Silks and a Showgirl

White Showgirl

About a month ago I picked up a few Silkies and a Showgirl chicken. Silkies are a cute little breed great for pets and those who want broody hens, as they make wonderful mothers. My 10 year old brother and 6 year old sister love them. You can just pick them right up. We have three color types white, black, and partridge.

       
 

Our White Silkie and a Showgirl

The Silkie chicks when I got them

Partridge  and White Silkie chicks now

As you can see the chicks are growing very fast. Enjoy and have a great Day!!!!!!!!!!!!.

My Boys at least the Roosters

Bantam Buff Brahma

   I kinda have been collecting roosters over the past few months. I have a nice mix so I figured I would show you some. I currently have a Partridge Rock, Sumatra, Light Brahma,Rhode Island Red, SumatraXBarred Rock, Silver Gray Dorkings, Black Rosecomb, and Buff Brahma. Maybe next time I will show you the girls or maybe my Silkies. ENJOY!!

Black Rosecomb

Sumatra Cockerel

Rhode Island Red (on left) Sumatrax Barred Rock

Light Brahama

Bantam Partidge Rock

Silver Gray Dorkings

 

Pekins

     Last week I picked up three beautiful Pekin ducks to add to my flock of Pekins. I already had a pair of them that I picked up as ducklings in February. They turned out to be a pair. So when I picked up these three I was thrilled to find out they are three females. We are hoping to get some eggs from them in the next few months so we can hatch a batch before the weather gets to cold. In the meantime they look beautiful on our pond.

    We currently have Guinea hen, Bantam, and Standard chicken eggs in the incubator. If you are interested in any chicks contact us. We are hatching chicks about every two weeks. Our email is isaiahjjenkins@yahoo.com

A Rough Week

  A rough week here at the farm. We lost our Lamancha buckling who was going to be a herd stud this fall. The temperatures were in the hundreds for three days and then dropped down to seventy. I don't now if he suffered from heat stroke but he died all of the sudden. He may have eaten something poisonous but we have never had any problems with the pasture he has been in and he wasn't out of that pasture. The three other kids are fine. The pasture is heavily shaded mostly woods.

The same night we lost the buck, something managed to break into our chicken coop and carried off seven chickens. We had been losing the occasional chicken; some during the day we had thought it was a stray dog but now I am leaning towards a fox. Seeing how all that was left were feathers, the chickens were all carried off.

Okay on a more positive note our Narragansett turkey hatched seven poults. She is doing a great job taking care of them leading them around the yard. They are Narragansett/Blue Slate cross. So enjoy the pics

Flock Update

Sumatra chick

The Sumatra chicks are growing really fast, I gave a few of them away. It looks like we have four hens and one rooster. They are always underfoot hoping for a hand out, some of the friendliest chickens I have ever had. I picked up four bantams. A pair of Americana's and two Buff Brahma roosters. We have some Americana/Light Brahma and Delaware/Light Brahma eggs in our incubator.

Buff Brahma Rooster

Tis Chick Season

       My Americana hen's chicks have hatched Light Brahma/Americana and Delaware/Light Brahma. So far she has three but a couple more are pecking. There was some question as to whether the Americana cock we had fathered the chicks but they all have feathers on there legs, so I guess not.The Sumatra/Barred Rock chicks are growing very fast. I think most of them are probably purebred Sumatras. They are from a top show line. On a upsetting note something killed my female turkey last night so the search is on for another female heritage breed turkey

 Sumatra chick foraging

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