Beautiful birds sol2go. It will be exciting to see your birds' next generation too!
Let's see, the feathered variety of little ones are extremely calm in our house...the human ones, not so much ;)
I am totally biased, but I think CL chicks are the prettiest of all! I can't wait for these little ones to grow out! The boys are catching up feather wise too. Here are a few.
Beautiful birds Fullofstitches!
Sol2go, I finally took some more pics this AM. The babies are 2 1/2 weeks old. I don't know on the cresting areas. The Rees is definitely darker than one of the BBs.
Rees/BB pullet
Full BB pullets
No big differences in the boys yet, except the Rees boys are feathering in quicker.
Let's see, here is the full Blackbirds pullet and Rees pullet next to her.
Length or straightness? I hold the chicken with their back to my chest/ stomach, feet sticking straight out away from me. You will feel the keel sticking out about where the breast meets the underside. You can use your fingers to feel for straightness, dips, or bends.I use my thumb at the start...