Velveteen Bostons & Feather Friends

01/23/2026

Daisy delivered 7 beautiful pups last night 🥰

01/19/2026

Is 7 our lucky number? 🐶🍀

Puppies are due on Friday!

01/19/2026

Black Ermine Ameraucana 🥚&🐥

🩵 eggs are examples of the variations in shades that my hens lay 💙

01/19/2026

🤍🖤 Black Ermine Ameraucanas 🖤🤍

01/19/2026

🤍🤍 Dominant White Silkies 🤍🤍

These are currently my breeders - NFS

01/19/2026

🤍💜 Lavender Ermine Ameraucana 💜🤍

01/16/2026

01/16/2026

They’re hatching!

01/16/2026

Local to the Midlands SC? Please read:

This entire situation is truly awful. Do not take in any poultry or waterfowl of unknown origin or from anyone that may be associated with this situation. If something seems off about a transaction, too good to be true, free birds, or whatever it is and you believe it’s related, do the right thing and report it. There have been reported attempts to remove evidence (poultry, waterfowl, etc) and the diseases deceased birds have tested positive for are both forms of Mycoplasma, with other pending necropsy results. If it’s as bad as what I’ve heard, this is not something to treat or manage. Absolutely not a thing to be playing chicken or duck hospital with. Look out for the health of yours and your neighbors flocks. Warn others.

“Investigators further testified that several animals required emergency care, that additional animals later died due to their condition, and that disease testing revealed contagious poultry illnesses, raising concerns about broader agricultural and public-health risks.

Prosecutors also alleged that Pickett attempted to rehome or conceal animals after the investigation began – a claim Pickett disputed during the hearing.”

https://www.fitsnews.com/2026/01/16/judge-sets-six-figure-bonds-in-midlands-animal-cruelty-case/?fbclid=IwdGRjcAPXMixleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEesfjdlxDMsY6pP5g0XiEm_l3NzcU0gw3FRz7fmJu-fNlPKDPB54jZfPOrq7o_aem_Wweb82SnSsGQk91yNFdT8g

01/15/2026

Who would like to see how I sort through chicks and band them when I pull them from the incubator?

Each is bagged by variety or pen to keep them separate. I have a system for keeping track and steps that I follow as they grow. And with Silkies this is the point where I immediately separate PQ from breeder potential. PQ silkies have immediately visible faults or just may be lacking in a particular trait that I am working to improve. With large fowl I’ll have autosexing and sexlinked chicks hatching. I will be able to go over how to identify males vs females.

If there is interest, I’ll record and share it.

And here is a photo of my sweet lavender ermine Ameraucana hen. 💜

01/14/2026

These ladies were in awe over that rainbow dozen 🩷💜🤎💚🩵💙🫠

01/13/2026

A few Brahmas… two of my older ermine hens and a dominant white pullet. The dominant white is steadily filling out nicely. She does have pearlescent pinkish-white skin which comes with dominant white and is heterozygous for the blue egg gene, but as far as her type goes she’s a step in the direction I want to go. Hopefully, hatching a few from this group in a few days and much more next week!