View attachment 2990818

Such cuties!!! U getting me excited!

 

[LynnaePB]

Photo this morning of the 10 chickies left. Moved over to the larger brooder. 8 of them are going to new homes tomorrow! Next (and last for now, I swear…) hatch due on the 16th, 6 Polkie eggs and 10 Silkie eggs, all look good so far.View attachment 2990818

Oh they are absolutely adorable! I hope your hatch on the 16th goes well too!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Oh they are absolutely adorable! I hope your hatch on the 16th goes well too!

Thanks! Your hatch as well!

 

[kurby22]

I’m so jealous of everyone’s hatching babies! I need to hatch some babies and get my fix!

I let Miss Betty sit on some big chicken eggs that I thought were fertile…but turns out Puff has been shooting blanks or just isn’t finding his mark yet. So I may get a couple little chicks soon and plop them under her. She’s a very dedicated broody! And Miss Fuzzbert shared the load today it was adorable!! However! I think they’ve been stealing some eggs because her pile seems to get bigger! I go out and check quite often but maybe not often enough! Haha

I also finally secured my run extension with better fencing for tiny birds and bird netting…so the littles got to full on be chickens today finally! Sia and Cher just love to dust bathe! I rescued the other chicken you see in the picture—and she was very lonely being quarantined. She finished quarantine and was dusted again for mites, so I’m hoping she was ready to assimilate because she snuck out of her “free range” pen I made for her and ran into the run with the others. Haha, she was SO happy She’s a Swedish Hedemora from Greenfire Farm eggs that was owned by a Vietnamese family and they had just the one girl so I felt sad for her She fit in immediately with the group! They’re all just sweet and gentle chickens, I got super lucky! Elsafish (daughter named her) is just beautiful and active and while not enamored about human cuddles she doesn’t fight it either! If youre ever looking for another small breed to mix with your silkie flocks I recommend! Some gorgeous colors too

 

[AngBantamLuv]

I’m so jealous of everyone’s hatching babies! I need to hatch some babies and get my fix!

I let Miss Betty sit on some big chicken eggs that I thought were fertile…but turns out Puff has been shooting blanks or just isn’t finding his mark yet. So I may get a couple little chicks soon and plop them under her. She’s a very dedicated broody! And Miss Fuzzbert shared the load today it was adorable!! However! I think they’ve been stealing some eggs because her pile seems to get bigger! I go out and check quite often but maybe not often enough! Haha

I also finally secured my run extension with better fencing for tiny birds and bird netting…so the littles got to full on be chickens today finally! Sia and Cher just love to dust bathe! I rescued the other chicken you see in the picture—and she was very lonely being quarantined. She finished quarantine and was dusted again for mites, so I’m hoping she was ready to assimilate because she snuck out of her “free range” pen I made for her and ran into the run with the others. Haha, she was SO happy She’s a Swedish Hedemora from Greenfire Farm eggs that was owned by a Vietnamese family and they had just the one girl so I felt sad for her She fit in immediately with the group! They’re all just sweet and gentle chickens, I got super lucky! Elsafish (daughter named her) is just beautiful and active and while not enamored about human cuddles she doesn’t fight it either! If youre ever looking for another small breed to mix with your silkie flocks I recommend! Some gorgeous colors too

I love the egg hoarding!!! Such cute (although not helpful im sure) behavior!!

I reallllly like the Swedish chicken... maybe ill tell my Swedish neighbors so they can hatch chicks... and give me a couple.

Ok i know i owe you guys pics.. so excited about the changes in the last couple weeks.

Mystery tolbunt is a girl !! I've named her Pebbles So i haven't been handling any of them like i did with my big girls, can you believe Pebbles flew onto my head and then let me pet and cuddle her!!?? Amazing! I wonder if they're copying the big girls.

The tiny silkie is still itty bitty too!! Tiny tiny!! She seems fine too.. tries to run and fly like the others, so cute!!

Ok ill try to get pics after my classes are done today!!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I’m so jealous of everyone’s hatching babies! I need to hatch some babies and get my fix!

I let Miss Betty sit on some big chicken eggs that I thought were fertile…but turns out Puff has been shooting blanks or just isn’t finding his mark yet. So I may get a couple little chicks soon and plop them under her. She’s a very dedicated broody! And Miss Fuzzbert shared the load today it was adorable!! However! I think they’ve been stealing some eggs because her pile seems to get bigger! I go out and check quite often but maybe not often enough! Haha

I also finally secured my run extension with better fencing for tiny birds and bird netting…so the littles got to full on be chickens today finally! Sia and Cher just love to dust bathe! I rescued the other chicken you see in the picture—and she was very lonely being quarantined. She finished quarantine and was dusted again for mites, so I’m hoping she was ready to assimilate because she snuck out of her “free range” pen I made for her and ran into the run with the others. Haha, she was SO happy She’s a Swedish Hedemora from Greenfire Farm eggs that was owned by a Vietnamese family and they had just the one girl so I felt sad for her She fit in immediately with the group! They’re all just sweet and gentle chickens, I got super lucky! Elsafish (daughter named her) is just beautiful and active and while not enamored about human cuddles she doesn’t fight it either! If youre ever looking for another small breed to mix with your silkie flocks I recommend! Some gorgeous colors too

Broodies crack me up! Hope they get to raise some chicks.
Congrats on your new girls! I love Hedemora, they are so cool and they sometimes have silkied feathers, too.
Looks like the integration has gone well.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I love the egg hoarding!!! Such cute (although not helpful im sure) behavior!!

I reallllly like the Swedish chicken... maybe ill tell my Swedish neighbors so they can hatch chicks... and give me a couple.

Ok i know i owe you guys pics.. so excited about the changes in the last couple weeks.

Mystery tolbunt is a girl !! I've named her Pebbles So i haven't been handling any of them like i did with my big girls, can you believe Pebbles flew onto my head and then let me pet and cuddle her!!?? Amazing! I wonder if they're copying the big girls.

The tiny silkie is still itty bitty too!! Tiny tiny!! She seems fine too.. tries to run and fly like the others, so cute!!

Ok ill try to get pics after my classes are done today!!

Great news about Pebbles!

 

[kurby22]

I love the egg hoarding!!! Such cute (although not helpful im sure) behavior!!

I reallllly like the Swedish chicken... maybe ill tell my Swedish neighbors so they can hatch chicks... and give me a couple.

Ok i know i owe you guys pics.. so excited about the changes in the last couple weeks.

Mystery tolbunt is a girl !! I've named her Pebbles So i haven't been handling any of them like i did with my big girls, can you believe Pebbles flew onto my head and then let me pet and cuddle her!!?? Amazing! I wonder if they're copying the big girls.

The tiny silkie is still itty bitty too!! Tiny tiny!! She seems fine too.. tries to run and fly like the others, so cute!!

Ok ill try to get pics after my classes are done today!!

Yay for Pebbles! So happy she’s a she

You should definitely ask your neighbors hehe, the wooly ones are so cute too! She’s a funny girl, she’s got a lot of personality and talks a lot. Plus the gorgeous coloring

 

[kurby22]

Broodies crack me up! Hope they get to raise some chicks.
Congrats on your new girls! I love Hedemora, they are so cool and they sometimes have silkied feathers, too.
Looks like the integration has gone well.

I know, they’re super adorable Do broodies sit until the baby hatches or will they keep sitting well beyond hatch day if nothing hatched?

Yeah the wooly ones are super cute!!

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I know, they’re super adorable Do broodies sit until the baby hatches or will they keep sitting well beyond hatch day if nothing hatched?

Yeah the wooly ones are super cute!!

Even though my girls are constantly broody, I hatch in an incubator as I vaccinate against Mareks.
Though some have been broody much longer than it takes to hatch a set of eggs.