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Congrats on the new calf, Bonnie!!!

Both the lavender and the dark blue/grey have feathered shanks...small single combs and not pea combed....they all look like pullet chicks to me as well...they both hatched from darker olive eggs...hoping they lay olive too...the deep brown/black chick has a pea comb and no feathering on...

Azriel, I got a few quick pics of the 4 chicks I kept from my last hatch with your eggs....5 weeks old...I need to get some better ones, but here goes:

yup, that's a pullet! congrats!

I will keep my fingers crossed for you...and live vicariously through you too...oh, to have land...heck, you could use the little house as a guest house...or rent it...or?? How old do you think it dates to? may be some old 'treasures' hidden in that barn/house too...would love to see some...

For great meat birds that are also Heritage...how about trying some New Hampshires and/or Dorkings?? I know a few breeders of both that have real nice quality birds...and they sell hatching eggs too (-;

BUTTERMILK FRIED CHICKEN 4 Bone-in Chicken Breasts 6 Chicken Wings 4 cups Buttermilk 1 cup Hot Sauce Or Tabasco @ 1 quart Canola Oil, For Deep Frying 2 cups All-purpose Flour 2-3 Tablespoons Old Bay Seasoning ½ cups Cornstarch 1 Tablespoon Sea Salt, Plus More For Seasoning Chicken 1...

The Silkies are kind of like the 'poodle' of the chicken breeds (-: They are extremely friendly and can get picked on unless raised with the full size hens...they don't tend to challenge and fall in line...but if you have a 'bully' of a hen then it can be less than ideal for the sweet silkie...

HI Everyone! It's your southwest desert BYC'er (-; I just set 40 eggs... 13 paint, splash, calico and white show potential Silkies (from Oregon breeder) and 27 are German/American (Good Shepherd) Heritage New Hamphsires (Nebraska-XW poultry). I included photos of the Hamp. eggs and their breeder...

Azriel, here's my BLRW 7 month old pullet from Blue Poultry lines...She's a cute gal that whistles...and a very good layer thus far too.. she jsut started a few weeks ago. She's the lighter blue almost lavender...would love to add another of the deeper blue lacing. Her lacing is good but I would...

Hi Everyone....I hope to post pics soon of my almost 10 day olds from Bonnie (Azriel). They have doubled in size and doing wonderful! I just thought I would share a few new gals in my flock. I purchased them from Jeremy Woeppel (X W poultry in Nebraska-Master Breeder). These are the original...

I LOVE seed and rose catalogs!!!! Dreaming on wintry days is the best!!! We've had a unusual record stint of well below freezing days here (20 degrees)....i lost my broccoli and several other flowering plants )-; My hens have done just fine of course...extra layer of grass hay in their hen...

The white chicks are blue wheaten/wheaten ameraucanas....the deeper yellow gold with stripes is an Easter/Olive egger. I have a few of these wit feathering on legs from olive eggs and a few from blue green eggs without feathering too.

Hi...here's just some more random cut chick pics---enjoy!!

Hi Montana peeps! Bonnie, sorry to hear about your old mare passing...so awesome that she lived a long full life with someone who loved her deeply...my horses have been some of my friends throughout my life, no doubt. On the lighter side....all of my eggs from you hatched and they are WONDERFUL...

HI.. Bonnie- your chicks are hatching right on time today...looking like every chick (both breeder batches) that went into lockdown is going to hatch out! I will post pics very soon...today or tomorrow...3- F2 olive eggers hatched today...GORGEOUS...deep chocolate color without feathered...

HI. I vote for an F2 Olive Egger breeding pen!! I would love to hatch a bunch more of those for enthusiasts here in the Phenix, AZ area...BTW--got 8 pipped on day 20...humidity is 70% and temp steady at 100...sure takes a long time from pip to hatch it seems...the first to pip was yesterday at...