Chatterbox Silkies

Chatterbox Silkies Hi! I’m Ginger! I breed mottled and lavender silkies, satins, & showgirls. Est. 8/2023 in TX.
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I love seeing them mature. All the pink background photos are from November. The other ones were captured today. Ledge i...
02/03/2025

I love seeing them mature. All the pink background photos are from November. The other ones were captured today. Ledge is filling out. I’m really happy I kept him. I love his beard.

Happy Sunday 💕
02/02/2025

Happy Sunday 💕

02/01/2025

I’m sending Nutmeg’s test off on Monday to The Silkie Lab.

I also did the vent test today as recommended by her breeder mom and only 1 finger width so I don’t think she is laying. She turns 2 this summer.

(I’m suddenly getting chocolate chicks out of my black mottled boy pen so trying to determine if my boy is split to chocolate or if I do have a boy named Nutmeg 😂).

These beautiful mottled babies hatched today.😍 Knox is making beautiful babies. Hoping they mature nicely.
02/01/2025

These beautiful mottled babies hatched today.😍 Knox is making beautiful babies. Hoping they mature nicely.

Yep my pink Christmas tree is now a Valentines tree 😍! Look at my adorable babies. Loving that showgirl.
01/30/2025

Yep my pink Christmas tree is now a Valentines tree 😍! Look at my adorable babies. Loving that showgirl.

Nutmeg 😢😢😢😢. First results: girl 2nd results: boy Do I test a 3rd time lol. I still have never seen her mount.
01/29/2025

Nutmeg 😢😢😢😢.
First results: girl
2nd results: boy

Do I test a 3rd time lol. I still have never seen her mount.

This little chunky thing is so cute and even has my hubby saying “I love you”. 🩷 Probably, a boy!
01/21/2025

This little chunky thing is so cute and even has my hubby saying “I love you”. 🩷 Probably, a boy!

Forrest said please send warm vibes our way! Today is a gorgeous sunny 60 degree day. Berween Monday night and Tuesday m...
01/18/2025

Forrest said please send warm vibes our way! Today is a gorgeous sunny 60 degree day. Berween Monday night and Tuesday morning, we will have 2-6” of snow ❄️🥶 and windchills in the teens. This doesn’t sound like much to those living up North, but Austin is not accustomed to snow.

For those who’ve followed me, you know my dad died suddenly in late October. I was fortunately there visiting him in TN ...
01/16/2025

For those who’ve followed me, you know my dad died suddenly in late October. I was fortunately there visiting him in TN in early October. He wasn’t up to driving 4 hours each way to pick up Knox from Becky at Diva Silkies, but he was so happy to spend an entire day with him. He thought Knox was “the prettiest chicken”. So my last day seeing my dad well was with Knox and when I see Knox I see my daddy. It is kinda silly, but I’m in tears over Knox’s baby this morning because I know my daddy would be so excited. And I know I can continue his genetics which gives me peace🩷

(And the chick has dark skin and eyes 😍).

My first lavender grandchild 😍. More should be hatching soon. Nice dark skin, dark beak and dark toes/eyes. And Splits...
01/12/2025

My first lavender grandchild 😍. More should be hatching soon. Nice dark skin, dark beak and dark toes/eyes. And Splits should be hatching in < 2 weeks. My Red Barn boy Krampus got right to work after quarantine and eggs look good so far.

My 2 little girls in the grow out pen🩷😍
01/11/2025

My 2 little girls in the grow out pen🩷😍

🥳Happy New Year everyone! 🥳 wishing you all success in this hobby. Thank you to all the breeders who have shared their l...
01/02/2025

🥳Happy New Year everyone! 🥳 wishing you all success in this hobby.

Thank you to all the breeders who have shared their lines, their knowledge, their time, and their friendship. I have a lot to work on in 2025 and I’m excited to continue to work on mottled and self-blue. Forrest was looking so handsome so I had to snap a photo 🥰

I’m definitely always learning that silkies blossom on their own terms and you have to give them time to shine! Y’all lo...
12/29/2024

I’m definitely always learning that silkies blossom on their own terms and you have to give them time to shine!

Y’all look at these wings. They actually were never split as all primaries were present, but they were not folding correctly. The primaries kept getting stuck and overlapping and definitely appeared slipped and she was being lazy (lol). Well the wings matured nicely! The joint glides correctly and she’s holding her wings much tighter! And she’s squatting now 😍

She’s a gorgeous girl from Hidden Pines and will bring overall type, a big beard and a big crest to my pen.

What a beautiful day here in Austin! 80 degrees and sunny. Our piggie Huxley and our boy Ledge were very interested in o...
12/27/2024

What a beautiful day here in Austin! 80 degrees and sunny. Our piggie Huxley and our boy Ledge were very interested in one another! I think they were comparing booties Ha!

🎄🎄Wishing you all a merry and bright holiday season! Hoping your flock is safe and happy.🎄🎄 We have Christmas babies. Ba...
12/25/2024

🎄🎄Wishing you all a merry and bright holiday season! Hoping your flock is safe and happy.🎄🎄 We have Christmas babies. Baby 2 has pipped.

I was awakened at 1:00 by Santa Blue barking because we had a baby chick #1 crying. I had lockdown scheduled for today so the chick’s leg was stuck under the turner 😢. The chick is just fine 🩷 I admit, I may have been off a couple days because I took these 2 test eggs from a broody girl.

If *local* message me. If I wait to ✈️ I’ll change my mind and keep as a pet. I’m downsizing my satins and chocolates to...
12/23/2024

If *local* message me. If I wait to ✈️ I’ll change my mind and keep as a pet. I’m downsizing my satins and chocolates to focus on black mottled and lavender. Chocolate was never part of the plan, but I fell in love. I’ll still have chocolate but just a smaller pen. She’s Laying and pretty cute. Born early spring.

Incorrect toe spacing on left foot. If I am using the visuals and education from the show I attended, this would be duck foot due to a forward facing 4th toe. It was funny to see birds place high first show (first judge) and then get DQ’d for duck foot second show. Use your own interpretation/ critical eye 🙂

I wanted to attend a couple shows to meet some people and to learn a few things. There isn’t much competition for self b...
12/21/2024

I wanted to attend a couple shows to meet some people and to learn a few things. There isn’t much competition for self blues, NSV (mottled) or NSB (satins). I have a lot of work to do to create show quality birds, but we had fun either way. The judge for the 2nd show Bart Pals was at the show a couple weeks ago. He took time to show me DQs on other chickens. He has a strict definition of duck foot and showed me a few examples. I hadn’t seen split breast and now I can’t miss it. He pointed out the curtain a few times on some other birds so I still need to learn more to better understand.

I also got some shirts 🙂

Anyone using Exzolt for treatment and/or prevention of mites? Mine should arrive next week and I’m super excited to use...
12/15/2024

Anyone using Exzolt for treatment and/or prevention of mites? Mine should arrive next week and I’m super excited to use a poultry approved oral preventative treatment.

-it’s oral
-99% effective
-no egg withdrawal
-Treat day 1, repeat 7 days and then repeat at 12 week intervals.
-Pretty common practice in Europe, NZ, Australia etc.

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Nutmeg
Nutmeg

I’m sending Nutmeg’s test off on Monday to The Silkie Lab. I also did the vent test today as recommended by her breeder mom and only 1 finger width so I don’t think she is laying. She turns 2 this summer. (I’m suddenly getting chocolate chicks out of my black mottled boy pen so trying to determine if my boy is split to chocolate or if I do have a boy named Nutmeg 😂).

Knox 🩷 from Becky at DivaSilkies

Blue and his coop chores!

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I lost my daddy today so I’m sharing a funny video. You need your sound on. This is one of my most favorite videos of him and since it involves a chicken I knew this group could appreciate it. I’m glad I got to see him in TN recently and share the birds I picked up from Becky at DivaSilkies. He loved my chickens. This week was a reminder that life is hard and we all need support. I promise on really tough days like today the small stuff does not matter. Shine bright because you never know when someone needs some light. 🌟

Scaredy cats 😂
Scaredy cats 😂

There was a lot of commotion because one grow out chicken freaked out over our cat. So everyone freaked out. And two girls found safety in the trees.

Happy Birthday 🩷. Lots of mottled hatching.

Mama boys 😍

Y’all my crowing “girl” Nutmeg who crows but was DNA tested to be a girl just did a full drop the wing rooster dance. Have you ever had a hen dance like a boy? (Not captured in the video).

Elvis
Elvis

Wet pox - you can see photos in the comment section.

This boy is gorgeous 😍!

Handsome showgirl!
Handsome showgirl!

This boy is going to be handsome! Nice feet, wings and comb. And of course a beard 😍

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