My Flock!

[Whigru]

I finally got a few good pictures of my small backyard flock today and I don’t know many people who care about chickens more than this group, so I had to share!
We had a small flock last year but had to start over this spring so it’s been a long process with not much of a reward yet, but we’ll get there!

Here we have the two older girls at 18 weeks:
Noodle - Columbian Wyandotte
Niblet - Red (sold as an Easter Egger but I think that just means a production red?)

And the babies at 9 weeks:
Patty - Easter Egger
Shrimpy - ISA Brown

They are finally co-mingling as a unified flock and I love seeing their rainbow of colors when they are all next to each other. Noodle is our ring-leader and Patty is a spazz, but they are all happy and healthy so far! I can’t wait for some eggs to finally start coming our way (assuming/hoping they are all pullets...).

 

[Gallinarium]

You have a beautiful flock. They are all pullets, Niblet is a Red Star/Production Red/Red Sex-Link or whatever else you want to call them. I have a younger version who looks just like that from Murray McMurray. Just turned ten weeks yesterday.

 

[Whigru]

You have a beautiful flock. They are all pullets, Niblet is a Red Star/Production Red/Red Sex-Link or whatever else you want to call them. I have a younger version who looks just like that from Murray McMurray. Just turned ten weeks yesterday.

Thank you! I only just realized the other day that birds like Niblet are sold at stores like TSC or Farm and Fleet as Rhode Island Reds but they aren’t actually. Someone shared a picture of a true RIR and it’s crazy how much more brown and rust color they have in them compared to the ones being sold to us uneducated folk

 

[N F C]

This is always a great place to share your flock pictures!

Nice photos, your flock is lovely.

 

[HappyClucker7]

Thank you! I only just realized the other day that birds like Niblet are sold at stores like TSC or Farm and Fleet as Rhode Island Reds but they aren’t actually. Someone shared a picture of a true RIR and it’s crazy how much more brown and rust color they have in them compared to the ones being sold to us uneducated folk

Your birds are beautiful.
I was tricked by this too when I first started out. I bought what I thought were 2 Rhode Island Reds, and ended up with 2 production reds. When I saw the difference, I was absolutely blown away.
Well, at least now we know. They're really cute either way.