I had to go back and look again. The little boys don't even have the hard feathers in their tails that silkie boys do.
Had I known those guys existed I just might still have a few.
Had I known those guys existed I just might still have a few.
Fuzzies!
Just thought I'd show off some pictures of my lil fuzzy silkied Cochin bantam kids from yesterday. 😁 The numbers are their hatch order, just for my reference. They hatched at the end of May, so they're roughly 2-and-a-half months old now. It's hard to tell from pictures because some of them are suuuper dark, but Wash, Diesel, Hank, and Harley are my Blues, and the rest of them are Black.
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Also, here are Myrtle, Dandy, and Zinnia, last year's babies, hanging out in their little tarp hammock yesterday. Gus was too busy with big, important rooster business to come over for a picture, I guess. 🤣
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Also, here are Myrtle, Dandy, and Zinnia, last year's babies, hanging out in their little tarp hammock yesterday. Gus was too busy with big, important rooster business to come over for a picture, I guess. 🤣
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More fuzzies from this morning! ❤ These are just shot with my cell phone so not as sharp as the others, but I thought they were cute enough to share anyway. 😊 A curious Harley:
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Diesel, what a handsome young man! 😍
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Bella looking very intently at the camera lens 🤣
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Zinnia with almost the same face 🤣
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And I see now why Gus didn't want his picture taken the other day. He's ragged from molting, poor boy!
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Diesel, what a handsome young man! 😍
Bella looking very intently at the camera lens 🤣
Zinnia with almost the same face 🤣
And I see now why Gus didn't want his picture taken the other day. He's ragged from molting, poor boy!
Gotcha, I'll have to look into that! Agree on not stressing the birds! I also hate to think of possibly exposing them to illness or parasites at a show. 😬
Also Gus thanks you! 😁 He's got looks and personality for sure. He's the only rooster I own who will willingly climb into my lap for cuddles. 😍 The rest of them for the most part don't mind being held, but I guess they don't want to ruin their tough-guy reputations by coming to me for attention like Gus does.
I'm hoping the cockerels from this year will mature to be much the same.The fact that they stay chick-fuzzy all their lives is one of my favorite things about them! ❤
Oh they do? Wow!Gotcha, I'll have to look into that! Agree on not stressing the birds! I also hate to think of possibly exposing them to illness or parasites at a show. 😬
Also Gus thanks you! 😁 He's got looks and personality for sure. He's the only rooster I own who will willingly climb into my lap for cuddles. 😍 The rest of them for the most part don't mind being held, but I guess they don't want to ruin their tough-guy reputations by coming to me for attention like Gus does.
The fact that they stay chick-fuzzy all their lives is one of my favorite things about them! ❤
That's a lot of Silkies! Wow!! They are pretty cute as babies, I agree. You can see their faces at that age, though, so I guess they don't bother me as much.
I think the most chicks I had at a time was 22 or somewhere in that vicinity, back in 2017. Carrying that many birds back and forth every single day from their brooder to their daytime pen and vice versa was exhausting! And I got a whopping 5 pullets to show for it that year, so I guess my luck with cockerels hasn't changed much!
I think the most chicks I had at a time was 22 or somewhere in that vicinity, back in 2017. Carrying that many birds back and forth every single day from their brooder to their daytime pen and vice versa was exhausting!
And I got a whopping 5 pullets to show for it that year, so I guess my luck with cockerels hasn't changed much! 1 - 20 of 497 Posts
