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Update: Two of the four chicks have made it to "adolescence". They are on their own with the flock, and the mother hen is sitting on another nest in the front yard! Should have an early September hatch, if my calculations are correct. I'll have to post some pictures of the older chicks...

Well, you are right! She isn't a bantam, but neither is she a SLW! She is actually a Silver Spangled Hamburg! I just assumed she was a SLW because of her coloring, and the hatchery doesn't tell you what you are going to get. I did a bit of research and she looks exactly like the Hamburg...

No, she was sold as part of a package of "Rainbow Layers" from McMurray's Hatchery. They were all supposed to be standard sized. She and her sisters are fine boned, but don't appear significantly smaller than the others.

She is a pretty girl! Thank you. Her sisters all look just like her, so sometimes it's hard to figure out which one is the momma hen! I've got four of them.

I'll get some better pictures tomorrow. She was pretty protective today. I saw four chicks altogether - they all looked the same, so I suspect they are all white leghorn/buff laced polish crosses.

Picture attached! She brought the chicks over with rest of the flock today, so they are already integrated!

I have several hens and I sell the eggs that they lay. Well, I noticed a drop in egg production, so I figured they had a nest somewhere. Sure enough, I found one under the azalea bushes in the front yard. I went out the next day to clean it out so I'd know how fresh any other eggs that were...