Recent content by CharliesGarden
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Birds and Breeding Projects
It's been almost a month since my last post, and these guys have grown like weeds! The original cross chicks are 1m 16d and 1m 8d old. The light pullets and cockerels look so different, and it's so cool to see them change even more as they grow. The pullets are becoming a more creamy orange...- CharliesGarden
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- Forum: Pictures & Stories of My Flock
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Birds and Breeding Projects
Yes :D Their mother is I/i+ Red Pyle, so each white got a single Dominant White gene from her. All six also got one silver gene from their father, and I can't wait to see how that interacts with the wildtype gene from their mother. I've never purposefully crossed breeds before, and the one time...- CharliesGarden
- Post #9
- Forum: Pictures & Stories of My Flock
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Birds and Breeding Projects
The original cross chick is now 24 days old, and their siblings are 16 days old. I can't believe how much they've grown in less than a month. At a glace, the original and one of the younger chicks are more feathered than the others, and are very photogenic. The rest have slightly less...- CharliesGarden
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- Forum: Pictures & Stories of My Flock
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Birds and Breeding Projects
The younger crossbreed chicks are 9 days old today, so I did a little photoshoot and made collages to show each bird's growth. I am not 100% sure that I matched the current chicks to the correct hatch day images, but I did my best. Their leg bands are coming in tomorrow, thank goodness. One of...- CharliesGarden
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- Forum: Pictures & Stories of My Flock
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Birds and Breeding Projects
After 8 days, we finally have a full, yet tiny, flock of Phoenix/Game cross babies. All six hatched safely, aside from Shellington's squishing incident, and so the scientific curiosity of my Red Pyle hen's genetics has been brought to an end. Final head count is five "white" and one little...- CharliesGarden
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- Forum: Pictures & Stories of My Flock
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Birds and Breeding Projects
Thank you guys! I woke up this morning expecting one, maybe two new babies...but I got five 😃 Once the new kids dry off and get to movin' and groovin', I'll take better photos of everyone. I went to bed with one cross bred chick in a half crushed egg, because mama got a bit clumsy. I created an...- CharliesGarden
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- Forum: Pictures & Stories of My Flock
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Birds and Breeding Projects
Hey everyone! I have been fawning over my first home-hatched babies in years, and I wanted to create a thread here to track our progress and share all of the precious moments that come with raising chicks. I currently have 5 pens: Black Orpingtons, Silver Phoenix, BBR + Red Pyle Old English...- CharliesGarden
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What breed is Hank?
I hadn't thought of this! I used to have a Faverolles cross roo, and he looked very different, but I can see their similarities now that I'm comparing them. Thank you!- CharliesGarden
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- Forum: What Breed Or Gender is This?
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What breed is Hank?
Hey y'all! I have been thinking about this for so long, but I can't figure it out. Pictured is our boy, Hank. I have no idea how old he is, or where he came from originally. He just showed up one day, from the woods behind our house, and never left. All I know about him is he appears to be a...- CharliesGarden
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Hello everyone!
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? - I first got chickens in 2018, and raised and bred them for a few years. Circumstances forced us to move, and I had to remove my flock. We have now moved to a property with plenty of room for birds, and I am restarting my flock as...- CharliesGarden
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