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Her face looked just like a little owl when she hatched! If I had to name her now it would probably be Blackbeard lol, but we're going to stick with Owl. I really hope she keeps being a pullet! She's in the back left corner of this pic

My EE babies are 8 weeks now, so I'm back again. Sesame is a very obvious cockerel, with a fire engine red comb and bright rooster red feathers popping up everywhere. He's kind of a jerk, so no big loss there ;-) First up I have a question about Wilford. His coloring leans towards cockerel...

Thanks so much! These 3 chicks were raised by my broody hen and are extremely timid around people, so I had to take the pictures from a relative distance and zoom in. I'll try again in two weeks and do it at night so they're sleepy and we can grab them. I'm really hoping at least one of my four...

Oops I'm sorry! They are about 6 weeks old

I have three more EE chicks from the same hatch as our cockerel Brimley. I have guesses for each of these, but let's see what y'all think. This is Owl. Her face looked just like a little owl when she first hatched. I had to help her out of her shell. Sesame Sesame in the back, Wilford in...

That's what I was afraid of. Thanks for confirming my suspicions. Now I have more time to get used to the idea of eating my baby lol. He's the chick in my profile picture too.

I've read random portions of this thread, and some other similar threads, and I have a guess as to what I might have here, but I'd like some opinions on my EE, please. This is Brimley, and he/she is about 5-6 weeks old. I know it's still early. This is my favorite baby from this...

Such beautiful birds! I am new to this breed and know very little about them. I have two chicks that are four weeks old, along with 8 other chicks the same age and 3 adults. I thought all Marans were French and some people just left it off the name. Silly me! I love those leg feathers! My two...

I have a mixed, but mostly positive review of red stars, golden comets, ISA browns, production reds, etc lol. So many names for the same bird! Our first girls were four reds. It's been exactly one year since we got them (3-22-15) and two of them are still living. They all lived at least 8...

This is my little EE Brimley when he was 2 days old. I think it's a he anyway. He's the chick in my profile pictures as well :-) 4 weeks old today

Our coop has linoleum on the bottom for cleaning. Both under the roosts and the attached nesting boxes. The roof of the coop is also covered in linoleum for easy poop cleaning. The entire coop is enclosed inside the run, which is dirt and straw. This is our second coop and we've had it about 6...

Our girls' favorite treat is by far cucumbers. I'm planting quadruple the amount I need for canning this year, just so I can spoil the girls all summer long! The older girls didn't like meal worms, but we'll try them again with the chicks are a little older.

Our ladies are/have been: Peggy Meatball (named by my daughter) Stretch Cinnamon Elsa Little Debbie Meg Sprinkles Freckles Stormy Little Gray Alice Meatball Junior Spaghetti (named in honor of meatball, who had died) And we have some EE babies of unknown gender, currently known as: Wilford...

We name them as soon as we can tell them apart, so some get names immediately and others take a few weeks. This year's chicks are four weeks old and 9 have individual names, while the 10th is currently known as "the other one" lol. We have a mixed flock so it's relatively easy to tell them...

I can join the EE club now! Our black sexlink went broody recently and we got a dozen EE hatching eggs for her to set. Five of them hatched! I ended up keeping one indoors with our other spring chicks because it was pretty weak. Unfortunately one of the four outside with mama went missing, but...