The silkie is so gorgeous!~ My most favorite of hens!

cute

If she fits, she sits!

awwww

Hello baby grumpfloofs!

the one on the bottom is just so "I hate everything." lol

I've always been curious, how do you think about your chickens? I know you don't raise them for meat, but I never hear you talking about harvesting their eggs either. Are they pets? Do you breed them as just a hobby or is there some goal in mind?

They are very much my pets :)

I love silkies the most and this year's goal with breeding is to get new colors for my flock by crossing what "official" colors exist as you can only readily obtain them in their breed-standard colors (none of what I am breeding would be considered show quality color) and so far I have had much success with the new shades :D

I will be keeping most of the chicks, after raising them to a strong 3 weeks of age I will find pet-homes for the repeat colors I don't plan to add to my flock. I have found rehoming my silkie chicks to be very easy and this year it seems a lot of the usual feed stores that carry chicks are not getting in silkies this year so it should be even easier to find homes.

I do eat eggs from my hens and have 3 Easter egger/Americana for my primary egg intake as their eggs are larger and as a bonus are a pretty teal color. Home grown eggs actually do taste better than store bought and I can assure my eggs are cruelty free. atm I am not eating any silkie eggs, not until after the summer when outdoor temps make chick housing less than ideal.

Thought of a better name: Grumpuffs!

priority chicks ~ ;D

That lil grumpy one tho

We hatched 21 yesterday under 2 clucks. Oh the work we do.