4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Griffin]

Woohoo! After the disappointment of all the Silkie eggs I was incubating being clear I set about trying to find somebody that'd have Silkie day olds that I could buy around the time the rest of my eggs hatched. My eight year old Emily had been so looking forward to having her own white Silkie. I posted on a few poultry forums with an appeal and one man in particular contacted me to say that he didn't have day olds but he did have a young white Silkie who he needed a new home for because she was being bullied but that at the moment she was broody and on some eggs which are due to hatch this week. She'd need a home once she'd raised her chicks or sooner if they didn't hatch and would I like to have her here? Of course we would! We've exchanged a few PM's and yesterday he said that if I wanted to I could take her and the chicks ASAP so that he could use her coop for another broody She's on some Brahma eggs that are due to hatch tomorrow so next week I might have more than a beloved and much wanted Silkie to contend with

 

A lovely surprise

Edited May 15, 2009 by Guest

[Plum]

How exciting congratulations but did you want a lot of Brahmas as well? Bet you never expected this outcome and you'll have those little chicks you wanted.

[dame egna]

Awww that's nice - I too would love a silkie and might chance it with a day old chick or two and hope I don't get a male!!!

[Griffin]

How exciting congratulations but did you want a lot of Brahmas as well?

I honestly don't mind. With my growers already and more chicks due soon I've got everything I'd need for them anyway. With the eggs that were not fertile having been removed I'm ending up with less chicks than I'd anticipated for anyway so a few extra mouths to feed isn't a worry

[BeckyBoo]

How FAB!! I love Brahmas so I'd be more excited about them than the silkie but how lovely for your daughter!! Brahma boys are magnificent too, sadly I couldn't keep ours, a gorgeous cock-a-doodle-doo sound, very deep baritone! But once he tried having his wicked way with me too as I collected an egg from the run he had to go

 

Oh and by the way, here's what a beautiful pure white silkie looks like when she's dustbathing!

 

 

BeckyBoo

[Griffin]

4 Gold Brahma chicks and their surrogate Silkie mum coming home tomorrow

[mostin]

Fantastic news , very exciting. Can't wait for the pictures

[Griffin]

Tiger Lily & Co are home!

 

 

 

 

The chicks are without a doubt the cutest I've ever seen! I'm very lucky

[katieadams]

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

[Budgies]

Oh and the silkie too is soooooo beautiful! I'm positively

 

Enjoy your new additions!!

[dame egna]

Awwwwwwwwwww how lovely, I WANT!!!!!!

[Budgies]

I keep having to come back on here to admire Tiger Lily, let alone the cutie chicks!!

[Patricia W]

How utterly cuuute!!!!

[Chickvic]

Gorgeous

[mostin]

Oh soooooooo cute, you are so lucky .

[tidygirlsuk]

i went to collect a silke with my last banties, but there was only 1 left and it was a he. your silkie is lovely and what cute chicks.

[Egluntyne]

How lovely. They look like bumble bees.

[Must be mad]

Soooo cute. you are so lucky.

[Must be mad]

Soooo cute. you are so lucky.

[Phosphorus]

Oh wow, how did I miss this, they are gorgeous. I am so wanting Brahmas now..... to be honest local guy breeds them and it was on my mind if only one were to hatch of mine to see if he had any that had recently hatched.....

 

We shall see tomorrow

 

Lovely girls you have there

[Scramble]

aaaaaaaaaaw, adorable!

[Brindles chooks]

Oh SO cute. Little balls of fluff snuggled under a big ball of fluff!

 

Kate

[bigmommasally]

She is gorgeous and those little chicks are so cute.

[ClaireG]

Awwww so sweet

[Ain't Nobody Here]

How cute and adorable .