In Green Pastures

06/12/2026

06/12/2026

We’re getting everyone and everything ready for our last market for the summer. We’ll be at The Benton Swap again tomorrow morning! Come see us bright and early (opens at 8:30). We sold out FAST last month! So if you’re looking to get some of our babies, make sure to find our booth (Booths 14 & 15) first thing.
In addition to our precious live chicks, we’ll also have some beautiful acrylic paintings of silkie chickens as well as some delicious healthy snacks to fuel you as you shop around this amazing little market! We’re excited to see all of you tomorrow!

05/31/2026

You haven’t been seeing posts because we have been very busy with our new hatchlings and preparing for more coming very soon. We are hoping to have enough to bring to The Benton Swap in a couple of weeks. So far we have 9 beautiful brand new fluffy silkie chicks, 6 more eggs in the incubator, and one of our broody hens outside has been sitting on a mound of eggs for quite a while so those should begin hatching soon. We are excited, but this time is always very busy. Quick picture of some of our new babies.

05/23/2026

Meet Jones! Our final young rooster to introduce from our main flock. Such a handsome boy!

05/20/2026

Allow me to introduce you to our feisty rooster, Oscar. Yes, as in “Oscar the Grouch”. 🤣
He’s actually pretty sweet when he is in charge of his own flock, so we gave him that opportunity. He does not get along with the kings of our main flock, ChiChi & Yaki. He tried to assert dominance on day one of being with us. That was an unforgivable mistake according to the kings. He was relentless, so he got separated. Reintroduction attempts have not gone well as the 2 kings aren’t letting go of their grudge regarding his rude behavior. 🤣
He’s now living a happy life with Cocoa and Turtle in their own coop. He may be a grouch, but he sure is handsome! And he really does well as long as he’s not in with Yaki & ChiChi.

05/18/2026

It’s time to introduce y’all to our queens, Ophelia and Amelia! Ophelia has been the broodiest of broody hens. 🤣
She was the first one to hatch and mommy a slew of babies in our flock. All of the young hens and roos in this flock were under her care.
Amelia was the mommy to care for our next group of babies, most of which were sold at our recent market. We kept 2 of her babies and they will be shown soon.

05/17/2026

Meet one of our sweet young hens, Smokie! She is one of only 2 hens from our young group of 6. Smokie is going through her first bout of being broody. She’s going to be such a good mama one day. ❤️

05/16/2026

Check out this handsome fella!
Meet our sweet Dinosaur🦕!!!
He is yet another one of our young roos. (Yes, we have a bunch in ChiChi’s group, but they all get along very well). This guy has some of the most beautiful coloring! And peep those beautiful blue lobes!

05/14/2026

This is an add on to my last post that was introducing ET. Go check it out if you haven’t seen it yet. There’s a little more explanation about what you’re seeing here.
I’ve attached a couple of videos of when ET started walking again during his treatment and recovery time. (There’s more in the comments) He had already come a long way at this point, but was still struggling a lot. You’d never know it now, except for his little bit of scruffiness around his left eye that we thought he was going to lose.

05/14/2026

Oh, my sweet ET. 🥰💕💕💕💕💕
He is the best! ET has a very special place in our hearts. We almost lost him when he was about a month old. We still do not know what exactly was wrong, but have our suspicions. He suddenly couldn’t stand or walk, would barely eat, was sneezing a lot, his eye was all matted and swollen shut, and was simply lifeless. He was absolutely pitiful. We brought him inside and set him up comfortably isolated from the others in a warm crate. He was nursed literally around the clock getting his VetRX treatments 5 times a day, making sure he was drinking his chicken vitamins & electrolytes water, and getting lots of chicken physical therapy 😂. We were preparing ourselves for the worst because all signs pointed to that. It was really bad. But after about a week of treatment and TLC, he began to make a turn around and eventually recovered fully in a couple of weeks or so. Because of that time of closeness to us, he responds to us so much differently than the other chickens, even now and he’s been better for over 5 months! He comes to his name and will run out of the flock, bolting towards us when he sees and hears us. He’s so sweet and snuggly. And also spunky! He’s our tough little fighter, but he doesn’t fight his friends….just stupid sicknesses. Because he’s a good boy. 😜