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Thank you to whomever nominated me. That was so sweet! I wear my badges with pride and honor. Hard to believe I have been on BYC for 9 years! So many great friends here.

I am rearranging my breeding pens again this year so I hope to get a few new interesting possibilities to work with in the future. I am excited to see what hatches and know what I may have to work with further down the line. Having so many peacocks and peahens really gives me a lot of options. I...

I have tons of photos but none of any new birds. Just my same 4 youngsters from this year's hatches that I kept back. I still have not moved the juvies out to the wire bottom brooder because I still have too many Cochins that need to be gone. I did not get to go to the big poultry swap this fall...

Casportpony, did you want to say something? Speak up! You always have good info!

Yeah, they need to be out in the light to see better. I was hoping the pied IB next to them would help. I have been able to tell about this age on the past Bronze I have raised but I am still new to determining that white throat patch until they are mature. I am hoping I have a WE Bronze peacock...

Yes, the whitish one is Jasmine and she is a Purple. Her father is a Purple BS and her mother was one of my IBBS hens. I am just not sure if my Bronze are males or females but I suspect one of each, though I could still be wrong. Neither has any barring much on their back feathers but one has...

Beautiful babies!

Hey y'all! As always, love seeing your cool and interesting baby birds from the hatches. I kept 4 this year. I hatched around 60 but these 4 were all I wanted and really not sure about 2 of them. I will ask you about them in a bit. I kept a pied from Zazous and Dilly this year. Was hoping it...

Awwwwww! They are adorable! I miss littles already!

The last 3 eggs my hens were sitting on were duds, which I kinda figured since the boys had dropped their trains. I know they can still be fertile so I set them but they were not viable. Oh well, time to start planning next years breeding strategy. I have lots of ideas, especially since 2 boys...

Great babies, everyone! They are so gorgeous and I love looking at "mystery" chicks and hearing the guesses or results. What a fabulous hatching year it seems to be for everyone. My latest hatches and they are still going. But the eggs due to hatch are maybe 8 more. I set a few the other day...

Such beautiful babies!

Yay! Congrats! I know this is what you have been looking for!

They are doll babies. Some are already sold and will be picked up in a few days and some are staying. I have Bronze, silver pied, IBs (probably WEs) and there is a Purple (marked with pink because I hope it is a girl!)

The pea chick brooder today. Oh and poor Dork, the bantam Cochin still in with them.

Gorgeous! I love these much more than Peach.

I guess misery does love company! I am also working on Purple pied and purple white eye!! I have 2 purple peacocks, not related as far as I know and I have a daughter out of one and am growing up chicks from the other one with more eggs to hatch. It is a long process but I enjoy it so we have...

I had another Bronze hatch out yesterday. I am so hoping for one to be a WE peacock so I am keeping all that have hatched out. I don't need more Bronze unless it is a WE for my project. Yes, this one has purple magic marker on the back of it's neck. I am so afraid of selling the wrong chicks and...