the 3 chipmunks at the rear are siblings of the black and their mother was black with light rachis
the lighter chipmunk at the front has a brown mother
5.5 months
the white one, doesnt crow so a hen, orpington mother
dark chipmunk
dark chipmunk
dark chipmunk
light chipmunk in...
ive started finding little feathers around the garden from the chicks, usually where they roll in the dirt, so im assuming theyre starting to drop their 1st feathers, so im expecting them to change to the colours they will end up in the next couple of weeks
nice, ours are just over 6 weeks, mum has disowned then as she kicked them all off the main perch tonight, which today was their 2nd day, they have been ranging with the flock since they were 8 days old. mum 1st took them out on day 7 and one was only 6 days old. and since day 9 they have spent...
thats funny, not all pure breds come out squirrely/chipmunk either, check out the little black one, its exactly like her mum, but as yet, 6 weeks, shes still jet black where her mum has lighter rachis. and notice our BO(f) araucana(m) X its white too
6 weeks old do i detect an actual feather on the right cheek (left side) could that be an actual tuft coming and not a muff, i guess time will tell
ive been chasing it for 3 days trying to get a decent front on shot to see whats growing there.
5 weeks old
when she was born she had a black spot in her fluff above the wings, this became less prominant as she feathered,
but as she has feathered more, it seems this spot has resurfaced (not seen in these images), i have started calling her "Billy Bones"
what started to look like the same...
sorry guys my ability to edit my posts has gone for some reason, heres a continuation
what we have started to call our orpaucana EE at 4 weeks, no buff colour as with other orpington's of a younger age and as of yet totally unmarked i would also say it is bigger than its half siblings
with...
ok this is an interesting thread to keep a journal
but im going to start with the parents as we bred this one ourselves,
this in mum, im assuming shes an orpington, shes one of the biggest birds and biggest egg layers and biggest eggs, dad is a french standard araucana
she was our 1st...