Serenity Silkies

13/08/2024

Drying sunflower heads for the birds to enjoy this winter. Allie enjoys them as well😍

25/04/2024

Quick photo dump of show prep for Stevenson October 2023.

25/04/2024

I’m loving my grow out Nakeys!! Thank you Witch Homestead.

09/02/2024

Dirty feet are a continuous battle when you free range white silkies🤣🤣

01/02/2024

Harvest Breeze Farm is doing a tremendous job of sharing conformation aspects in Silkies.

01/02/2024

Fabulously generous knowledge explained and shared by one of the best!

01/02/2024

Saving some eggs, ready to incubate soon🥹 My chosen mommas!! Dads up next

19/01/2024

Safe and sound!! Absolutely stunning❤️ Thank you Hill Country Silkies💕

18/01/2024

26/09/2023

26/09/2023

19/09/2023

Going through some babies….

09/09/2023

Perfectly imperfect ❤️

I do not believe in the "perfect bird." I believe we are all striving for that. If there was such a thing and it was so easily attained, would there be as much joy? It's why hatching never gets old...why we check the brooder constantly...We're all always waiting for that perfect bird. I truly feel there is always something we could find that we wish was a little better, even on our best birds.

Breeding isn't as simple as pairing 2 perfect birds and getting perfect offspring. It takes a lot of patience, balance, and trial-and-error. For example, I have had a pen of the best birds I've ever had consistently to make the worst chicks, and then I've created my absolute best from seemingly sub-par birds. You can't really predict it. Just because the rooster wasn't compatible with my hens doesn't mean he won't be the best thing since sliced bread to the next.

I used to feel this insane pressure to label birds I'm parting with based on what their use "should be," and I am no longer doing that. At the core of it all, these are all pets. That is their role. I wholeheartedly believe God put them on this earth for. To give us joy and happiness. What you use them for beyond that is on you. If you need more pictures to decide if they are of use to you, ask. If you need to look them over when you pick up, that's 100% okay. I genuinely want every person to be happy and love what they get. That's the whole root of why I even do this. I don't necessarily care about customer service because, quite honestly, I'm terrible at that. (My Facebook reminds me every time I open it that my message responsiveness rate is low, which I do apologize for.) It's because of the life I want these little fluff balls to live. I know that if you're unhappy with your chick, it's gonna lead to who knows what. In the best case scenario, it gets re-homed to another place, and it will then be loved. But it could also get culled, sent to auction, or put in a cage to live out its days. I want to avoid that if at all possible. I want these birds to go where they will be cherished and treasured and loved in the way they deserve.

This is all also why I don't like selling eggs. I don't hatch all perfect chicks. I do get random odd ball chicks. I do let multiple colors of birds run about the yard and yes, silkies are lil cheaters and husband stealers and sometimes I'm scratching my chin trying to figure out if I should call Maury to determine who is the father.

I also don't believe in breeding only perfect birds. Every bird I have has a little flaw. Pansy has a double toenail, Pokey is missing a nail, Minnie has 2 horns on her comb, Winnie could use more foot feathers, and the list goes on and on. Every bird I've kept conscientiously knowing they had these flaws. I've sold better from them, and I've sold worse. I do have an emotional attachment on some level, but I also know what their capable of producing. I have a dang near perfect "show" bird that has shown and won many awards her in her lifetime with her previous owner and me not produce a single chick of standard to what she "should" produce. Does that make me want to throw her away? Nope. She will stay with me forever. Maybe I've just not found her compatible match yet. Maybe she's just a bad breeder. If I sold someone her egg, was it to purposely sabotage their breeding program? Absolutely not. That's completely absurd.

These last few years have been a learning curve. After my first show, Bryson asked me what my goals were. I couldn't even answer, I just knew that I loved silkies. So all this time, I've not really had a major goal in showing, I just really love silkies and the fellowship. It's sharing a piece of my childhood with my kids. I started my social media pages as more or less a joke, and they stuck, and I'm very thankful they have as I've met some of the best friends of my life on here.

All of these are just my thoughts and not brought on by any drama or bad dealings, just late night ramblings with a restless 6 year old who won't sleep unless I hold her. It's okay to think differently than I do. That's what makes us all special. There are 7.888 billion normals out there. It's okay to read all of this and absolutely not want to buy my birds. I try to be real and transparent. I truly want good for you and good for my birds. I truly think most breeders want the same. 💓

21/08/2023

Cleaning up some watermelon juiced crests. All the pin feathers with their blood supply is interesting.

10/08/2023

All parts of the rose are safe for chickens to eat🥰😍. My girls are brooding in style! Tungsten exhausted again. Apparently his presence is enough to keep the raptors at bay.

27/07/2023

Tungsten was tired of chick sitting so Bluto took over for the day💕💕

25/06/2023

Grow outs enjoying the grass and sunshine!

25/06/2023

One week birthday, learning to chicken🥰

23/06/2023

He fell asleep waiting for babies to start exploring. Helicopter mom🤣❤️

19/06/2023

Tungsten loves hatch day!! I understand🥰 Beautiful blues from Snobby!!

14/06/2023

Tungsten is our LGD (livestock guardian dog). Silkies are only out if he is. He is a 1 yr old Great Dane that loves the silkies almost as much as I do.💕

12/06/2023

Dottie prefers an ‘up do’.😍

12/06/2023

Ruby is checking out the new deck.

07/06/2023

Dottie is expected to start showing in the fall!!

07/06/2023

Louie and Jenny, love is in the air!

07/06/2023

The gang enjoying yard renovation💕

07/06/2023

Billie Jean with her babies!