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Posts Tagged ‘silkies’
December 15th, 2009 - 4:55 am § in Fowl Play
Silkies from AHappyChick
These are the three Silkies I traded AHappyChick for for the Autumn Necklace. My neighbor Carmen named the roo Pumpkin, the pullets are Lovely (the light splash one—girl across the street named her), and America (Lee named her).[...]
November 23rd, 2009 - 4:26 pm § in Fowl Play
Leopard Print Chick
Obviously, she’s part leopard. <3 One-day-old Silkie Chick[...]
November 22nd, 2009 - 7:11 pm § in Fowl Play
Hatched Friday!
Thirteen hatched from this batch: two French Black Copper Marans (I think that’s what they’re called—some combination of those words, anyway), two Olive Eggers, a bunch of different colored silkies with a few pure whites—yay!, and three showgirls. More pictures to come.[...]
November 13th, 2009 - 7:28 pm § in Fowl Play
Day 8: Silkie & Serama Chicks
The chicks’ first day free, wandering on the patio. They mainly stayed within sight of my toes, but a few wandered off for a few moments before fluttering back to “safety”. Goddard stayed with them the whole time, making sure no one got hurt. What a good boy![...]
November 13th, 2009 - 6:28 pm § in Fowl Play
Silkie Chick, “Flakers”
Lee wasn’t supposed to name this one, since we were fairly sure she’d die, but he did. She hung on for three days, though, a little fighter to the end. Silkie Chick “Flakers” on 12seconds.tv[...]
November 5th, 2009 - 8:02 pm § in Miscellanea
First Hatch!
First black Silkie chick to hatch! Not the first, but the fourth of the bunch. These little babies were our “test” hatch to see if the incubator worked. It seemed borderline cruel and negligent, but I didn’t see another way. And they made it![...]
November 2nd, 2009 - 11:02 am § in Fowl Play
Showgirls Scheduled!
I’m actually guessing here, but these are the French Blue and Black Copper Maran, White and Lavender Silkie, and White Showgirl Silkie eggs I got for my mom. They’re eggs. They’ll hatch, feather out, and then we’ll know for sure. The dark brown ones are Marans, but whether Bl[...]
