Another Hatch-a-Long! Western Theme - Yeehaw!

[tviss711]

Yea Tumbleweed and the western chicks! Very nice pics, can't wait to see the video!
Did hubby enjoy the candling?

He did!!! He thought it was awesome

 

[Debbie292d]

C'mon, Annie Oakley and all you Western chickies. We want to see you like this in two weeks!

 

[User690263]

You've got this Saguaro!
(And of course the other chicks )

 

[2ndTink]

go Pendleton and the western lottles!

Another great hatch on the way!

 

[SunriseChickers]

Go Sophie, grow big and strong!

 

[BoundlessLove]

A little late, but Let’s grow and giddy up!

 

[WindyRoost]

Here is Colonel Potter! SL Wyandotte/Buff Orpington Cross. Love him! He’s so sweet and such a good rooster to his ladies.
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Here is his sister Mabel, she is from the same batch as him with same parents. I found it interesting she has grey legs! Neither parents did but she does.
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Here is Cricket the Ancona- she was still young in the first photo, she now has a large comb that flops over just a little bit(see second photo!) She is another sweetie, always comes up to me when I go outside with them.
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Juniper (Juni) the Red Partridge Rock, she turned out to be a beautiful hen! First is a younger photo of her and the second is from today. She really is lovely especially for “hatchery stock”, I think! But I’m biased
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Olga, our naked neck! She is sweet but for some reason so difficult for me to get a nice picture of. She is always moving and a very busy girl. She also has more of a quiet “honk” than the normal chicken sounds which has really endeared me to her.
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Beans, our speckled Sussex. She is the insect fiend. Anything we can find, the other hens might turn up their beaks to, she will gobble right up. I got her because I really missed my first two speckled Sussex’s, Pepper and Baby Blue, especially Pepper who would literally jump into my arms when I went outside. I lost them both when the neighbor dogs broke into our yard and killed all but one of my hens a year ago. I was devastated, not sure I’ll ever get another hen quite as personable as Pepper. However, I have accepted that Beans is her own hen with her own personality, and I don’t have expectations of her to be Pepper. She sure is cute! And a little bit snazzy lol. Also pretty nice patterning for hatchery stock!
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Next we have Acorn, our Easter egger! She is surprisingly more aloof and skittish than I thought she would be, because I’ve heard from so many they are one of the friendliest types, but again personalities vary from bird to bird. We love her anyway and turns out she throws some pretty adorable chicks with our roo!! Excuse her feathers - they are a bit bedraggled. She was one of the only hens with a red comb and who was laying during the winter, so quickly she became our roosters favorite during that time. We are getting her a saddle so her feathers have a chance to regrow, although now that all hens are laying he is dispersing the love more equally, so to speak.
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This is Forks, our Ameraucana (I think).

edit: I’ve learned! Probably not an Ameraucana, most likely an Easter Egger or cross of some kind!
We adopted her and her older flock mate from someone who wanted to rehome them. She is a bit older, but still lays a few eggs in the spring. She is very pretty but not much interested in interacting with
us. We got her and the other hen to keep our sole surviving hen company.

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The Retired Ladies (they live happily but separately from the other flock, for different reasons):

Swayze, our olive egger that is 12 years old!!! She was still laying some eggs in the spring last year, amazingly. I fear she may never die!! Which is fine by me.
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Dottie, our special little hen. She has always been a little different and has been bullied a lot, even by our other flock. Swayze, the oldest hen, seems to have a soft spot for her, so the two of them live happily in their own coop and run. She has spurs and is a golden sex-link. She occasionally comes into the house for a nibble of tortilla!
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I’m going to be biased right along with you and say that Juni is gorgeous (that double lacing!?) and I want one like her! And Col Potter and Beans too! Lovely chickens, all of them. Thank you for sharing!

 

[tviss711]

I’m going to be biased right along with you and say that Juni is gorgeous (that double lacing!?) and I want one like her! And Col Potter and Beans too! Lovely chickens, all of them. Thank you for sharing!

Thank you so much!

 

[BoundlessLove]

Good morning, Western Chickies!
Calamity, you keep growing.

 

[talkinboutchickens]

The results are in! Lainey gave me a scare at first. I’ll show the first picture I took, where I couldn’t see much, and what was thankfully a vein I was concerned was a blood ring. Luckily I candled one more time at the end and saw her sweet little eye! The embryo wasn’t anywhere I could really tell at first, so I’m glad I got a second look!

1: “Sophie” @SunriseChickers
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She was very ready for her photo shoot! You can see the whole embryo. Just amazing!

2: “Trigger” @akroberts1085
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Looking good peeper!!
3: “Cheyenne” @LoveMyPeepers

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Hi, Cheyenne!
4: “Pendleton” @2ndTink
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Lovely veining, keep growing Pendleton!
5: “Calamity Jane” @BoundlessLove
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Sweet baby!
6: “Saguaro” @User690263
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Saguaro, a little shy, but not prickly! Nice healthy veining and there was a visible eye.
7: “Annie Oakley” @Debbie292d
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Our favorite sharp-shootin’ sweetie was ready for her closeup!
8: “Tumbleweed” @GreenJay
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Tumbleweed was sure tumbling around this morning! Hard to capture but definitely there!
9: “Laramie” @AinaWGSD
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Another happy chick, great veining!
10: “Doc” @Sefirothe
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Little Doc! Peep that little eye!!
11: “Lasso” @SemiSweet2391
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Lasso was super wiggly! Got a video of her I’ll upload later. I have to do it via YouTube and it’s a whole process but she’s definitely a wiggler!
12: “Lainey” @talkinboutchickens
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FIRST picture you can see why I was nervous! But turns out she’s fine and just wanted to give me a heart attack this morning lol. Here’s her second picture


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She was moving around the second time, I felt like she was pranking me, lol. “Gotcha!”
13: “Billy” (aka Billy the Kid) @TwoCrows
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Last but not least, Billy the Kid!!! He was hard to snap a picture of as he would only peek up to the shell every so often, but definitely alive.

Now, all that’s left is to….. sit on my hands until next week.

Oh my goodness that gave me a scare Im glad Lainey is ok!! I love their pics- all the babies..or embryos..look great!!