As far as I can tell there are 2 main guys. One never leaves her, the second wants out soon as I open the barn, but he always returns after bathing and feeding.
For colors- one's dundote I think, light beige stripes, One's lavender and the other's blue, I also have 3 of hers that are pearl, and...
Just an update- the pearl hen and her guards and keets are all fine, the boys leave every day and no idea if the same ones come back in, but they are incredibly solicitous to these tiny babies. I throw out my used canary/finch seed and was watching one pick up a tiny millet seed, make a sound...
I have a chicken hen who raised 4 keets last year with one chicken chick. This year she has 6 keets- 2 I raised for 2 weeks in the house til she hatched out her own chicks- she has about 25 chicks and her 6 keets. They are great- last year's all come home and nest in the barn. And while I have...