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5/16/12 at 9:20am

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Originally Posted by hondo58

That worked. Very cool birds! Have you been able to determine the roos from the hens yet? I know we have one roo for sure.

Out of 10 babies I think I may have 3-4 roos. I think that because their combs are bigger than the others. That is the only criteria I'm going on Other than that I guess I'll just have to wait and see who crows!

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5/17/12 at 6:19pm

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Photos added May 17, 2012

Bantam chick

This one is definitely a rooster. He will be colorful for sure.

and the surprise chick....apparently the hen stamped this chick 100%

as there isn't a hint of Louie our rooster anywhere on her.

Photos taken with a Nikon D3100 DSLR

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5/26/12 at 5:17pm

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PHOTOS MAY 26, 2012 - 8 weeks old

Elkie's chick now 4 weeks old.

Edited by hondo58 - 5/27/12 at 2:04am

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5/27/12 at 2:41am

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Very nice!

Married to the old dude, 0 human kids, 2 horses, 10 cockatiels, 2 parakeets, 1 sun conure, 1 amazon parrot, 1 eccentric peacock, 1 gsd, 1 pet terrapin, 1 Blue Copper Maran rooster, and 14 world famous Jersey Giants!

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5/27/12 at 5:24am

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Aw, they're so cute! Lovely rooster you have there, too.

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6/11/12 at 9:28pm

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They are sooo pretty!!

These are videos of two different chicks hatching. Kevin and Boo. One is a slide show. (:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX_6T7jk9e8&feature=channel&list=UL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaA3j5kmAME&feature=plcp

These are videos of two different chicks hatching. Kevin and Boo. One is a slide show. (:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UX_6T7jk9e8&feature=channel&list=UL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaA3j5kmAME&feature=plcp

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6/12/12 at 2:17pm

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I love the lemon blue girl, mystery chick got a tincy pink comb...

I've got nine lovely bantam pekins, one Brahma, one welsummer and six hybrid hens! Along with light sussex bantams, black copper marans, Cream legbars, Arucanas, Welsummers, bantam and LF orpingtons, Bantam Wyndottes, Booted bantams, Silver Dorkings, Ixworth and Barnvelders in a field next to me!

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6/16/12 at 5:37pm

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Photos taken June 16, 2012. 11 weeks old. Still not sure if four are roos or hens.

Photos taken with a Nikon D3100 DSLR

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6/18/12 at 9:42am

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Soo cute. I just love them!

I have 2 dogs, 2 cats, 2 goats, 2 barred rock females, too many to count roo br, 5 golden sebrights, 4 silkies, 1 silkie pekin mix, i think, 4 welsummers, 4 red stars, 1 rhode island red, 1 tetra tint, 4 partridge rock, and 3 unknown.

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6/18/12 at 12:09pm

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Again, I was just thinking about how your chicks were doing. They certainly grew into a colorful birds. I really like the shot of one of your chicks, the dog, and in the back, the horse face. That's a really great picture.