Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Beautiful roo!!!

Thanks!

Thank you!

Thanks - I wish I had Dom hens myself. They look so beautiful and would go well in my flock.

Me too, maybe in the future

 

[featherhead007]

Indeed he is!

He has loved me since he was three days old. We do have a “special” relationship. Love hate kinda thing

 

[Sylvester017]

All these pics of baby silkies has me wanting to shove silkie eggs under Georgie girl.

Good thing none of the silkies are laying eggs at the moment!

The only pets I wanted after DH chose chickens to own (over a dog or cat), was just two little Silkie hens is all I wanted in our small cottage yard. We got two Silkie hatchlings but one turned out a cockerel & we gave him back. Then our chicken neighbor friend gave us a White Leghorn pullet & a Cuckoo Marans hen so our lone Silkie wouldn't be alone. Chicken maths bit after that.

Over 13+ yrs we've enjoyed cycling thru 25 rare & standard chickens & now in our old age we're back to an all-Silkies flock again (except we still have a sweet old Dominique hen from a previous flock).

Silkies were our 1st love & if Silkies were never invented our 2nd choice for backyard hens would be the people-friendly rose-comb Dominique ~ it's no wonder that the Doms were a Pilgrim farm staple continuing for centuries. Doms are such an old breed no one knows for sure their history ~ only speculations as to their origin.

Another great breed is the White Leghorn for its lithe agile body, egg production, & good temperament except we didn't want to deal w/ the huge floppy comb on the hens. There can be vision impairment if the comb covers an eye which we had one dear hen w/ an overly large floppy comb.

Betta & Keiko

Dana & Suzu

 

[featherhead007]

The only pets I wanted after DH chose chickens to own (over a dog or cat), was just two little Silkie hens is all I wanted in our small cottage yard. We got two Silkie hatchlings but one turned out a cockerel & we gave him back. Then our chicken neighbor friend gave us a White Leghorn pullet & a Cuckoo Marans hen so our lone Silkie wouldn't be alone. Chicken maths bit after that.

Over 13+ yrs we've enjoyed cycling thru 25 rare & standard chickens & now in our old age we're back to an all-Silkies flock again (except we still have a sweet old Dominique hen from a previous flock).

Silkies were our 1st love & if Silkies were never invented our 2nd choice for backyard hens would be the people-friendly rose-comb Dominique ~ it's no wonder that the Doms were a Pilgrim farm staple continuing for centuries. Doms are such an old breed no one knows for sure their history ~ only speculations as to their origin.

Another great breed is the White Leghorn for its lithe agile body, egg production, & good temperament except we didn't want to deal w/ the huge floppy comb on the hens. There can be vision impairment if the comb covers an eye which we had one dear hen w/ an overly large floppy comb.

Betta & Keiko
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Dana & Suzu
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So basically, you have no real chickens at all?

 

[featherhead007]

So basically, you have no real chickens at all?

The silkies are not really chickens! Just ask Her majesty Queen Aurora

 

[Sylvester017]

Beautiful roo!!!

Thanks!

Thank you!

Thanks - I wish I had Dom hens myself. They look so beautiful and would go well in my flock.

Me too, maybe in the future

I recommend 2 to 3 Doms in a flock as they seem to stay close together & are a good fighting team on stray/feral cats.

Doms are outgoing energetic talkative chicks that crave human interaction yet as adults their demeanor mellows but they do like to banter conversations w/ their human. The adult hens are calm but not milktoasts & will stand their ground against bullies (so will White Leghorns).

 

[Desertvalleychickens]

More Twofer Tuesday

 

[Ponypoor]

The only pets I wanted after DH chose chickens to own (over a dog or cat), was just two little Silkie hens is all I wanted in our small cottage yard. We got two Silkie hatchlings but one turned out a cockerel & we gave him back. Then our chicken neighbor friend gave us a White Leghorn pullet & a Cuckoo Marans hen so our lone Silkie wouldn't be alone. Chicken maths bit after that.

Over 13+ yrs we've enjoyed cycling thru 25 rare & standard chickens & now in our old age we're back to an all-Silkies flock again (except we still have a sweet old Dominique hen from a previous flock).

Silkies were our 1st love & if Silkies were never invented our 2nd choice for backyard hens would be the people-friendly rose-comb Dominique ~ it's no wonder that the Doms were a Pilgrim farm staple continuing for centuries. Doms are such an old breed no one knows for sure their history ~ only speculations as to their origin.

Another great breed is the White Leghorn for its lithe agile body, egg production, & good temperament except we didn't want to deal w/ the huge floppy comb on the hens. There can be vision impairment if the comb covers an eye which we had one dear hen w/ an overly large floppy comb.

Betta & Keiko
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Dana & Suzu
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I deal with floppy combs also - just this weekend I was telling Flopsy I was going to make her a ‘splint’ to hold her comb upright.

I tried to think how I could stand it upright…..

Flopsy and Topsy

Actual it’s Topsy and Flopsy.

 

[Sylvester017]

This could be fun.. how’s about I correct you even if you are not wrong?

Keep it up! We're accustomed to dad jokes!

2-FERs ~ Mini & Violet 2015

 

[Ponypoor]

I recommend 2 to 3 Doms in a flock as they seem to stay close together & are a good fighting team on stray/feral cats.
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Doms are outgoing energetic talkative chicks that crave human interaction yet as adults their demeanor mellows but they do like to banter conversations w/ their human. The adult hens are calm but not milktoasts & will stand their ground against bullies (so will White Leghorns).
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Beauties

I find that in my flock it’s more about age. My silkies and my cousins old hens and Red all hang out together. Laverne has been accepted into that group as she was raised by Curly. But wee Georgie and Mrs LC no way!

In the main gang I have noted that the pullets who have started laying are now ‘allowed’ to join the older (or big girls as I call them) ladies roosting at night.

There is no separation with silkies, or what-not. It’s all about age. Gossipy old hens hahaha

The young pullets and Roos roost in Hen House B (seen here) and the big girls and Bert are in Hen House A (through that door).