Hens and Honeybees in the Berrypatch
Michigan
photo credit: Josiah: 13
Cuckoo Marans Chick day old
Easter Egger 3 months Betsy
My Orpy hen hatched some OEG Bantam eggs.
This hatchling tormented Mom for several minutes.
How many chicks can you fit on a brick?
Awkward juvenile stage? BBOEGB (ha...)
Baby Barnevelder pullets
Lavender Ameraucana Bantam hen (John Blehm line)
I love those eyes and the way she looks like a dove...
Lavender Ameraucana Bantam roo (John Blehm line)
Lavender Ameraucana Bantam chicks hatched out by Large Fowl broody
Black chicks = Lavender Ameraucana bantam x BBOEGB hen
This is all I get after banding them that morning! Chicken run!!!
Maybe OEG Blue Bantams? This one was purchased and popped under Betsy with the chicks
This is his little hen. 3 weeks old?
8.5 week old Silver Penciled Rock pullet
3 Silver Penciled Rock cockerels: 8.5 weeks old, then 21 weeks old:
Youngster Cuckoo Marans in outside pen for the first time.
Cuckoo Marans pullet 1 wk old
Cuckoo Marans roos will show more white on them as little chicks.
below: 1 week old roo on left and pullet on right
Cuckoo Marans roo at center, pullets to right (and left) at 2 weeks
One Year later:
Note how small and pale the comb is while broody
Toaster Black Breasted OEGB
White Plymouth Rock oversized yolk
Ameraucana / Easter Eggers
Toaster is our first rooster: Black Breasted OEG Bantam with 3 hens. We also have 4 blue OEG Bantams, 4 Lavender Ameraucana Bantams, 2 Mille Fleur OEG, 3 Buff Brahmas, 4 beautiful crosses, 2 Vorwerks, For Large Fowl we have 9 EasterEggers, 3 Cuckoo Marans, 1 Black Copper Marans, 3 Barnevelders, 3 Javas, 1 cross, 3 Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock, 3 Isa Browns and 6 Heritage Delawares. Our miniature Australian Shepherd keeps them all in line.
Hens and Honeybees in the Berrypatch
Michigan
photo credit: Josiah: 13
Cuckoo Marans Chick day old
Easter Egger 3 months Betsy
My Orpy hen hatched some OEG Bantam eggs.
This hatchling tormented Mom for several minutes.
How many chicks can you fit on a brick? 
Awkward juvenile stage? BBOEGB (ha...)
We sadly lost this little fella to a neighbor cat. Probably defending his sisters...
Dad and a Mom on right. 1 yr daughter on left. Black Breasted OEG Bantams (not broody)
(Background: Betsy EE broody with Lavender 'cana chicks)
(Background: Betsy EE broody with Lavender 'cana chicks)
Barnevelder hen year old
Lavender Ameraucana Bantam hen (John Blehm line)
I love those eyes and the way she looks like a dove...
Lavender Ameraucana Bantam roo (John Blehm line)
Lavender Ameraucana Bantam chicks hatched out by Large Fowl broody
Black chicks = Lavender Ameraucana bantam x BBOEGB hen
This is all I get after banding them that morning! Chicken run!!!
Maybe OEG Blue Bantams? This one was purchased and popped under Betsy with the chicks
Here he is at 15 weeks
This is his little hen. 3 weeks old?
New little "penciled" wing tips on 10 day old
Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock.
Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock.
8.5 week old Silver Penciled Rock pullet
3 Silver Penciled Rock cockerels: 8.5 weeks old, then 21 weeks old:
photo credit: Josiah, 13
Heritage Delaware Pullet in the early morning fog.
Broody Orpington teaching Delawares and Penciled Rocks how to scratch up my flowerbeds....
"just the weeds, please"
"just the weeds, please"
Youngster Cuckoo Marans in outside pen for the first time.
(roo in front on right)
Slightly older Ameraucanas outside suddenly discovering them.
Slightly older Ameraucanas outside suddenly discovering them.
Cuckoo Marans pullet 1 wk oldCuckoo Marans roos will show more white on them as little chicks.
below: 1 week old roo on left and pullet on right
Cuckoo Marans roo at center, pullets to right (and left) at 2 weeks
One Year later:
Simon Pierre, Cuckoo Marans roo and one of his hens. 1 yr old
He's so heavy that saddles are needed to protect the hens' backs.
Note how small and pale the comb is while broody
Toaster Black Breasted OEGB
White Plymouth Rock oversized yolk
Ameraucana / Easter Eggers
Toaster is our first rooster: Black Breasted OEG Bantam with 3 hens. We also have 4 blue OEG Bantams, 4 Lavender Ameraucana Bantams, 2 Mille Fleur OEG, 3 Buff Brahmas, 4 beautiful crosses, 2 Vorwerks, For Large Fowl we have 9 EasterEggers, 3 Cuckoo Marans, 1 Black Copper Marans, 3 Barnevelders, 3 Javas, 1 cross, 3 Silver Penciled Plymouth Rock, 3 Isa Browns and 6 Heritage Delawares. Our miniature Australian Shepherd keeps them all in line.
Hens and Honeybees in the Berrypatch
