Rural Gardening: silkie standard of perfection with pics, 1 by silkiechick

silkiechick wrote:
OMG!! lol, i thought ya ment the silkie bum till i looked a few times. lol, that's my son hunter walking past the front of the cages. to cute, nope he's not a chicken he's my butterball,lol.

the wire is 1/2" x 36" hardware cloth. nope it doesn't bother there feet after a few days of being on it they are fine with it. they just are scared at first like there is no floor so they creap a bit till use to it. now they walk on it like it is wood flooring. it is because they were used to being on the ground runs from there preveous owner. the pens are all hardware cloth with plastic wire dividers, however today i noticed the plastic is comeing up so i'm rewireing chicken wire inbetween them all now it is more sturdier. the flooring of the coops is all osb with pine shaveings about 4" thick.

i'm building a new 4 in 1 it is blue we finished the coop today. tomarrow the roof and pen will be built the rest is done i can't wait to have it finished i'll have to take pics of it too.

you are all very welcome, i have fun just takeing pics and showing off my cuties for the first time. to most people here chickens are just for eggs. they don't know the fun of haveing them for pets or breeders. there is so much more out there to learn and have fun with and they have no idea.

i had 3 showgirls hatch today they are so darn cute!! one was a silkie of course and 2 nn. now what i want to know is what will that silkie throw when it is big enough to breed? what do you guys think? would it have the nn gene also to throw or only silkie or can it through either? i have not breed mine enough to get this far to know so it will be part of my breeding program to see how the genes work to make or not make showgirls.

here is a pic of one of thegirls not sure if it is the same one in pic 1 above there is like 4 of them that look identical unless i see how their personalities are i don't know which is which.