The Tweeses

[Colby and the Dwarfs]

So...my chickens Reese and Twix are expecting! I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but Reese has 12 eggs in the nest!

Reese and Twix are white Silkie chickens, very rare here. Twix is 2 1/2 and Reese is 2. They both have glittering blue ears, feet, and beaks. Reese has black eyes, and Twix has brown eyes, I'm expecting a mix of both eye colours.

Reese is being a great mother, and Twix is watching her, keeping her safe

I'll be updating each day with how the chicks should be developing, and, hopefully, pictures of cute babies in 21 days!

So, today the chicks are developing a lot! What will happen/is happening:

-First sign of resemblance to a chick embryo

-The beginnings of the alimentary tract, vertebral column, nervous system, head, and eye.


Here is Reese, my sweet girl! This was last summer, she looks the same though. Sorry for the weird angle, it's the only pic I have of her on my iPad. I'll get more later

[Colby and the Dwarfs]

Here's the proud dad!

Twix is amazingly sweet, tame, calm, and gorgeous, in my opinion. I love this little (edit:big!) guy!

[Mrs Livingston]

Oh gosh how lovely! My sister-in-law raises baby chicks and there is nothing more exciting watching them hatch. Fingers crossed for you that they all go well and definitely post pictures when they arrive.

h x

[Esmy]

How exciting! What will you do with the babies? Keep them?

[HollyHamster]

Chickens have ears? I thought they just had openings on the sides of their heads where the ear canals were.

Anyways. I've seen Silkies up close, and they look so different from your typical chicken. For starters, their feathers more so resemble down than actual chicken feathers, and they have feathers on their feet and lower legs. They also have head plumage that is very wild looking. Also, like you said, they also have blue beaks and feet.

I helped a woman with her chickens once, and she had all sorts of breeds. From a tiny hen and rooster pair which were about a quarter the size of an average chicken, to the kind that was black and white all over, of course the Silkies, and then the huge Leghorns, including a very large Leghorn rooster who, quite frankly, scared me with his bulk and large spurs.

[Colby and the Dwarfs]

Originally Posted by Mrs Livingston

Oh gosh how lovely! My sister-in-law raises baby chicks and there is nothing more exciting watching them hatch. Fingers crossed for you that they all go well and definitely post pictures when they arrive.

h x

Thank you! I've only gotten to see 2 chicks hatch before, it's so hard to not help them out though! I'll be sure to post tons of pics when they are here

[Colby and the Dwarfs]

Originally Posted by Esmy

How exciting! What will you do with the babies? Keep them?

I'll probably keep a chick, maybe 2, but if people want them I'll probably sell them, as they're in high demand here.

The great thing about chickens is, Reese lays an egg almost every day, and I can put those eggs with another mother hen if I want to, and then each mother can raise silkie chicks, so one mother isn't worn out.

[Colby and the Dwarfs]

Originally Posted by HollyHamster

Chickens have ears? I thought they just had openings on the sides of their heads where the ear canals were.

Anyways. I've seen Silkies up close, and they look so different from your typical chicken. For starters, their feathers more so resemble down than actual chicken feathers, and they have feathers on their feet and lower legs. They also have head plumage that is very wild looking. Also, like you said, they also have blue beaks and feet.

I helped a woman with her chickens once, and she had all sorts of breeds. From a tiny hen and rooster pair which were about a quarter the size of an average chicken, to the kind that was black and white all over, of course the Silkies, and then the huge Leghorns, including a very large Leghorn rooster who, quite frankly, scared me with his bulk and large spurs.

Actually, they do have ear lobes. And in almost every chicken, white earlobes means white eggs, and dark earlobes means dark eggs. But not in silkies!

I have quite a few breeds as well, those tiny chickens are most likely banies(not sure if that's how you spell it, it's pronounced bA-nees). I have a rooster and three hens of those, they're so tame!

I also have a white leghorn rooster, who is HUGE, and if he wanted to, could kill my dogs I'm sure. But he's only "defensive" with my brown leghorn(I think) rooster, Bobcat, who is twice is size! He's also the sweetest chicken ever, and actually runs away from the white one. Silly!

[souffle]

Exciting!!! We will have Easter CHICKS on the forum I hope Looking forward to seeing them

[kyrilliondaemon]

Thats great news, I bet its going to be difficult waiting three weeks though