My new chicks from Murray McMurray Hatchery arrived on Tuesday. I received a "Free Surprise Chick" along with Red Star and Black Star pullets. Can anyone give me a guess about this "penguin marked" surprise chick might be?
I have 5 week old chicks from MurrayMcMurray hatchery, from the egg layer assortment. I have two feather-footed buff chicks that I'm assuming are Buff Cochins, since that's the only buff colored, feather-footed breed I see on their website.
However, I also received two, smooth legged, buff...
That was FAST. You must know your chickens! I would have never found the Egyptian Fayoumi or the Easter Egger.... I've been scouring the MurrayMcMurry website for days. But, at least Blue laced Red Wyandotte was on my list of possible choices for the third girl. Thank you very much.
I got my first chickens back in the mid 1990's when I was single and lived on a small farmette in Wisconsin (with sheep and ducks and the Border Collies that herded them.) In 2001 I moved with my new husband to southern Illinois. We sold the Wisconsin chickens, and then about a year later...
I received an "egg layer assortment" from MurrayMcMurray five weeks ago. I'm really curious about the breed of these three. I tried a site where I could upload photos for an AI identification, but it came back unknown for these chicks. I know I may have to wait for additional growth and...