2025 Flock Introductions
The Consortium
Silkies and Satins
Our Silkie population has increased! In addition to the two paint hens, we’ve added a white and a splash hen, as well as a blue/splash rooster I’ve dubbed “Gandalf”. In total we have 9 wee little birds in that pen. Krakatoa, Mystic and Mamba were the first satin feathered bantams we hatched here on the homestead, and are coming up on their 4th birthdays soon.
Last but not least is our second generation Satin-feathered Silkie mix. Krakatoa and one of the Paint girls are her parents, and she turned out REALLY pretty.
Black Copper Marans
Toes and his girls are now living the solitary life in The Consortium. Poor guy had way too many ladies in The Hentagon, and wasn’t getting the job done. He also had some issues with his spurs getting in his way. Now that both of his issues have been rectified, we will be waiting for fertility and hatching for the next generation of breeders. Toes and his girls are amazing, but they’re are actually coming up on a few years old now.
Ranger and his red girls
We are not breeding for SOP here. I don’t give a rat’s a** about the angle their tails point, or what shape their combs are. I get excited when I see super neat looking markings that aren’t necessarily seen all the time. That being said, this blue laced red girl has the PRETTIEST pattern I’ve seen on a Wyandotte so far (not counting pencil laced). It’s probably a major disqualifier when it comes to show birds, but I like it, so she stays.
Winston, and Twinston, with their girls
Winston and Twinston are Blue Laced Lemon Wyandottes. They’re basically a dilute version of their gold laced counterparts, and I think they look rather cool. (We also have a dilute calico cat, and a dilute colored bantam hen, so this tracks.)
The offspring from Winston’s group could come out in just about any combination of colors possible (with the exception of splash lacing), though it appears from our hatch that black laced silver and gold are most likely.
We are currently incubating eggs from Twinston’s group, so check back to see what we get from them.
The Hentagon
Autumn eggers
This is our big round pen and coop. We have multigenerational Olive Eggers, my favorite Easter Egger, and one little Crested Cream Legbar named Ducky in here.
Ayam Cemani
We’ve had a hard run with this breed, and I keep wavering on whether or not I want to continue trying for the elusive black mouth and tongue. We had a freak hailstorm come through last May that dropped baseball sized hail on us. Our best Cemani rooster Monte was out free ranging when it hit, and wasn’t able to make it to shelter in time.
Our elder rooster, Slater is showing a little pink in his mouth, and his eyes are brown not black. Otherwise though, he is a fantastic looking rooster!
Slater’s son is showing much better fibro than his pop, with what appears to be a nice gray mouth. Still not black (since those take years of selective breeding), but at least it’s not pink either. His comb is not as pretty as his dad’s but it’s not too terribly floppy either.
This entire group has moved in with some of the ladies in The Hentagon. The Cemanis will still be pure but the Roosters will be lending some fibro to the Autumn Egger girls as well.
Goose’s Block
This is going to be our project pen. Before our Cemani rooster Monte was killed in the storm he hit it off with one of the Marans girls and we hatched Goose from her eggs. He’s turning out to be a nice looking bird, so he has taken on the Easter and some of the Autumn Egger girls from the Hentagon.
The Easter Egger girls are from our homestead’s first two sets of chickens back in 2020 and 2021, so they should be able to keep his hyper young self in check.
Looking forward to some neat looking chicks, with varying levels of fibro who hopefully will have the genes for green eggs when they grow up. Regardless, I’m excited to see what this pen will do.
Conclusion
We have several projects planned, as well as hatching the next generation for our breeding programs, so check back often to see what we have going on!
