Chicks soon?...

The hens decided to go broody. Well, the meanest of the hens went "Brutus", that's broody for us.
One of the triplets black sizzle sisters decided that she was ready for some chick raising family of her own. I totally didn't expect it from her. She is just the meanest hen I ever had, even meaner than her adoptive mom.
About 2 weeks ago she took some eggs from the other hens and sat on them, I don't need more chickens so I have been taking eggs consistently from under her. Every day she cohorts the other hens to lay in her spot next to her and then takes the eggs and sits on them. I marked her own egg with a happy face so I know at all times which egg I am keeping on the coop with her and which ones I'm taking away for stir fry.
She's really something else, she was raised with sultans and silkie chicks, so now, whenever she wants to go for a dust bath she somehow convinces the sisters to sit on her clutch and watch her eggs. She always comes back after a few mins but it's so funny to see this happen.

The twins

Chuck Hughes' delicious holiday desserts

Chuck Hughes' delicious holiday desserts

chicken talk

The Story goes...


There was once upon a time a chick named Nizo, she had a twin brother Earl, he died young as he encountered the Falcon, predator to all birds in the neighborhood.
She was raised by her human (me) and soon developed a love for the indoors.

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to be continued

Smells Like Chicken!!

This is Mr. Smells Like Chicken.

He's a juvenile Sizzle, a mix of Chinese Silkie and Frizzle. His name is due to the fact that his feathers have a chicken smell, sometimes he smells like roasted rosemary chicken since he likes to tan right next to the plant. He's very sweet for a Roo, he eats right off your hand and goes to bed in his coop first thing in the evening.

Silky chick

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The silky hen

The new silky mom. The truth be told, this hen loves going broody. She steals eggs from the other hens and sits on them until they hatch. Needless to say they don't look like her. She raises them and patiently awaits her nest batch of eggs.