Posts by JoyfulPromise

Hi,  I have 8 - 2 week old Barred/Blue Rock chicks that were hatched from prize eggs won in an Easter Hatch-a-long contest.  You can see their hatch story and pictures HERE.  They are being cared for by a Broody Buff...

Well, the 8 little Rock chicks are 2 weeks old today, and I meant to get an updated picture of them but didn't get a chance.  Maybe tomorrow.    They are all doing well, and growing... except...   This...

Cool!  That will be neat to have some pictures of young birds of the same breed to compare with.  Thanks!   BTW, "Little Spot" as I am calling the last little chick that hatched with the white spot on her head, is...

Phew!  That is a huge relief!    Ok, I will be patient and wait for other sexing traits to appear - larger combs, attitude, feathering patterns, crowing... hopefully I won't have to wait until one of them lays an egg!

So you don't think the rate of feathering has anything to do with what sex they are?  At least in this breed?

Ok Brookhavens, so I am a little worried here.   I know the feather sexing does NOT work for all breeds, right?  But we had been noticing with our Buff Orpingtons that we got from McMurray that the pullets wings grew...

Well, we never found a definitive cause.  We spoke to two "experts" at MSU - one the top poultry specialist, and the other a disease specialist.  They were not very helpful, other than perhaps getting us to re-examine what we...

Here are two pictures of the 8 Barred/Blue Rock chicks that we hatched out of the prize eggs for the Natural Egg Photo Contest.  They are with their adoptive mother, our broody Buff Orpington "Li'l Girl"....

Well, today was most of the chickies 1 Week Birthday!!!!    To celebrate, their adopted mother Li'l Girl took them on their first real outing in the BIG WORLD.  She would have done it sooner, but the timing and the...

Well, the eggs in the incubator finally hatched this week!  Ended up with 20 out of 29 hatched - not bad.  We got 8 Easter Eggers, 1 Olive Egger, 3 Delawares, and 8 Blue Barred Rocks which were won as a prize in the recent...