Well, once again I have been a little MIA.  The end of summer is a very busy time around here and we’ve been enjoying it!  Here’s some of what we’ve been up to:

The incubators have been very hard at work for several months now, but the time has come to store them away:(  It makes me sad, yet a break from hatching, setting up brooders, moving chicks to the outside playpen, introducing them to the rest of the flock and selling chicks, is a nice change.  The last to hatch were these 2 surprise Silkies from mail order eggs a friend gave me.  These are 2 firsts for us, a lovely “Showgirl Silkie and a Partridge Silkie.” I believe that is her color anyway.

They are now 1 week old.

Showgirl and Partridge Silkies

Showgirl and Partridge Silkies