{"id":41807,"date":"2026-05-06T14:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=41807"},"modified":"2026-05-06T14:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T14:17:20","slug":"silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=41807","title":{"rendered":"Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It was a real blow to lose Silver at only a year old. She was not only very pretty but she had a lovely nature and was really friendly and easy to handle. She was also a good egg layer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-arrive-with-us.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-arrive-with-us.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41837\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-arrive-with-us.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-arrive-with-us-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-arrive-with-us-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Twelfth of May 2025 Silver and Ginger arrive to us<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-when-she-first-came-to-us.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-when-she-first-came-to-us.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-when-she-first-came-to-us.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-when-she-first-came-to-us-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-when-she-first-came-to-us-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Silver when she first came to us<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ginger-and-silver-exploring-the-run.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ginger-and-silver-exploring-the-run.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ginger-and-silver-exploring-the-run.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ginger-and-silver-exploring-the-run-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ginger-and-silver-exploring-the-run-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ginger and Silver exploring the run<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-sun-bathing-together.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-sun-bathing-together.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-sun-bathing-together.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-sun-bathing-together-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-sun-bathing-together-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Silver and Ginger sun bathing together<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-find-the-chickens-patio.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-find-the-chickens-patio.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-find-the-chickens-patio.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-find-the-chickens-patio-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-and-ginger-find-the-chickens-patio-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Ginger and Silver find the chickens&#8217; patio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-discovered-the-perch-above-the-ladder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-discovered-the-perch-above-the-ladder.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-discovered-the-perch-above-the-ladder.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-discovered-the-perch-above-the-ladder-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-discovered-the-perch-above-the-ladder-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Silver discovered the perch above the ladder<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-on-the-right-of-our-flock-of-eight.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-on-the-right-of-our-flock-of-eight.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-on-the-right-of-our-flock-of-eight.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-on-the-right-of-our-flock-of-eight-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-on-the-right-of-our-flock-of-eight-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Silver on the right of our flock of eight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-on-top-of-the-shelter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-on-top-of-the-shelter.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41850\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-on-top-of-the-shelter.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-on-top-of-the-shelter-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-on-top-of-the-shelter-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>October 2025 Silver on top of the shelter<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-portrait.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41851\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-portrait.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-portrait-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-portrait-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>November 2025 Silver on the wooden steps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-squats-as-she-is-coming-in-to-lay.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-squats-as-she-is-coming-in-to-lay.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-squats-as-she-is-coming-in-to-lay.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-squats-as-she-is-coming-in-to-lay-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-squats-as-she-is-coming-in-to-lay-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>December 2025 Silver squats as she is coming in to lay<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-in-the-nest-box.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-in-the-nest-box.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41855\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-in-the-nest-box.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-in-the-nest-box-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-in-the-nest-box-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Silver in the nest box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-lays-her-first-egg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-lays-her-first-egg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-lays-her-first-egg.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-lays-her-first-egg-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-lays-her-first-egg-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Tenth December 2025 Silver lays her first egg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-shares-a-nest-box-with-snow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-shares-a-nest-box-with-snow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41857\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-shares-a-nest-box-with-snow.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-shares-a-nest-box-with-snow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-shares-a-nest-box-with-snow-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>March 2026 Silver shares a nest box with Snow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-in-the-middle-of-the-flock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-in-the-middle-of-the-flock.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41859\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-in-the-middle-of-the-flock.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-in-the-middle-of-the-flock-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-in-the-middle-of-the-flock-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>March 2026 Silver in the middle of the flock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-at-the-back-sharing-a-nest-box-with-red-and-cloud.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-at-the-back-sharing-a-nest-box-with-red-and-cloud.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-at-the-back-sharing-a-nest-box-with-red-and-cloud.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-at-the-back-sharing-a-nest-box-with-red-and-cloud-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-at-the-back-sharing-a-nest-box-with-red-and-cloud-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Silver at the back sharing a nest box with Red and Cloud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-trying-the-new-girls-food.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-trying-the-new-girls-food.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-41867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-trying-the-new-girls-food.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-trying-the-new-girls-food-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/silver-trying-the-new-girls-food-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Silver trying the new girls&#8217; food<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Silver had a happy time in our flock albeit too short a time. She is already missed. Goodbye silver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a real blow to lose Silver at only a year old. She was not only very pretty but she had a lovely nature and was really friendly and easy to handle. She was also a good egg layer. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/?p=41807\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41807"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41807"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41873,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41807\/revisions\/41873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carolschickens.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}