It's strictly a matter of chance that the kids were fine. It was more important to get her children out of there than get the intruders out of there.
Those are nice. I hope my chicks turn out nice. Two of the 2 wk old ones jumped into my hand today thinking I had a treat. Hand means good stuff. So cool.For RustyHen - here are some photos of Pearlie June just before she was integrated into the VF Banty Coop. I had hatched 7 Catdance Silkie eggs and 5 turned out to be beautiful boys. FlyRobinFly had borrowed my incubator to hatch her own Silkies and was nice enough to give me two from her hatch in exchange for use of the 'bator. One of those, the pretty buff - turned out to be a boy and now lives with zgoatlady's flock.
So after all the boys were sold or given away I had 3 beautiful girls - a porcelain, a lavender and gorgeous black. My black, Isadora died, leaving me with Lucille the Lavender and Priscilla the porcelain.
One day KMHunter and I took a field trip to see Karen Larson of Catdance Silkies and admire her set up. Well, you know some of us like to pick up souveniers when we visit a place so I brought homely little Pearlie June from her place. I think Karen said folks were calling her color "Creamsicle"? She looks porcelain with a little more buff tint in her wings.
She hadn't been held much, so lived in a bunny cage in my computer room for the first month where she got a lot of attention and learned that all good things come from me. By the time she was integrated, she was my little buddy. Although Karen's birds are all bearded Silkies, Pearlie June is a bit lacking in that department so has an exposed "chin" with a few scraggly feathers, but I love her. As I said, she makes up for her looks with a great personality!
During integration - I set the covered X-pen up next to the Banty coop so they can visit together safely for however long seems necessary. At night I would put her back into a kennel so she was protected from the elements. As you can see they were curious about each other during integration.
Lucille, peeking out from the Banty coop at Pearlie June. An anonymous bystander far in the background...
Not a pretty face, but she is proud of her fluffy butt.
Before integration occurred, Pearlie June and the newest babies would spend afternoons in the covered X-pen on our back deck. The buff who lives with zgoatlady's flock is in the background along with his buddy Priscilla.
Photo bombed by the buff.
That's so neat Mikey!
