Free chick from McMurray

[wendychicklawyr]

I know that there are some older threads but im wondering what did people wind up in the last year. I dont have any roosters, but selected the free exotic rare chick, and i bet it will be rooster and really i cant wait. i have 40 or more chicks coming from mcmurray and my pet chicken

 

[Gingersnap722]

Aww, I've heard Buttercups are great. I think I might order some next time.

 

[Gingersnap722]

McMurray is smart sending the "free" baby...First, IT"S NOT FREE! , why, because now I need some hens for our beautiful Lakenvelder rooster, "Fraia", who we've come to love...So, unless the hens are free too, HE WASN'T FREE! They got us and we love it! We got introduced to a breed we hadn't considered and want more!

He's a cool roo, when I sit in his coop, he climbs up my back and sits on my shoulder like a pirate's parrot! He lives with the polish and sultans till we get him some hens...

Ha ha ha, chicken math strikes again!!!

 

[TOP KNOT]

I got 43 chicks from Murray McMurray last March, I got a golden polish rooster as my free chick- So my name here..TOP KNOT for the crazy kids hair do.

 

[JFreeman]

Top Knot, Have fun with your polish! I have a cousin of yours.

I ordered 7 Mottled Houdans, 2 Speckled Sussex, 2 Golden Polish, 3 Columbian Wyandottes, and my rare chick was an EE roo I named Bandit.

 

[JFreeman]

You don't have to worry about the breeding so long as you collect the eggs. My EE is the only one that crows at an odd hour. Half-past midnight to be precise, and between the roos, they crow about 5 specific times of day. EE (Bandit) and Angel crow about 5:30 in the morning. Angel and Domino crow about noon, and Bandit crows about 2:00 in the afternoon. Then I hear all three of them crow between 5:00 and 6:00. I have yet to hear Labelle crow, and I'm super excited to hear it. I would say I am just as excited to hear the crow as I am to start getting eggs from my younger bunch who refuse to start their laying careers in horribly cold weather (where I am, it doesn't usually get below freezing, even in winter).

Here's a link to a video of Domino's crow. He has the most interesting crow I have ever heard from a rooster. Every time I come up to the door, they have the habit of gathering at the door so I will let them out.

I tried embeding the video in the post, but FB links aren't supported, so here's the link to it.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10151837530688553

 

[wendychicklawyr]

Me too 30 ducks in April .. Chickens are gateway creatures lol

 

[LemonMeringue]

I forgot to mention....

They also threw in another extra CornishX chick

 

[LemonMeringue]

I finally got some pics uploaded........this is my little "extra exotic" chick. A cute little Dark Brahma roo. He still has no feathers showing out at all. All of the others have feathers showing, even ones smaller than him.

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[Gingersnap722]

That's correct, I'm pretty sure mine is a Buff Cochin.