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I now have 23 chickens!: 8 Rhode Island Reds, 2 Jubilee Orpingtons, 4 Lavender Orps, 2 Buff Orps, 2 Black Mottled Orps, 1 possible Blue Orp , 1 possible Splash Orp , 1 Candy Corn Polish, 1 Blue Jubilee, and 1 unknown (possibly a Brabanter or Houdans cross). 3 are adults, 9 are 5 weeks old, 5 are...

The name of my "operation" is Gwynnie's Hennies. I currently own 16 chickens: RIR hen and stag (Mama and Beau), Brabanter cross (?) stag (Chikko), 7 RIR chicks, 2 Lavender Orpington chicks, 2 Candy Corn Polish chicks, and 2 Jubilee Orpington chicks. At the moment I have 1 coop, which houses Mama...

Today I color coded my chicks. The younger chicks (Lav. Orpingtons, Jubilee Orpingtons, and Polish) are 4 or 5 days old now, and the RIR gang is about 1½ weeks old. Out of all seven RIR chicks, it appears I have 2 roosters and 5 hens. The only ones I'm sure about are the 2 males, the rest could...

Here are the 4-5 day old chicks:

All our little chickies have now been officially named! Out of 7 Rhode Island Reds, we SEEM to have 2 roosters (Kämpfer and Blotrot) and 5 hens (Belleza, Blasse Eins, Mov, Scarlett, and La Verde Loca). I still can't tell what our little Lavenders (Smoke and Grigio), Jubilees (Ciao and FC), and...