I'm hoping someone can help me with a birthday present for my Mom.
A few years ago Mom bought a couple of straight run white silkie bantams from a feed store. Turned out one was a hen and one is a rooster.
She loved them so much and spoiled the snot out of them, then she learned that she could enter them in the county fair. This was exciting. So she discovered all she needed to know about preparing them and one day I took a day off work to help bathe then blow dry her chickens with her. What a fun experience!
You should see the look on people's faces when you tell them that's what you did on your day off, it's priceless.
Anyway, the hen won a ribbon, seems like it was the best you could get. The roo didn't get anything but he's a spoiled little snot.
The hen was so sweet and would cuddle up to Mom all the time, talk to her while Mom was doing the dishes (chicken was out on the deck) and really brought a lot of joy to my Mom. Then tragedy struck.
Mom bought her chicken food from a local feed store in a big 50# bag and had only had it for a few weeks but all of the sudden her hen started acting weird. Long story short, the food was spoiled even though the date on it said it should have been good. It paralyzed Mrs. Puff and then killed her after she started to make a recovery and was able to walk again.
That was 2 years ago, Mom still has the roo, and he's still spoiled, but she misses her hen. The roo just isn't the same as he doesn't like to be cuddled and picked up.
Mom's birthday is on April 24th and she asked me the other day to help her find another white silkie bantam hen for her birthday. Obviously I can't just order from the feed store because they're straight run and I'd be in trouble if I ended up with a roo.
I've been trying to figure out how to make this happen. Any ideas?
