2020 Flock Life

Which came first: the chicken or the egg?

  • Chicken

    Votes: 90 54.2%
  • Egg

    Votes: 55 33.1%
  • Neither

    Votes: 21 12.7%

  • Total voters
    166
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I am not even sure what to call her 😂. The hen that laid it is called Sapphire,

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Sapphire

Her great grandmother is a white star, her great grandfather was a welsummer, her grandmother is a cream legbar and her father is a wheaten Maran so she has a fair number of breeds in her! Her mother (Smurf) is actually the one who lays the blue eggs.

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Smurf


Wow....great mother and daughter! 😍 😍 😍
Very lucky cross and a fantastic egg color :celebrate
 
Wow....great mother and daughter! 😍 😍 😍
Very lucky cross and a fantastic egg color :celebrate
Got some of her nieces and nephews (through her brother) hatching soon...
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6 DAYS TO GO!!!

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One of the babies!

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Normal egg that hasn't been incubated for reference.
 
What are brahmas like compared to other chooks. Do there feet get dirty that much

yes! Its hard to keep feathered feet clean, especially here in Ireland, it rains here nearly every day. I just spread Two bales of straw around their run every weekend and that seems to do the job. If their feet get really mucky I’ll give them a wash but I rarely have to do that.
 
What are the names of all your brahmas and how many do you have? 😍

27 Brahmas, 1 buff Orpington, 1 RIR and 1 buff Orpington mix.
I’ll try to introduce them all individually over the next few days.
I introduced a few in this post.
Just after closing everyone in.
It was nice and sunny out today, it was probably the warmest day so far this year.
Here’s some photos from today.

Luna the Golden Partridge Brahma and one of her Daughters named Clover.
Luna is part of the original flock that I started off with and Clover was hatched in September, I also used an incubator to hatch the all the September chicks...
All of the other chicks were hatched by broodies
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Rocky the Blue Partridge Brahma cockerel.
He was hatched last may.
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my little RIRxGolden Partridge Brahma mix.
names are welcome..:D
She was hatched last September.
How are your Brahma mixes getting on @FortCluck ? 😃
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Dixie the buff Orpington hen.
I’ve had her for nearly three years now.
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another one of Lunas daughters
Named Goldie. She was hatched last August.
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Daisy the blue buff columbian Brahma pullet.
She’s one of the best layers we have at the moment. She was hatched last June.
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Cookies and her sister Cream 😄 (on the bottom) they’re the hardest to tell apart out of them all. They were hatched last September
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That’s Cream in the front and Cookies in the background right behind her

Penny the blue buff columbian Brahma hen.
She’s one of the original ones that I started with. She’s also the largest hen out of them all
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Clucky the blue buff columbian Brahma hen (sitting on the branch) she’s one of the noisier ones.. she was hatched last may.
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Fluffy the lemon Pyle Brahma hen.
she’s also from my original flock that I started with
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Custard the blue buff columbian Brahma pullet. she was hatched last August.
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This My RIR, we just call her mother hen because she was our first broody and she hatched all of the original Brahmas. I’ve had her for almost 3 years now. She’s our best layer.
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this is Ginger, she’s a buff Orpington mix and she was hatched with the original Brahmas, she’s Dixies daughter..
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Daisy on the left, Isabella on the right.
both are blue buff columbian. Isabella started incubating the September hatched eggs but she gave up and joined Dixie and her chicks when they hatched in mid August, luckily I had just bought an new incubator to save them at the time. Isabella is also one of our original Brahmas

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some more photos..
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muffin the black buff columbian Brahma pullet. Hatched last May.
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Goldie and Brownie the golden partridge pullets.
brownie is also one of Lunas daughters and was hatched in September.
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I’ll probably introduce the rest of the flock over the next few days.😊 🐔

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