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Chelsea's Chickens

NPIP 74-4886 Welcome to the flock 🥰
I am Chelsea, these are my chickens!
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I breed the following:
🐥 Silkies in: Buff, Black, Self-Blue (Lavender), Chocolate and Mottled varieties.
🦃 Heritage Turkeys
Mixed Bantams & Easter Eggers laying flocks

09/10/2026

Found this old video and couldn't resist sharing. Look at young Johnny 🦃 and all that grass we used to have! 🥰 Pre-silkies era. 🤯
My how the homestead has grown!

09/09/2026

❤️ 𝗔 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗹𝘀𝗲𝗮’𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗻𝘀 ❤️

One week ago, I underwent a hysterectomy and endometriosis excision surgery. Thankfully, the surgery itself went well, and I have begrudgingly been following doctor’s orders and staying in bed; which, as you can probably imagine, is not exactly my strong suit.

I had hoped to be a little further along in recovery by now. This is my third abdominal surgery, but this one has proven to be a bit more challenging than I anticipated.

Today brought some additional pain and complications, which earned me a quick trip to the ER, some new medications, and strict instructions to head right back to bed. So, back to bed I go. Apparently my kidneys have decided they would also like some attention. 🙄

I sincerely apologize to anyone whose messages, comments, or inquiries I may have missed over the past week. I’m hoping to get caught up on everything very soon, but for the moment I need to give my body a little more time to cooperate.

I also want to say a huge 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗞 𝗬𝗢𝗨 from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has checked on me, sent well wishes, offered help, or helped keep things running while I recover. And an extra special thank you to my Dad, Tiffany, Bert, and Joni. I truly could not have gotten through this week without you. ❤️

Now for something much more fun to look forward to…

🍂🐥 𝗔 𝗛𝗨𝗚𝗘 𝗙𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗦𝗜𝗟𝗞𝗜𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚! 🐥🍂

As soon as I am back on my feet, I’m planning a big weekend sale with everything from little chicks and juveniles all the way up to laying hens.

I’m currently shooting for 𝗺𝗶𝗱-𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 or perhaps a Halloween 🎃 event! fingers crossed 🤞 because if I’m not allowed out of this bed by then, I may actually lose my mind.

Keep an eye on the Chelsea’s Chickens page. I’ll announce the official dates, availability, and details as we get a little closer.

Thank you again for your patience, kindness, and understanding while I heal. I’m very ready to get back to my birds whom I havent seen in a week, my customers, and some version of normal around here. ❤️🐓

09/02/2026

Surgery went well! Chelsea is home and recovering. She needs lots of rest but she will return as soon as she can.
Thank you for all your support and patience. 🐥❤️

08/25/2026

Just a little personal update - I’ll be stepping away for a few weeks while I have surgery and focus on recovery. 🤍

Messages and responses may be a little slower than usual during this time. Thank you so much for your patience, understanding, and continued support!

I’ll be back soon! 🧡

08/22/2026

Hatching eggs! Ready-to-make chickens!
Just add incubator!
1 dozen mottled silkie hatching eggs
1 dozen half mottled & half lavender
Claim one dozen or both - get the second half off!

PM to claim - located in Needville-Fairchilds 77469
Please see albums for more information on breeding flocks 🥰🐥

08/22/2026

HEN ALERT! PM for more info!
Location: Needville-Fairchilds 77469
Local pickup - too hot to ship!
Warning: hens are not cheep 🐥 😜

08/22/2026

I don’t think we talk about this enough: 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲?

Before I tell you what I recommend, I think it’s important to explain 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗜 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀, because those first few weeks matter when they leave my property and enter yours.

First things first: 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀, 𝗔𝗟𝗪𝗔𝗬𝗦 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝟯𝟬 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀. This applies no matter where they came from, including me. Biosecurity works both ways, and every flock deserves that protection.

Now, about my babies.
I raise 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗼𝗿𝘀. Even chicks that hatch naturally underneath broody hens are brought inside and raised in a brooder. The chicks I hatch and raise generally do not touch outdoor soil until they are at least one month old.

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀!!
Plenty of breeders and chicken keepers successfully raise chicks on soil or outdoors from the beginning. I simply do not have the setup for it. Chicks raised by broody hens have been scratching around in the dirt for generations. Different breeders have different setups, management practices and experiences, and we all ultimately settle into what works best for our own flocks.
Raising chicks indoors is what works for me.

But it’s also why I think you should ask your breeder or hatchery 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲.

Why does it matter?
Because chicks coming from my brooders have had very limited exposure to the organisms living in outdoor soil and established poultry areas including: coccidia!

That doesn't mean I want them to avoid exposure. Quite the opposite.

They need to become acclimated to the environment where they will eventually live. I simply prefer that exposure to be 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 rather than going from my indoor brooder directly onto established poultry ground overnight.

When you bring chicks home from me, I recommend continuing to brood them indoors initially. Once they've had time to settle in, you can begin introducing them to their future environment.

One easy way I personally like to do this is by taking a 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹, 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗮 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 and sprinkling a little into one corner of the brooder.

We're not relocating the entire chicken yard into the brooder. 😂 Just a little introduction.

Over time, you can gradually increase that exposure as they grow and eventually begin supervised time outside when they're developmentally and weather-appropriate for it.

Why gradually?

Coccidia are microscopic parasites commonly found in poultry environments. Young chicks can be particularly vulnerable, and a heavy exposure can overwhelm them before they've had an opportunity to develop resistance to the organisms in their environment.

And every property is different.

𝗠𝘆 𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘆𝗮𝗿𝗱.
𝗠𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗽.
𝗠𝘆 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝘀𝗻'𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗸.

The organisms your established birds have already adapted to may not be the same ones a newly purchased chick has encountered before.

That's why I believe one of the most valuable questions you can ask when purchasing chicks is:
“𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗳𝗮𝗿?”

If they've been living outside on soil since hatch, their transition may look very different from a chick that has spent its entire life inside a sterile brooder.

Neither method is wrong. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁𝘀.

And one final thing that I think is incredibly important to say:
𝗡𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗼𝗳!

You can quarantine. You can maintain a clean brooder. You can introduce soil gradually. You can provide appropriate feed, clean water, proper temperatures and excellent husbandry --- and coccidiosis, parasites, illness and other problems 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻.

We're working with living animals. There is no management practice I can reasonably employ that eliminates every single risk.

The purpose isn't to keep chicks in a sterile bubble. The purpose is to 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆'𝗹𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗲.

Some chicks transition without missing a beat. Others need a little more time and patience.

So whether you're buying chicks from me or someone else, ask questions. Find out how they were raised. Then use that information to help make their transition into your environment as smooth as possible.

Hopefully talking about this more openly helps more keepers understand that bringing chicks home isn't just about having the brooder warm and the feeder full. ❤️🥰🐥

08/21/2026

Ok ok last one!! Scouts honor!🤞 But I am in this one so I had to share it. See, I am a real human!! 🤣🥰

08/20/2026

Sorry for the Goosey spam! But, ABC13 Houston stopped by to meet Goosey! 🥰 🪿🔥 and I want to share all the updates for everyone following along here. I want them all to pop back up in my memories later too

It is crazy how far this is gone! This story airs this afternoon, and we have another airing tomorrow in New York! 🤯❤️

https://abc13.com/videoClip/19708804/

08/19/2026

✨ 𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲! 🥚 𝗛𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗴𝗴𝘀 ✨️
𝟭 𝗱𝗼𝘇𝗲𝗻 freshly collected, 𝗵𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗴𝗴𝘀 from both my 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲𝗱 & 𝗟𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 breeding pens. 🐣

☀️ Too hot to ship — 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆.
📍 Needville–Fairchilds, TX 77469
PM for details!

Self-blue: self-blue cockbirds over self-blue and black split hens. Silkie feather only, frizzle possible. No showgirls.

Mottled: black mottled cockbird over black mottled, chocolate mottled, white mottled, black and chocolate split hens. Silkie feather only. Frizzle possible. No showgirls.

*Please see albums or send pm for more details.

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