TooLilac Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 (edited) I have got slightly carried away getting ready for our new Silkies. When I was pregnant with my children, I didn't experience the "nesting" instinct at all. But I suspect I have more than made up for it this weekend, getting ready for our new Silkies. We've built the new ark in the wind and rain yesterday, I have been faffing around with feeders, drinkers, grit bowls, pecker blocks etc. I've lined the coop and made a nice snuggly nest box. What a carry-on! We don't even collect them until next weekend! I feel like I should have an Advent calendarmfor the countdown the big girls (hybrids and a cheeky legbar) want to know what's going on. One thing I have noticed, aren't brand new coops lovely before they get covered in poop!! Edited February 8, 2014 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 How excuting, silkies are such cute little characters, look forward to seeing some photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Ooo I love my silkies. Especially fifi. She's white and if I ever have trouble mixing hens, she's always there to be a companion. Their eggs are yummy too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Don't forget those pictures of both chooks and their lovely clean chook house before they cover it in poop. OH put a nice new nest box on my hens' house yesterday and I so know what you mean about how nice it looks before it gets those poop stains which flatly refuse to come off . I could almost snuggle in there myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooLilac Posted February 3, 2014 Author Share Posted February 3, 2014 Thanks all, yes I *must* take a pic of the new coop before they pebbel-dash it! Y excitement has lost its shine today as I came home to a dead hybrid. Poor girl must have misjudged her flight down from the high roosting bar in the WIR. I found her laid out stone cold on the run floor with a badly broken wing. We think/hope she also broke her neck and didn't suffer. Poor clumsy lass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 Oh that is so sad. I am sorry. Perhaps she had a heart attack and fell down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted February 4, 2014 Share Posted February 4, 2014 That was what I thought chortle chook. I've seen that happen to a pigeon, it fell right in front of us whilst we were queuing to see that big Gaudi church in Barcelona. Very sorry for you loss tooLilac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooLilac Posted February 5, 2014 Author Share Posted February 5, 2014 Thanks both, I hope it was something like that. I hate the thought of her lying there wilth a broken wing all day in horrible pain. My OH said the wood chip was not disturbed around her body, so it looks like she died v quickly without a struggle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Lilac, I really do think she was dead before she fell. Hugs to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooLilac Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 So here they are, welcome to Flossie, DollyP and Pickle. beautifully soft and fluffy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daxigirl Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Oooo pretty girls. Major envy going on here. Me really need some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Oh they are gorgeous ,am very envious,I am waiting to dry weather ( what's that ) before bringing any more to my mud bath esp not beauties like those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Wow they are so beautiful and I love their names. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luvachicken Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Very pretty indeed. Will they go a shade of brown in all this weather I wonder ?? They are so beautifully white Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Pretty girlies. Yep, wait till they dustbath - they'll be speckledy before you know it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TooLilac Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 They are still quite white and haven't figured out what the dustbath is, or how to go in or out of the coop! We do have one white girl already, an Amber Link, whose love of mud and all things grotty means she looks like she has been swilled round the inside of a toilet bowl. Not a good look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chortle Chook Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Oh what beautiful beings!! Def not for cleaning out a toilet bowl more for putting powder on your nose Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickabee Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 They are so lovely. My white silkie has never and will never go near a dust bath. When she free ranges she loves to dig her own hole and get absolutely filthy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
