Sugar Pup

caught this little sassy guy in a house I was watching

my dad wanted to enter a picture at the Orange County fair that he created in the “Computer Arts” section of the visual arts display, He made this picture of his friend who he frequently jokes with back and forth. Both of them make pictures like this of each other and send them back and forth via email while they work only a few cubicles away. In order for a picture to be entered at the fair, it has be judged by a panel of seven people, and they decide if its worthy enough to be placed on display. He was so excited about this creation and titled it “Casey: A Prized Pig”. He even went to a custom framer to get it fitted and framed. The judges were sent this picture, exactly how it is and denied it for entry at the fair claiming it was too “disturbing” and “grotesque” for the public to see. Slightly disappointed, my dad brought it home...Since it was in a frame, he decided to hang it in our home. It is now the first thing you see when walking into our home

This is a silkie. Or to put it officially, a bearded white bantam silkie hen (probably. It could be a pullet but there's really no way to tell just by looking at it). I raise chickens and started out with four silkies. I know they are not very smart and don't move all that much but I adore them...and I usually hate anything fluffy or cute. These chickens were discovered by Marco Polo and were used by the Chinese when the Great Wall was being built to sit, or brood, on the eggs and keep them warm during the freezing tempatures. They have no barbs on their feathers like other birds species, giving them their downy, fluffy look. Their skin is black (but I think it looks a little blue) and thus is used for many different tradtional Chinese dishes including black skin soup. They even have darker colored bones that some people think look black. They come in many different veriates such as white, black, blue, lavander, buff, partridge, splash, cukoo, and (very rarely) red, but the most common colors are white and black. There is also a type of silike that is non-bearded, exposing the blueish skin on the face, waddles and comb. I have heard there are large breed silikes in England. I would love to see some of those! The silikes here are all under five pounds and are very short in stature. I love silikes!