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post #1 of 6
4/7/12 at 11:03am
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We got 6 chicks from a local feed store. 3 are buff orpingtons which so far we love, they are so friendly and will eat out of your hand. But the other 3 we got we have no clue what they are. They are much more skiddish and hard to catch when it's time to bring them in for the night. Anyone want to take a guess at what they are? I don't know how old they are....we were guessing 6-8 weeks.

 

 

 

 

This was a week ago when we got them....DSC_9858.JPG

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And this was today....Sorry the pics are through the chicken wire

 

 

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post #2 of 6
4/7/12 at 11:25am

They look like gold Lakenvelders.

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post #3 of 6
4/7/12 at 12:00pm
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uh-oh. Everything I have read about them makes them not sound like good birds. Now I wish we would have gotten all orpingons. These are out first ever chickens, so learning experience anyway.

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post #4 of 6
4/7/12 at 12:51pm

Lakenvelders are pretty birds that are decent layers of white eggs but are fairly flighty.

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post #5 of 6
4/7/12 at 4:25pm

Gold lakenvelder hens have beautiful coloration, our month old chick was a whim purchase.  They are prone to flightiness, but that can be tempered with wing clipping. 

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post #6 of 6
4/20/12 at 2:46pm

Huh.  They look exactly like my banties that I got from TSC that I had no idea what they were.  Everyone's best guess was Mille Fluer d'uccle's but I started to second guess that when the black feathers around the neck came in.  Interesting.

Happy home to 4 Australorps, 4 Buff Brahmas, Silver Duckwing bantams, Mille Fluer D'uccles, and a few others mixed in there.

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Happy home to 4 Australorps, 4 Buff Brahmas, Silver Duckwing bantams, Mille Fluer D'uccles, and a few others mixed in there.

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