My husband, Bill, and I have been married for 15 years. We have 4 children and 9 grandchildren and one on the way! We share the love of the outdoors whether it is fishing or hunting or just sitting on the back porch watching our own animals. We love to fish either inshore or offshore. We have some great stories of fish that have been caught at our place in Suwannee, Florida. It is where the Suwannee river and the gulf meet, so we have the best of fresh or saltwwater fishing. We switch gears when the weather gets cold and deer hunt. We have some beautiful trophies!  We want our grandchildren to share our love for the outdoors and our chickens are a way to do that. They can learn so much from watching eggs hatch,knowing how to feed them, to showing them at the county fairs. Seeing their faces when they get a blue ribbon is priceless! Our main focus in our lives is our family. Our children have grown into wonderful adults with their own children and it is wonderful to see them as parents. It is our love for our children and grandchildren that is most important to us at this time in our lives As for Bill & I, we love being "Nana & Papa", and enjoy every minute that we have together! It is important to us that our grandchildren can appreciate the outdoors as we do. We try to keep them involved in all our outdoor activities.

    Our main flock is bearded Silkies. I raise White, Splash & Blue. They have stolen my heart!! My breeding program includes silkies from some of the most well-known breeders. Their beautiful birds blended with mine have made some wonderful looking babies! My husband alway says that he wishes that he was of my silkies because of all of the attention they get!  LOL! He has been wonderful through the whole process!!! He has built me a great "Condo" for my hobby and just shakes his head at laughs at showtime watching me bathe & blowdry the Silkies!!

We also have 3 varieties of Old English bantams including Splash, Blue and Blue Wheaton who have all been show placers. I have Mille Fleur d'Uccle, Rhode Island Reds, and my new project....Mille Fleur Cochins!!. It's a great life on the farm! 

Contact me @  sunshinesilkies@hotmail.com