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Well they concider Styrofoam to be a delicacy so I wouldn't trust they taste much

You'll get leaky blue chicks. Black to partridge produces leaky black chicks. 1 copy of the blue gene from the splash parent to make for blue chicks. Breeding those chicks back to partridge will give half leaky chicks and half partridge. May not have good markings but will be partridge. Any...

No. It's almost default chicken color. Wild type partridge just doesn't have the proper lacing. Other genes can modify it. That's how you get wheaten. Genes can also cover and change it. Actual white silkies are recessive white and normally partridge underneath. Black silkies are extended black...

They are bearded. Not a named color. Depending on how old, that one on the top right might be a boy. If they are adult it's a hen.

I do love the fact that silkies herd so well. Easy to put them up when needed.

I toss broken eggs where mine can get them. They fight over them but never touch eggs in the nest unless one breaks. Never had signs of one becoming an actual egg eater. Friend of my Mom's did and taught the rest of the flock to do so. I suggested trying some extra protein first but that didn't...

There weren't any visible here last night. I even checked when the dogs woke me for potty

This was south last night. The entire sky was lit up here. No color tonight

It was very light and wispy what my eyes could see. The phone could see all the color though. The long exposure is part of that. The streaks coming from this overhead starburst were a bit more visible.

Phone on night mode could see the color better than me.

96° yesterday and today for our highs. Its been killer

The person hasnt posted in 15 years. You probably wont get an answer

I need to take cuttings off my red currants. The one plant has gotten big. The silkies like hanging out under them

We cant get the produce here. Neighbor at the other end of the street takes it for his cows. He asked all the places within a reasonable distance years ago. He's very recognizable with his beater 80s hatchback he uses to collect it all. We always wave. He asked if he could bail our front yard...

They cook better cut in half as well. Cooks faster and get more of the outside flavor in the pulled meat