Rusted Grace Farmette

06/22/2024

06/21/2024

Silkie chicks available! FCFS
They go fast, don't sleep on these cutie pies 😍

I have 3 ready to go, possibly a couple more if interested.
The 3 that are ready for their new home are:
•Splash Silkie, 2 weeks old
•Blue Silkie, 2 weeks old
•Blue Showgirl Silkie, 1 week old

Pickup in Pearl River, LA
☆☆ Take all 3 and I'll give you a DEAL! ☆☆ All chicks are breeder quality!

Send me a message for more information.

06/17/2024

So many babies hatching!
I can't wait to get this one out, look at that dark skin 😍
Bearded showgirl from my BBS pen. It looks like it wants to stay here 🩵🩶

06/17/2024

Available/UFD

Black Frizzle Satin rooster
• Breeder quality
• Under 1 yr old
• Not aggressive at all, I just have no girls for him in my breeding program.

Pickup in Pearl River, LA
Please message me for more info.

06/16/2024

First incubated egg from our gray / laced pen is pipping!! I feel like I've waited 87 years to see what we get from them.

06/14/2024

2 sweet Splash Silkie babies left!
Breeder quality. Available for pickup in Pearl River, LA.
Please message for info.

06/13/2024

06/10/2024

Whoa, almost 300 followers?!
Thank you for following our little backyard hobby farmette, we appreciate you! 💓

We'll be hatching silkies *all summer long* because, well... it's an addiction and we adore them ❤️ So if you're interested in chicks, watch for our posts on what's available. If you're interested in hatching your own from our little flock, try to let us know ASAP so we can start collecting for you while try to convince these hens of ours that being broody all the time is not very nice 😏😆 They're stubborn!

If they continue to cooperate ( 🤞🤞🤞) we may try to do a giveaway soon! Would you rather chicks, or hatching eggs? Or (literally), a potbelly pig or 2? 😂

Welcome to the chaos, y'all!

06/09/2024

Hatch day, again! I can't stop, y'all 🙃
I've got 6 (out of 7 shipped eggs) BBS babies hatching from Back Brook Farm - I love a great hatch rate! Now to stalk them all night until everyone is safely and completely hatched.... fluffy chick pics tomorrow 😍

06/08/2024

....because it comes up *so* often, and there's so much misinformation out there confusing everyone, I'm posting this here for reference....

"From one of the creators of the breed...

About Silkies & Satins by Sheri Minkner
I'm going to try & explain the differences between Silkies & Satins. If you want to dispute what I say, that's up to you, but I helped create the Satin breed & I've been working on them, showing them, & breeding them for over 30 generations, so I like to think it's just possible that I know what I'm talking about!
I understand that there is a lot of confusion about frizzle, Sizzle, Satin, Silkie, etc., so I'm not being critical & only want to try & straighten some of the misinformation that keeps getting passed around.
#1 "Frizzle" is a breed in other countries but in the USA it is only a feather type and the word "frizzle" must be followed by the breed. So we have frizzled Cochins, frizzled Polish, etc.
#2 Satins & Silkies are 2 separate breeds, & both come in regular & frizzled varieties so there are Silkies & frizzled Silkies and also Satins & frizzled Satins. There is NO SUCH THING as a Silkie Satin or a Satin Silkie!
#3 Silkies are a recognized breed & frizzled Silkies are recognized as a Silkie variety. Both can be shown & complete for top prizes in poultry shows.
#4 Satins are still a project breed & have not yet been accepted by the poultry associations as a new breed. However, many of us are working hard towards that goal. In the meantime, they can be shown as NSB (Non Standard Breed) in the featherleg class. Both frizzled & non frizzled Satins can be shown, but only the non frizzled will be counted toward their acceptance as a new breed.
#5 It takes AT LEAST 10 generations of dedicated & knowledgeable breeding before a Satin project is exhibiting all the required traits & is breeding true enough to actually be called a Satin. Just because you bred your Silkie to another breed it DOES NOT mean you created a Satin.
#6 Sizzle is the former name for Satins. They were bred & shown as "Sizzles" for years, but the name was not acceptable to the poultry associations so it has now been changed to Satins.
#7 The biggest difference between the Silkie & Satin breeds is feather type. Silkies have shredded fur-like (barbless) feathers whereas Satins have regular (barbed) feathers (like a Cochin) with a soft thick undercoat. The frizzled varieties have feathers that are all curled backwards toward the head.
#8 One of great things about Satins is that they can continue to be bred back to Silkies & if one of the parents has the frizzle gene, you will get chicks in all 4 feather types - Silkie, frizzled Silkie, Satin, & frizzle Satin.
#9 Silkie chicks (those with Silkie feathering) that hatch from a Satin & Silkie breeding, can be shown & bred as regular Silkies. Even though the Silkie chicks have Satin genetics, when bred with another Silkie all the chicks will be Silkie feathered."

**I'll try to add photos later. Or I'd anyone has comparison photos I can use, lmk.

06/06/2024

I have 6+ BBS Silkie hatching 🥚 available for local pickup today.
Pearl River. Message for more info.

06/05/2024

Customer photo update of a splash showgirl she got from us - I love showgirls, even in their ugly teenage phase 😍

06/05/2024

Sweet little splash going to her new home today. So much fluff! Hard to let this one go, but she's going to a little girl that recently lost her favorite silkie 💗 I have a weakness when it comes to the kids that love these birds as much as I do!

06/04/2024

Checking to see if anyone local might be interested in this guy?
He's amazing. I don't want to let him go, but I have no use for him in my breeding program 😒
He is a black, split from mottled, satin frizzle. He's so dang gorgeous and pretty sweet, too. If you're local (Pearl River/ Slidell) and he might be of use to you, please message me to discuss. He doesn't *have* to go, but I hate to hoard him when I know he would be amazing in a mottled breeding pen. He hatched 10/24/23. Open to offers.

06/04/2024

06/04/2024

My BBS pen + some of their babies I've hatched 💙🖤🩶🤍

05/31/2024

My niece's friend fell in love with one of our birds, Willow. So we hatched a dozen from Fall River Farms, and one of them turned out looking like Willows twin 😍
My niece wanted to give it to her friend to surprise her for her birthday. This girl was so excited to finally have her "dream chicken" 🥰 So sweet! Happy Birthday, Mckenzie!

05/30/2024

Update: SOLD

I have 4 babies available.
2 showgirls - light blue & splash
2 silkies - partridge & splash

Possibility of satin and frizzle feathering. Correct toes. No obvious faults. Come from quality breeder flock ( no pet quality or hatchery birds ).

5 days - 2 wks old
Pickup in Pearl River

Please send a message for more info.

*will not hold without payment.
Holds must be picked up within 5 days.

05/27/2024

Miss Violet is a mama 😄
She promptly scooted her baby back under her when she thought I was coming for it, so I didn't get any photos. She seems to be adjusting well to motherhood. I'm so excited to watch her raise babies.

05/11/2024

6 week old eye candy 😍
These babies get more stunning every day.
Breeder credit: Fall River Farms

05/11/2024

Sweet splash baby hatched this morning 😍

05/01/2024

I love these dark feathers Bowie has coming in. 😍 He is such a handsome boy, and only 8 months old!
Breeder credit Summer Farms

04/22/2024

Spending some quiet time in my happy place this evening, and caught these 2 lovebirds sneaking off and snuggling ❤️ Delilah & Bowie ❤️
I now have TEN of my own eggs developing, and I sure do hope there's a few babies from these two. She's a black frizzle silkie, and he's a splash showgirl silkie - they just feel like a match made in Heaven. Fingers crossed 🤞 🔀

Sidenote: Is it just me, or does hatching your own eggs seem to take FOREVER 😂