Well, here they are in the morning after the frost cleared. You can see why I gaped at the pics of the fuzzy little silkies at four weeks. Quite a difference between them and this group.
Starbuck is huge and beginning to develop a comb to go with those monster legs, I'd say an early feathering cockeral at this point.
Most of the cockerals are still short of tail, some show a little more but then those tails show hooking feathers.
There are still three distinct color groups. Reds, medium black browns and dark black browns. The darkest have brown on their combs and very bronze legs. The darkest tend to be smaller and shorter tailed.
The reds still represent the largest, with the exception of Starbuck, who looks like he came from an entirely different group of his own. He was the only truly wild marked chick.
I did only get them on Oct. 17, shipped on the 15th, so yes they're only 4 weeks.
They've feathered very fast on the turkey starter. Something for which I am grateful. They're doing quite well out in the coop with a heat lamp. They don't mind coming out and browsing the small yard despite the cold.
Pardon my mess I'm still cleaning up from all the construction. The dogs really enjoy watching them. The turkeys are watching me. They're calming quickly. Quite curious, but that's another topic.
More in a bit
Starbuck is huge and beginning to develop a comb to go with those monster legs, I'd say an early feathering cockeral at this point.
Most of the cockerals are still short of tail, some show a little more but then those tails show hooking feathers.
There are still three distinct color groups. Reds, medium black browns and dark black browns. The darkest have brown on their combs and very bronze legs. The darkest tend to be smaller and shorter tailed.
The reds still represent the largest, with the exception of Starbuck, who looks like he came from an entirely different group of his own. He was the only truly wild marked chick.
I did only get them on Oct. 17, shipped on the 15th, so yes they're only 4 weeks.
They've feathered very fast on the turkey starter. Something for which I am grateful. They're doing quite well out in the coop with a heat lamp. They don't mind coming out and browsing the small yard despite the cold.
Pardon my mess I'm still cleaning up from all the construction. The dogs really enjoy watching them. The turkeys are watching me. They're calming quickly. Quite curious, but that's another topic.
More in a bit
