Aug 24 2008
Peeper the Silkie Chicken
This summer Papa bought a buch of exotic chickens and other birds to come and live at our acerage. This little silkie chicken wasn’t big enough to live with the other chickens yet so he stayed inside with us for awhile. Silkie chickens are unique in several ways; they do not have normal feathers, theirs look like hair, they are also very docile chickens, they like to be handled and can make very good pets.
The girls really liked Peeper. However, after several attempts to intigrate him with the rest of the chickens (he escaped several times) we brought him back to the house seemingly healthy and he died while we were asleep, not sure why. He is now resting in our strawberry patch.
However, we will have to find more silkie chickens, the girls thought he was great. In fact it has come to our attention this summer that they love to be around all animals. Kassie gets very excited and vocal when she is around anything four legged, furry or feathered and Lena gives the biggest and best smiles to the animals. Both of the girls love to touch them. I am so gald they are not afraid, animals can be so therapeutic.
5 Responses to “Peeper the Silkie Chicken”
You are so right about animals being great for the girls to be around. We got Kelly a kitty when she was 2. He was already about 8 months old and had been living at the Vet. So he was past that scratching/ biting faze. He taught her how to be gentle and to learn to control her hand movements to pet him nicer. Someday maybe you might consider a house kitty.
Oh goodness; a house kitty?! Poor Papa - even allergy pills don’t help much unless you get a hairless kitty. Agh! How ’bout we get a different pet so Papa can keep coming over. No rabbits - that’s even worse on Papa.
Make sure to tape over the red record light with a piece of electrical tape so the crook can’t see it. Run the camera on a long recording time so you can catch the whole night.
Type in chicken hatcheries on web search and you will find all kinds of places that have all different types of chicks,my favorite is murray mcmurray,the only thing is you cant only order one chick from these places you have to order a bunch due to shipping and keeping them warm.
Silkies are a lovely friendly breed - they can also be quite prone to going broody and wanting to raise chicks if you ever fancy that little adventure