The bbys are all doing wonderfully and they do have slightly new names- from left to right is Pippin, Merry, Samwise, Frodo, and Mongo (not that it really matters, they don't know their names lol)
I love the fluffy feet on Mongo
Spike and Chestnut dust bathing together
Cleo
Pepperoni is somewhere back there-she doesn't like pictures
Spike, Chestnut, and Tiny
bbys!
Of the 5 bbys, only 2 are currently named- the second from the left Cuckoo Maran is Mongo (after a book I'm reading) and the light brahma is Samwise...
Livestock is hard.
To make a long story short, I lost another molting chicken today and because she passed in the same manner that my other molting chicken passed, I opened her up. Thankfully, no organ damage but she was TINY. The only physical signs she had were that she was small and she was...
bbys! 2 silver-laced wyandottes, 2 cuckoo marans, and 1 light brahma. All about 6 weeks and I'm 99% certain they're all girls. Still a bit until they can mix with the rest of the flock but they're so pretty already
My Australorps are laying! I got a very pretty brown egg just 15 minutes ago. She laid in the nesting box, just like the EEs have been so they've definitely been paying attention.