Sparky's all grown up...new pics!

[Wildsky]

OMG I want one too! she's so darn cute!

 

[shelleyb1969]

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Thanks, Squeaky. Since Sparky is such a sweetie, I will be keeping her in the house until spring. I've got 4 pure silkies, but they're in a coop with other bantams. I would be very scared of putting my silkies with any standard size breeds. I don't think they'd do very well standing up for themselves.

 

[shelleyb1969]

Does anyone else have a chicken who loves water?

A couple of weeks ago, I gave Sparky her first bath. And it was my first time ever giving a chicken a bath...I NEVER could've imagined myself giving a chicken a bath.

Well after that bath, Sparky developed a love of the water. I cannot stop her from attempting to bathe herself in her waterer! How she manages to soak her head...I have no idea!

Her waterer is one of those metal bases that screws onto a mason jar. But somehow, she manages to get soaked! And she clucks and purrs the whole time, so I know what she's doing whenever I hear her.

Here she is after one of her bathing sessions:

 

[miss_jayne]

good gravy that's hilarious! Farky wants Aunty Miss Jayne to babysit!

 

[shelleyb1969]

Maybe I should bring Sparky over for a diaper sizing, Miss_Jayne?!

Do you have a spare "room" for her while we visit?

 

[miss_jayne]

ha ha!!!! like there isn't a floating brooder somewhere around the zoo here?!?!

she looks pretty big, hope i don't need extra fabric!

cheese wagon just pulled up....

 

[debilorrah]

Shelley you post some the cutest pics!!!! I love silkies and cannot understand those that don't, but to each their own. Keep em coming!

 

[shelleyb1969]

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Thanks debiraymond.
It's pretty easy to get cute pics when you've got "hams" for chicks!

I think my son taught them how to pose!

 

[WildBurroShirts.com]

I want one!

Sparky is too cute for words...and to be a great mom while still a baby herself?

Awesome!

 

[shelleyb1969]

Sparky is on vacation from her motherly duties. All 18 of "her" youngsters have been moved out to the garage, but I kept Sparky in the house. We love her so much that I just couldn't bear the thought of putting her outside. She's super quiet and just so darn loveable! Miss_Jayne is going to make a diaper for her so maybe we can let her out of her "brooder" to play. She's in a 2'x2'x6' enclosure in my office, so she's got a nice little "crib". She doesn't seem to miss the others at all...actually, I think they were wearing her out!