{"id":1400,"date":"2025-01-18T03:56:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-18T03:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2025-04-10T00:10:59","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T00:10:59","slug":"2025-flock-introductions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/2025-flock-introductions\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Flock Introductions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-custom-transform wp-elements-47c797787a01363f6fa4aa2d93f01bbc\" style=\"background-color:#511839;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:38px\">The Consortium<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Silkies and Satin-feathered Silkie mix\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ugFTZM6RuhM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-custom-weight has-custom-transform wp-elements-4b887f3cd66e12ae25d1e501b1bf6e15 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#511839;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:28px\">Silkies and Satins<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-0b1a196779b59f0f98a004667d14e691 wp-block-paragraph\">Our Silkie population has increased! In addition to the two paint hens, we&#8217;ve added a white and a splash hen, as well as a blue\/splash rooster I&#8217;ve dubbed &#8220;Gandalf&#8221;.  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. <br><br>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GH-BCM-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1260\" style=\"width:550px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GH-BCM-copy.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GH-BCM-copy-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GH-BCM-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/GH-BCM-copy-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-custom-weight has-custom-transform wp-elements-f2a74d870a9fc8d01fdf291748be6d79 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#511839;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:30px\">Black Copper Marans<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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&#8217;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&#8217;re are actually coming up on a few years old now. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"702\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-10-2_20-54-15-702x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1413\" style=\"width:550px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-10-2_20-54-15-702x1024.jpg 702w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-10-2_20-54-15-206x300.jpg 206w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-10-2_20-54-15-768x1120.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-10-2_20-54-15-1053x1536.jpg 1053w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-10-2_20-54-15-1405x2048.jpg 1405w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-10-2_20-54-15-scaled.jpg 1756w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-custom-weight has-custom-transform wp-elements-a904ee53eb85941fa6edc5f427f95ce4 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#511839;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:30px\">Ranger and his red girls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-87fe9bf5537444609aaa098b6bc1f33d wp-block-paragraph\">We are not breeding for SOP here. I don&#8217;t give a rat&#8217;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&#8217;t necessarily seen all the time. That being said, this blue laced red girl has the PRETTIEST pattern I&#8217;ve seen on a Wyandotte so far (not counting pencil laced). It&#8217;s probably a major disqualifier when it comes to show birds, but I like it, so she stays.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"993\" src=\"http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-1-4_14-34-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1417\" style=\"width:550px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-1-4_14-34-21.png 900w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-1-4_14-34-21-272x300.png 272w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-1-4_14-34-21-768x847.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-custom-weight has-custom-transform wp-elements-bf2c761cb3a91a0663972fd4d074f6d9 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#511839;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:30px\">Winston, and Twinston, with their girls<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5ffd36e7844a89d045f44a266af3dd67 wp-block-paragraph\">Winston and Twinston are Blue Laced Lemon Wyandottes. They&#8217;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.)<br><br>The offspring from Winston&#8217;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. <br><br>We are currently incubating eggs from Twinston&#8217;s group, so check back to see what we get from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-2ab65c73f4cca26b82674cb062fb590d\" style=\"background-color:#511839\">The Hentagon<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"956\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OE-BCM-hens-Hentagon-956x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1420\" style=\"width:550px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OE-BCM-hens-Hentagon-956x1024.jpg 956w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OE-BCM-hens-Hentagon-280x300.jpg 280w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OE-BCM-hens-Hentagon-768x823.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OE-BCM-hens-Hentagon-1434x1536.jpg 1434w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OE-BCM-hens-Hentagon-1911x2048.jpg 1911w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/OE-BCM-hens-Hentagon.jpg 1960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 956px) 100vw, 956px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-custom-weight has-custom-transform wp-elements-3cf72002c445b4ae31559eed455ff390 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#511839;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:30px\">Autumn eggers<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c2b30e1ab3b38abd4b9902d8045ae0ea wp-block-paragraph\">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. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-custom-weight has-custom-transform wp-elements-a52cf78b2de715b1e6e47778dae92948 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#511839;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:30px\">Ayam Cemani<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f2dbdeb28f352643d443c1364c24ba39 wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;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&#8217;t able to make it to shelter in time. <br><br>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!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-00dbc8cd269a2c8149b54bf7a191093a wp-block-paragraph\">Slater&#8217;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&#8217;s not pink either. His comb is not as pretty as his dad&#8217;s but it&#8217;s not too terribly floppy either. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a1fcc0d3ac01affc22f42c9526defed8\" style=\"background-color:#511839\">Goose&#8217;s Block<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"903\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-10-2_20-57-58-903x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1422\" style=\"width:550px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-10-2_20-57-58-903x1024.jpg 903w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-10-2_20-57-58-265x300.jpg 265w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-10-2_20-57-58-768x870.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.diamondintheruffdesign.com\/gettimhomestead\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/befunky_2024-10-2_20-57-58.jpg 1312w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 903px) 100vw, 903px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">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&#8217;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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">The Easter Egger girls are from our homestead&#8217;s first two sets of chickens back in 2020 and 2021, so they should be able to keep his hyper young self in check. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">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&#8217;m excited to see what this pen will do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-33ef7c4c6e88d025a58e159bb75cebd4\" style=\"background-color:#511839\">Conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">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! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Consortium Silkies and Satins Our Silkie population has increased! In addition to the two paint hens, we&#8217;ve added a white and a splash hen, as well as a blue\/splash rooster I&#8217;ve dubbed &#8220;Gandalf&#8221;. In total we have 9 wee little birds in that pen. 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