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Whenever I take the nuggets anywhere they stay on me for at least 20 minutes before exploring. This results in a lot of adventures involving me crawling around while they just sit or stand on my back. They'll also just lay down in my lap while I crab-walk around.
I can't believe they'll be 3 weeks old tomorrow! Max is still bigger than Jack, but Jack's legs are much thicker, and his spurs are already growing in. Good news, so far I can count at least two spurs on each leg! Hard to tell on Max so far...keeping my fingers crossed that she has at least two pairs as well.
Color wise their legs are coming out splendidly. Jack has beautiful legs, they scales are perfectly aligned, and the colors are bold. Max's colors are good, but her leg scales are kind of weird? Like not aligned properly. I'm hoping she grows out of it with age and they shape up.
Assuming I can finally snag a job this summer...I plan to get some more (black) sumatras as well as some (red shouldered) yokohama chicks. Those chicks will not be old enough for the poultry show in July, but I'm hoping Max and Jack are in fine feather by then for the pullet/cockerel show.
They're both great, personality wise! I cannot open the brooder without Jack jumping onto my arm, and they both love sitting on my shoulders, arms, and lap. Jack is very bold with other chickens- he even challenges the 1.9 pound silkie cockerel, haha. Thankfully Wonton just ignores him for now. Max is more timid around other birds, but once she settles in she has no trouble holding her own and putting other birds in their place. I have to be a very watchful "chicken dad" when we let them all interact. 10 of the silkies are just fine as are 4 of the sebright group, but there are three birds that I really have to watch. One silkie, Salsa, we're pretty sure is a cockerel and not a very nice bird. He relentlessly harasses the others and doesn't stop until Wonton (who is the biggest by far) gets after him. Then there's Cashew and Macadamia. They're lower ranking sebrights, and are really bad about trying to go after my babies. For now I still get involved since my babies are still smaller than them.
The sebright group is going on 6 weeks old. So far we think we definitely have one cockerel, Pistachio. The group consists of 4 gold sebrights, one easter egger, and one dutch? bantam. The dutch is the smallest bird, and she's such a little angel <3 One of the sebrights is attempting to crow, but she just really doesn't look like a cockerel at all, as far as comb/leg development goes.
The silkies are going on 7 weeks old. We're almost certain that there are at least two cockerels, possibly three, but it's hard to tell. Wonton, who is already 1.9 pounds, is definitely a roo, and so far a very good one. He takes his duty very seriously, and continuously is breaking up fights and getting after the instigators (Salsa, sometimes Coriander). Not to mention he's a big love bug. Salsa is a pain in the you-know-what. He just cannot leave the other birds alone! Chives may or may not be a cockerel. Development wise we're leaning toward yes, but attitude wise we're leaning toward no. It's hard to tell still, they're just babes. The other 8 silkies are almost certainly pullets, they all have dainty little legs! Oh man, they're all so pretty and fluffy!
So in total we have 19 chickens:
3 weeks old
- 2 Sumatras
6 weeks old
- 4 Sebrights
- 1 Easter Egger
- 1 Dutch(?)
7 weeks old
- 11 Silkies
Only my sumatras are standard sized.
It's been too cold and rainy to bring them out or work much on the coop...so that's all for now