🐣🐥Black Copper Marans and Whiting True Blues. Lots of videos🎥

[TexasBlues]

…but it looks like the 3 or 4 black copper marans that hatched are pullets. I integrated all the chicks last night and they slept in the big coop with the adults. I’m really hoping they all go in tonight on their own.

 

[TexasBlues]

The chicks are now about 8 weeks. They segregate into 2 small flocks with their brood mates. I think there’s 15 of them running around.

There’s 6 or 7 olive egger cockerels that look very similar black, pea comb. Like this guy:

There’s 2 olive egger pullets that are barred and look almost like twins at this point. Looks like they have some color in their hackles too which should be pretty when mature. I like their build, a nice sleek shape, larger than a whiting.

This is the only pure Whiting True Blue. He’ll get to stay around and see how he develops.

It looks like there’s about 3 maybe 4 Marans pullets. No marans cockerels

 

[TexasBlues]

The chicks are now 14 weeks old and maturing quickly there’s 4 whiting true blue x Marans cockerels and they look like this guy. Some have very subtle barring on the tail feathers. One pullet is barred and pretty.

And 1 whiting x fibro egger…

Here’s the barred pullet

We were gone for about a month and raccoons did a number on the young birds. The first night back home my wife saw 6 raccoons on the balcony. I think they got 3 pullets and 1 Marans hen and the whiting cockerel. I’m not positive, but either the pullets were roosting outside the coop or the auto door had a piece of mulch blocking it from closing. A neighbor leaves cat food on her porch for them
Magic the rooster was rehomed before we left.