OMG! How have I never seen these chickens before?? They look like they are out of Dr. SeussTo start off with (more is coming)
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Silkies. Back-front Hei hei, Peaches, Madam Vulture.
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Buff Sussex. Venus
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Silkie. Eggbert
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Silkie. Cicada
Silkies are quite popular pet chickens because they can be very friendly and everyone loves their fluffOMG! How have I never seen these chickens before?? They look like they are out of Dr. Seuss
Okay, if that gorgeous Golden Laced Wyandotte is Victoria, then His Handsomness needs to be Albert!Last ones. Barnevelder
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Can't remember his name, it's either Victor or Albert.
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Hen at the front Victoria, can't remember the other one.
Finally! Someone else with showgirls! Do you not find them oddly adorable?Love seeing all the silkies here! Everybody here has some gorgeous birds! Here are some of mine plus some experimental project colors.
These are some of my breeders - The parents of my experimentals.
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I have two color pens. The first pen (above) is for my whites, blacks, paint, and project colors. They give me some grays too, but with a lot of leakage (undesirable) so I just rehome all of them.
This is my second color pen. It consists of a partridge rooster over a gray hen and partridge hen. The gray is partridge with the silver gene, and the partridge is well..partridge but has the gold gene instead. The gray hen and partridge rooster can actually make sex links with the hens being gray and the roosters being partridge, but I'm told there is some error. The gray hen and partridge rooster are both pretty young, but I will still be able to use them this Spring.
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Here are some of the projects.
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I have 3 buffs, 1 blue, and 1 black of these type. They are commonly referred to as showgirl silkies, but the standard calls them naked neck silkies. The first picture of my blue, and the other of one of the buffs. I believe both are girls. So hard to tell with silkies as it usually takes 14-16 weeks!
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She isn't a wyandotte. I no longer have the barnies.Okay, if that gorgeous Golden Laced Wyandotte is Victoria, then His Handsomness needs to be Albert!
(...sorry I’m so late to this party)
They are adorable!Finally! Someone else with showgirls! Do you not find them oddly adorable?
She is so cute! Is she a satin?While I am in the roll call... Here's Chicky
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Chicky is a cross chicken, I can only guess what she is.She is so cute! Is she a satin?
Never mind me. Apparently sizzles are satins...Chicky is a cross chicken, I can only guess what she is.
Her father is Henry who I believe is a Sizzle (silkie cross frizzle), with even possible polish. Her mother was a buff Sussex.
So she's a smooth frizzle cross.
Awwwww. Every time I see a picture of her I love her more. And I remember how weirdly green your grass is. Eve in summer ours isn't like that! How old is she now?While I am in the roll call... Here's Chicky
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She is sooo sweet! The grass isn't quite that green anymore, and it's only our lawn that's like that. She is about 13 weeks now.Awwwww. Every time I see a picture of her I love her more. And I remember how weirdly green your grass is. Eve in summer ours isn't like that! How old is she now?
I love buff orpingtons! My beloved late orpington, Buffy the Egg Layer (named after Buffy the Vampire Slayer- young me thought it was hilarious for some reason) was one of the sweetest chickens I've ever had, although she wasn't that bright. She was a very enthusiastic bug hunter, but whenever we gave them mealworm treats she'd ignore them and aggressively peck the rocks next to them. Your girls are adorable and look just like her!Meet my lovely, sweet girls...Violet, Rose, and Poppy (Buff Orpingtons) View attachment 373728 View attachment 373729
Awwww, that sounds adorable! I've watched part of Buffy The Vamp Slayer, too!I love buff orpingtons! My beloved late orpington, Buffy the Egg Layer (named after Buffy the Vampire Slayer- young me thought it was hilarious for some reason) was one of the sweetest chickens I've ever had, although she wasn't that bright. She was a very enthusiastic bug hunter, but whenever we gave them mealworm treats she'd ignore them and aggressively peck the rocks next to them. Your girls are adorable and look just like her!
Same with mine, I feel bad that they haven’t gotten to be outsideThey refuse to go outside in the snow, so they've been in their coop all winter long and have just come out the past few days for the first time since last autumn.
I have the same problem... not sure what predators you have but in my yard there are foxes and hawks. Also the occasional eagle. I’ve lost one chicken to a fox. During warmer weather I can go outside to supervise them, which works because a fox or hawk wouldn't come near me. During colder weather I tell my younger siblings to go play outside and keep an eye on the hens. It’s not like they care whether they freezeHere are my chickies. We used to have quite a few more, but the past few years have been tough ones, predator-wise. It's a real balance between keeping them safe (in a coop) and keeping them happy (free ranging).