Rehomed 4 of the boys today. The Welsummer has a home lined up too but still have him for now and I’m keeping the Lavender Orpington. It’s so much quieter now. :lau
They were crowing ALL. THE. TIME.
Well, mostly just one lol
But they found homes like almost instantly. Listed them yesterday...
Here’s some updated pictures of the chicks! They are so grown up already. :hit unfortunately we’ve lost two but we still have 7! They just turned 16 weeks old yesterday.
The Lavender Orpington is a MOOSE. I bet he’s gonna be a 10+ pound rooster lol
Oh no!! That is awful!! From a predator or an illness or?
Something dug in and stole one :(
But there’s no sign of him anywhere except a bunch of feathers on the outside of the pen
So the chicks love the front yard and it has been proving impossible to keep them out. Earlier they were in some bushes in the front next to the house then they moved under a huge bush next to the driveway (and some were in the driveway) and then they discovered the front garden. Finally just...
The chicks are sunbathing :love not quite dustbathing yet but even sunbathing is progress!! They’ll figure it out eventually lol they’re right next to the dustbathing area.
Me too :hit
And I have no clue which ones to get rid of because they’re all so handsome. :hit
I seriously might just keep them all for a little longer till their personalities start to develop because I have the room and they’ve been well behaved so far. I’ll just cancel the other order and...
That’s awesome!! I love the Lav so far. I was considering keeping the Welsummer pair just cause I think they’re both gorgeous and they’d be purebred but I also love the Lav Orp and the EE so idk.
Lucky!! And well I’m sure it’s not a definite thing but I’ve just heard it referenced a lot that 50% of the hatch could be cockerels and to be prepared. My eggs decided to be overachievers and shoot for 90% :lau
I wish you were closer because I would totally give you some haha
The little brown one with the gold/yellowish neck in the background of some of the pictures is for sure one cause she has female specific coloring but yeah, pretty sure the rest are boys. :hit wasn’t sure on the buff at this point but now with today’s photo shoot, pretty sure he’s a boy. :hit
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Btw I took these ones a couple weeks ago too when I moved them outside and forgot to post them here. They’ve grown up so much even just from a couple weeks ago. :ep
And there’s the last picture I ever got of Johnny (Barred Rock). :hit he died a few days after this.
Yup! For sure! As soon as he started getting that splotchy red all over a couple weeks ago, I knew :lau
I’m thinking the Buff is looking like a boy now too?? I really think the Wellie might be my only girl. :hit