Sunday, June 22, 2008
Chick Field Trip
Thought I'd take some photos to share of something we've been doing with our Polish and Silky chicks. We take them out for 'field trips' to do chick things in the play yard in the grass.
We are preparing for their eventual move to the big coop with all the big girls, but not exactly sure how to move everything into place and how things will turn out.
The silkies seem so small are very gentle. I'm considering giving them a separate house and coop, so they don't get mauled and stepped on by my hens. And the polish are just so interesting with their fluffy and spiky puff heads that I worry that my hens will peck them like crazy.
And we have a new situation that has come up. It appears that we also, finally have roosters. Our Golden Laced, Bearded Polish looks to be a boy and one of our Silkies is developing into a rooster, too. I hope they can get along together. The polish roo is sort of bossy and he likes to start stuff with the silky roo already. The polish will jump at and peck and chase the silky roo and even harrass the other two non-roos. So this should be interesting.
Also, it appears that we'll have to change the Golden Polish's name from Tina Turner to maybe, say, Sid Vicious. Check out his do!
(Click on the link below to see the slideshow)
Chick Field Trip
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Wow! You've been busy since I've been off the blog circuit recouping. I'm glad baby doll is healthy and it sounds like you have a wonderful relationship with her. You did the right thing contacting the authorities for those poor horses and I hope the situation gets resolved immediately. Keep us updated. And finally, good luck with those roos!! Somethimes, they can be a handful!! ;)
Your chicks just crack me up! I spit out my coffee all over the keyboard when I saw Phyllis Diller.
I didn't have very good luck putting the younger chicks (Light Brahmas and Speckled Sussex) in with the older established group. I tried for about 2 weeks. I put them in a cage inside the pen of the others. I ending up giving the younger ones to a neighbor that due to family reasons not getting her chicks this year. Now they live in the nicest chicken house ever made. I am sad because I really liked the Light Brahmas and the S.S's but they have their own place now and she was very pleased to get them. She employed my boy for years on her farm(he even wrote his college essay about working at her farm and they still use it at his high school for an example of good writing:) so it was nice to give back....even if it was my lovely rare breed chicks!
I hope you have better luck. I probably could have been a true farmer and just thrown them in but I can't stand to see someone getting picked on.
The polish chicks are darling and that is how I figured out if they were hens or roos by looking at their combs. Then they crow and confirm it.
Great pictures. Love all of them but Phyllis Diller is my favorite. What a fluffy head. Their names are great too!
I love Tina, aka Sid's "hair". He and Phyllis are both Polish? I was hoping to get some chickens with "hair" but don't want the ones with Phyllis' do. I worry they can't see.
Don't have a clue on your Silkies--rooster or not rooster. I would guess you are correct in your assumption though.
They're all cute, but for some reason the one named Phyllis Diller just tickled my fancy. The name just fits so perfectly.
Oh how I like the polish, we are going to have to have a few of those.
Love those feathery heads!
I've had to mix new and old together now a few times. They had seperate coops and I let them out together to roam during the day, seperate at night, eventually I had the old ones go into the new ones coop so they felt less bossy. There was some fussiness but they worked it out and get along fine.
I love that your chicks go on field trips. I have this image in my head of them stuffing little chick lunches into little chick backpacks and hopping on a little chick school bus.
I noticed under the "categories" for this entry that you have a bunch of celebrities listed. Please tell me that you really have a bird named Sid Vicious: that would be just too cool.
Hi Farm Mom,
So good to hear from you! I'll be sure to update on those horses as soon as I know something. I'm going to check with the livestock board this week, too. Thanks for the roo luck. So far, the silky is sweet, quiet and calm, though he likes to nip and peck at me when I pick him up.
And the polish roo only picks on the silky roo and tries to mount or stand up on the polish chick.
They are very different from my hens, that's for sure.
hi 7MSN,
Ooops sorry! I'll send Phyllis over to help you clean up that mess! hehe
Hi Goatgirl,
Sorry that the chicken integration didn't work out too well. I'm glad to hear that they did end up with a good home in the end though.
I've been doing what you did to integrate yours, using a cage in the big coop, for about a week, and my older gals seem to have accepted the chicks. I was expecting the worse, believe me! But they are really all getting along. Thank goodness! I'll post some pictures and stories soon.
Thanks for the well wishes. They must have worked! haha
Hey there, GHM,
I'm so glad that my chicks amuse you, especially the polish chicks. I wish you could visit and then you'd really be cracking up!
Hi CeeCee,
I understand. That was my worry, too. But I'm pleasnatly surprised with how nature has made sure that the polish chickens can still see. Up close it's easy to see that a polish chicken's top knot has 'gaps' on both sides where their eyes are, and they can see just as good as other chickens. And if they do happen to have a bind spot, they can cock their heads, the same way that other chickens do. It's pretty impressive actually.
You should try them. They sure do add an a very enjoyable addition to any farm. hehe
Hi Rural Writer, thanks for visiting my blog. I always enjoy when you stop by. And I love your blog, too. Yes, everyone seem to enjoy Phyllis. She sure is cute. and Spunky, too.
Hi Christy,
I can't wait to see when you get those polish on your farm. They will make you smile every day.
Hi Sugar Creek Stuff,
Yes, you're right! I was so worried and dreading putting my chicks in with my hens, but I've been pleasantly suprised with how well they are getting along now. I was expecting a blood bath, but I actually ended up being bored with their reactions towards each other...basically no reaction at all. hahah
I'll try to post some pics in the next couple days.
Hi K & A!,
So glad you stopped by.
What a funny visual you gave me. Thanks! And yes, it appears that one of our polish chicks is a roo and is fitting into the name Sid Vicious. And Phyllis Diller is a farm yard comedienne! hehe
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