Rose Blossom Silkies

09/06/2026

It’s me…. Imma sucker for a messy haired little splash baby. Mine!! She’s perfect 👌.

𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗱 before I could even post her, but I still had to show her off. ❤︎

Wonderful splash coloring, perfect wings and feet, and that nice thicc little round body. She’s only 5 months old, so she still has some filling in to do… but she’s already so pretty. 🫠

09/05/2026

How does anyone part with these when each one is so very unique?? I struggle. But also….I hatched a gaggle of em. I need strength. 🤣🤣🤍

09/05/2026

✨GONE✨

I have ONE box 📦 of gray 🩶 Rosebuds. The only one I’m offering this year. I’ve worked super hard on SOP as what I interpret to be a black based bird. No super washed out blue based grays in these. If you are serious about showing, these are your blossoms.

Can include frizzle silkie. No satin. No DQ.

6 rosebuds. + 🛳️ Ing and 📦

Photo for attention is of older sibling growouts (NFS)

09/03/2026

✨🤍☀️✨🤍BLOSSOM DROP🤍✨☀️🤍✨

PMONLY for info after checking the caption.
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08/31/2026

The texture of the foot/ hock feathering says a lot about the texture of the feathering in the cushion. In mottled especially I’ve had to be diligent to steer away from extreme or overdone foot feathering as an additional measure of removing the tail rudder we see so many of these birds get.
Hard feathering is a hard no for me! 🖤🤍🩷

08/31/2026

I’ve been around long enough to see breeders cull their way out of a nice line of birds.

Most people new to this hobby can find and obsess over a certain fault; whether it be toes, wings, crest shape, eye color.. But it takes a skilled eye to appreciate a birds virtues in light of the fault.

The mind of the breeder who can actually foster progress and preservation is entirely a “glass is half full” one. Possessing the ability and desire to keep and use birds for their virtues whilst keeping their faults in perspective is critical. Culling an excellent bird from one’s program based on the strength of a minor fault is merely throwing the baby out with the bath water.

Judging your birds only by faults is the best way to ensure that proper breed type is not maintained.
Instead you will find yourself left with mediocre because instead of keeping birds based on virtues, you kept them based on lack of faults.

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08/30/2026

Why do we hoard?

To be clear, It’s not to be a stingy 🫏 🕳️..

The truth ; It comes from multiple places.

Birds are unique, one of a kind and unicorns are rare. Some varieties, they are even fewer and farther between and even more unique.

Accidentally sell the wrong special bird and boom 💥 Hoarder brain unlocked.

When I am working on a project color, I absolutely cannot afford to send my special birds to other people.

Birds die and become infertile. Sell your backup rooster you will quickly be reminded why we don’t do that. And so… we hoard good boys.

Sometimes we hoard because we are competitive. I’ll be honest. I don’t want to show against my own birds. This isn’t just me, this is almost anyone who is a serious competitor.

While it is important to share and collaborate with one another, selling birds and eggs is not the most important part to me. I believe if you are truly in this to create something you must place your own program at the top. Hatch for yourself first, share second.

Overselling all of your eggs, chicks or grow outs can create holes in your program.

And lastly, the hardest one. Some of us hoard and become tight with our birds after seeing them mishandled, misrepresented or resold several times. It’s tough to protect what you have built once it leaves your hands. My own personal process is to always contact the original breeder when a bird doesn’t work out for me. They may pass, but at least Ive done my part and had that honest communication. I’ve allowed them the opportunity to take those birds back if they so choose. You’d be surprised that many breeders are more than willing to take their birds back as they care where they land.

If a breeder shares their years of work with you. ..Know that it’s a piece of their heart, their work, and that they are placing trust in you. 🖤

08/29/2026

Why is everyone in this hobby always in such a hurry?
We are not in a race and there is no finish line.

People are in a hurry to buy the whole program rather than investing in good genetics and building their own lineage.

People are in such a hurry they are hatching the first pullet eggs. Selling said eggs to others before they have grown out a single bird from the pairing to full maturity.

Tossing birds WAY TOO YOUNG into breeding pens and expecting everything to be perfect. Most of these setups aren’t natural for birds or their development as chickens. Give a young rooster a 4x4 square with nothing but girls and shavings and then wonder why he’s acting badly. He’s a product of the setup. It’s our job to mitigate this. BIRD MANAGEMENT MATTERS.

A chicken is a pullet until she is a year old. Now ask yourself. Are you breeding babies from someone else’s lineage and passing that on to others without knowing what you are actually making?

Baby cockerels are not fully mature and when raised without a more mature boy they can act like jerks. This isn’t the birds fault. This is the humans failure. Baby boys should not just be tossed into breeding pens to terrorize girls. They OFTEN don’t know what to do. They just know they feel hormonal. They know they are supposed to be fierce. They sometimes get that all wrong and instead of breeding hens they drag them around and breed the shavings.. and they certainly can mistake you for the big scary predator.

There is good reason to slow down. Let your birds mature fully before breeding them and for gods sake before sharing them with others.

I’ve tried recently to introduce a young paint boy to some hens. It hasn’t gone well, he’s too rough. Dragging them by the crest. Marching around like a teen boy all hopped up on testosterone. I thought the mature hens would handle him. They didn’t. You know what I did with him? I tossed him in with his Dad. He’s been standing with his nose in the corner and sneaking over to eat when he is undetected like a good young rooster for the last week. He’s in school and will be until he can straiten up.

Breeding birds isn’t about studying others lines and magically hatching perfection. It’s a lot more than that. Mostly it’s about making your own way with a little potential that someone else shared with you. It’s 100% up to you. You can make 💩 or ✨ with the same birds. Part luck, part skill. But also remember It’s about management of flock dynamics and setting animals up for success for their health, well being and when they happen to act like animals. Not chopping their heads off the moment they show a sign of vigor that doesn’t align with your fluffy little vision of them. They are animals. Not toys.

I never have been and never will be so reliant on selling my eggs that I won’t pull a rooster for a time out or to move him or rehome to free range if he’s acting out of place. I don’t leave them to allow things to get worse. I especially don’t want the behavior to manifest to a place where it costs the bird his life because no intervention took place and now he’s biting and attacking.

Keep in mind I am talking about young birds. Under 2 years old. I know so many people are in such a hurry to breed birds that they might say.. Aura. 2 years old is an old bird. No. No it’s not.

A well tempered bird is just coming into himself around that age. Just mellowing out.

And anyone who owns white silkies knows that’s about the time they stop breeding at all. The vigor is bred right out of those suckers. But man. They are sweet. Happy Ai ing to all you who think you want a docile 6 month old boy. I’m taking another approach by letting them grow up before I trust them to be the boss of the coop.

If everyone wasn’t in such a hurry all the time maybe they could take the time to really work their lineage. Really look inwards when things don’t go well.
The very first step when things aren’t going well should be to evaluate your own choices. Evaluate your own set up. Your own pairings.
Blaming the breeder for a behavior problem in a bird you have raised is extremely far fetched.
Blame biology, blame nature, blame your setup that’s not catered to good psychology for the bird.

But most of all, have enough humility to own your shortcomings. Own your own impatience that may have led to the problem. Whether that’s sending out a bunch of chicks with a high incidence of genetic deformity because you haven’t fully vetted your own produce or allowing a young rooster to beat up your pullets cause you gotta sell those eggs.

This hobby has a funny way of humbling you if you get too big for your britches. I always say.. I am a student of the bird. I learned this concept from a brilliant horse trainer years ago. Everything I shared here today was learned from my birds over the years & from my own mistakes. So..If you are gonna harvest my lingo you should at least learn what it actually means.

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08/27/2026

And for the record…. And the critics .. Chocolate ain’t gone.. they alive and well over here where we use black split cock-birds over dark chocolate hens.

Be careful of those “unpopular opinion” posts.. they are often more like UN-factual.. inaccurate, false, unsubstantiated, sensational and at best misleading💁🏼‍♀️🤎🖤

08/27/2026

🤍🩷🤎BLOSSOM DROP!!🤎🩷🤍

Chocolate 🍫 anyone?? So much chocolate and a few others too. 🤣🤣

Please see each photo BEFORE messaging me.

I do ✈️ 📦. Weather permitting.