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Our 8 week MPC update is that all the chicks which made it past those first difficult hours and days (20 out of 24) are now doing well and they are very pretty birds and we're having a lot of fun with them. The downside is that even though we ordered all females we have at least 3 confirmed roosters so far! All three of our assorted rare breeds are roosters, an Ancona, an Appenzellar Spitzhauben and a Sicilian Buttercup. I'm so disappointed. Adding the assorted rare breeds was to add well, assorted rare breed pullets to our flock! Wondering if our packer grabbed from the wrong bins, we didn't get a heat pack and the numbers on our packing slip were a little confusing too. The ancona has been crowing since 4 weeks and is already bothering the young ladies. The other two started crowing a couple weeks ago. Now I worry each day that we will get more new crowers!
The 3 silkies that made it are darling. The 2 assorted marans, buff orpington, blue (black) cochin are all super friendly. The faverolles and Easter eggers (one brown, one black/gray) are a bit skittish. One is either a cuckoo marans or a barred rock, she is very friendly. Everyone else is somewhere in the middle. Not sure what our next move will be since we have at least 7 less layers than planned now between the ones that didn't make it through those first few days and the emerging roosters!