When you own pristine white chickens, finding them with purple faces can be pretty disturbing. Chelsea does not often see chickens that look like they’re wearing war paint and ready to do battle. It didn’t take her long to figure out that her chickens had been in the prickly pear patch. She was still shocked at her babies’ gruesome, zombie-like look.
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The all-white silkies are typically beautiful birds, but the zombie war paint changes their aesthetic. The look could make you choose between cleaning them up or running for your life. You could also let them be chickens and allow the color to wear out eventually. Chelsea opted to have fun with it instead, which is hilarious.
Many people likely have no clue what a prickly pear is, but Chelsea’s chickens know! The prickly pear cactus grows best in rocky or desert terrain but flourishes in most southern states. It has broad, flat pads, long white spines, and tiny, barbed hairs.
Yellow flowers appear in May and June, and ripe fruit usually appears in July. The little purple fruits are popular in jams and jellies. The prickly pear is the state cactus of Texas, so Chelsea’s war-painted chickens are showing their love of their home state.
You can peel and eat the fruit’s meat right off the cacti, but it is also available as a seasonal item in many farm markets. Chelsea has a variety of animals, but it didn’t seem like her silkies were sharing with the other barnyard hens. We’re glad Chelsea shared her zombified chickens on TikTok so we could laugh at their silly “war paint.” You can follow Chelsea on TikTok for more fun farm videos.
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