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[electrycmonk]

After this week's 3+ days of cold & rain I'll snap some fresh shots of our silkies for an update on that thread. This will be 6 months old as on then....

 

[Matejka]

So I took a snap of my best looking cockerel (Hen)Black Sumatra/(Roo) Silkie mix. This one is a keeper with no need for hairstyling, Janurary hatchout. He is a whole lot of eye candy in my eyes.

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Beautiful bird!

 

[electrycmonk]

So I took a snap of my best looking cockerel (Hen)Black Sumatra/(Roo) Silkie mix. This one is a keeper with no need for hairstyling, Janurary hatchout. He is a whole lot of eye candy in my eyes.

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The colors are truly amazing dude.

 

[electrycmonk]

So we have had fog and a slight drizzle since about noon today. Here's a slight delayed snap showing what looks to be snowy-sleet-like mess starting to fall around Amarillo and definitely north of that too!

 

[AllenK RGV]

So we have had fog and a slight drizzle since about noon today. Here's a slight delayed snap showing what looks to be snowy-sleet-like mess starting to fall around Amarillo and definitely north of that too!
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We got lucky I saw 87 on the car readout, and local weather stations. Better than the 90's we were told to expect.

 

[ValerieLovesChickens]

So I took a snap of my best looking cockerel (Hen)Black Sumatra/(Roo) Silkie mix. This one is a keeper with no need for hairstyling, Janurary hatchout. He is a whole lot of eye candy in my eyes.

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He is stunning!!

 

[AllenK RGV]

The colors are truly amazing dude.

Apparently back in the 1850's red was a very common color to find in Black Sumatra his parents didn't display any of those colors just the iridescent green. My suspected sire for him is a silkie mix who has white streaked black feathers(hackles) and am thinking that the red got repainted there from old genetic code on the sumatra side of things.

 

[007Sean]

Well the fronts moving through here now. Winds blowing 20mph and gusty. Light sprinkle here and there...my weather station says it's 79°F but you can definitely feel the cold in the air, suppose to be in the upper 40's tonight gonna miss the 79 - 80's temps!

 

[electrycmonk]

Today, I'm wearing pants, socks, & a jacket. The cold wind, high humidity and drizzling rain all day and night made today not fun when outside. Low 40's before wind-chill. I saw wind-chill earlier "lunchtime" of 34°F......

ETA picture...

 

[ValerieLovesChickens]

5pm and 45 degrees with wind chill of 37, running around in Jean's, long sleeve tshirt, hoodie and muck boots! One of my pullets quite literally laid down in a mud puddle, wallowed in it, stood up & shook herself off all over me! Then she looked up at me and I swear she smiled!! That Siren, is always a little shit - up to no good. Roflmao lucky for her shes also one of my favorites. Oh and now I'm sporting dried mud upon my jeans!