Bantam contest!Ends August 7th 2017!

[apryl29]

What age did she start laying?

Unfortunately we aren't sure when she was born. I got her and Willie from tractor supply on March 3, 2017 but she was the same size as the other 4 chicks we got at that time. I didn't realize how tiny she must have been to start, so I'm guess they were at least a week or 2 old by the time we got them. She laid her first egg on Saturday. So that was 21 weeks after I got her. She was more developed about a month after we got her, where her body was covered in tiny feathers where as the others had a good bit of fluff still. (this pic is of her on March 31st). Her egg is show below. The one right next to it is what I would consider a medium egg, but I haven't weighed any of them. It's not exactly white, more of a cream color.

 

[SueT]

I didn't realize how tiny she must have been to start, so I'm guess they were at least a week or 2 old by the time we got them.

This is my Sebright Moonshine on day one, we got her at the hatchery on hatch day. So tiny. She's incredibly feisty, challenges all the big chickens.

 

[apryl29]

This is my Sebright Moonshine on day one, we got her at the hatchery on hatch day. So tiny. She's incredibly feisty, challenges all the big chickens.
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OH wow it's sooooo adorable! I'm really jealous that we didn't get to see ours that little. We did get some other chicks the day after they were hatched and they were super little, I'd probably die from cuteness overload with a bantam chick! Now I am really excited about getting babies from them someday! Ash is a bit skittish, but she always has been. She does let my daughter hold her, but she likes to be down and run around too. She gets stepped on a lot by the other chickens when we're tossing in treats, but she seems to be holding her own in there.

 

[BantammChick]

I love the pic of the bantam egg!I have two bantam roosters,and 4 bantam chicks,and I think at least two of them will be hens,now I know how small the eggs are going to be.

 

[BantammChick]

So many great pics,it will be hard to choose............

 

[BantammChick]

 

[LilJoe]

So you can only enter 3 bantams?

 

[apryl29]

I love the pic of the bantam egg!I have two bantam roosters,and 4 bantam chicks,and I think at least two of them will be hens,now I know how small the eggs are going to be.

I had actually thought she already started laying b/c she's one of my older girls, but they were just small eggs. It wasn't until a week ago I looked it up and realized that she laid white(ish) eggs. Then Saturday I saw the tiny white egg in there and knew it was hers.

 

[Doc McCluckins]

This is Ice, my favorite girl. She is a Mille Fleur Bearded D'Uccle. My 2yo daughter ADORES her as you can see. She was Grand Champ Featherleg at our local fair this week. I wish I had fifty chickens just like her. She is one of a kind though!

 

[LilJoe]

So you can only enter 3 bantams?

@BantammChick