Baby Easter Eggers appreciation thread!

[NightingaleJen]

Okay my turn! Hatched 7/20.

Pretty sure this is Latte.

This is Matilda:

This is either Latte or Bebe Glazer. It seemed to us we had two sets of EE chick twins, plus the whole flock moved around so fast...it took us several days to realize we had twelve, not eleven, chicks. *blush*

 

[Twinflower Poultry]

Aww they're adorable! I have (well, had, a Latte - I'm suspecting my SS hen who seems to hate chicks with a passion is the cause of him/her going missing).

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Aww they're adorable! I have (well, had, a Latte - I'm suspecting my SS hen who seems to hate chicks with a passion is the cause of him/her going missing).

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That's so sad.
But, why not seperate them?

 

[black_cat]

The beards on these chickies are magnificent.

 

[Twinflower Poultry]

That's so sad.
But, why not seperate them?

I did separate them as soon as I knew what was going on. I have a free-range flock right now and would like to keep allowing the mother hens to raise their own chicks if it's safe to.

Most of the flock treats the babies with respect and kindness from day one. I even have two hens that like to tag-team and after going broody on the same nest would "baby-sit" each other's chicks!

It's just the one hen that I got as a pullet and didn't raise myself that seems to dislike young chicks (only very young ones, not the older ones). Even my roosters help take care of the babies.

 

[HiEverybirdy]

Before-and-afters of Mr. Stilton and Baby Carrots.

 

[NightingaleJen]

Aww they're adorable! I have (well, had, a Latte - I'm suspecting my SS hen who seems to hate chicks with a passion is the cause of him/her going missing).

That is so sad!

 

[Twinflower Poultry]

That is so sad!

Yes definitely not letting her near chicks again

 

[Romelove1]

Here’s my little chunk Eleanor! She is about 2 1/2 weeks old.

 

[OmnipotentOrpington]

Here’s my little chunk Eleanor! She is about 2 1/2 weeks old. View attachment 2425039View attachment 2425040View attachment 2425041

What a fluffy baby!