Barnyard Specials! (chick pictures)

[Cuban Longtails]

I had a barred rock pullet go broody and decide to hatch out eggs in the wooded lot next to my property. They hatched the weekend before Thanksgiving while I was away at my cousin's wedding. My roommate found the broody and her babies and brought them inside, so I had a nice surprise when I got home! There are eleven chicks from the clutch.

Here's some pictures:

A few weeks ago...

Just this past weekend...

The father of this one is a Turkey Vulture, I swear...

Assuming mom is barred rock (the three I have were laying at the time, my RIRs hadn't started yet), the father could be any or all of the following:

Ancona
Barred Rock
Rhode Island Red
Dark Cornish
Dominique

 

[texaschickmama]

Well, that was a fantastic surprise for you. They are cuties.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

They're wild little things, but I haven't handled them much either. I believe two of them are ancona mixes, they were beating each other up so I decided to build a coop outside to give them more room. I had been keeping them in an extra-large dog crate.

Ancona roosters are aggressive, plus they're flighty birds. I now know why they're not a very popular breed. Even if they are pretty with their black and white speckles.

 

[BamaChicken]

Cute and a great surprise packaage

 

[dakinsmimi]

Look like fat and happy babies. Congrats!

 

[DrumStick]

CONGRATS

CONGRATS

. THEY ARE CUTIES

THEY ARE CUTIES

.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

Thank you! My only gripe is that they're all black! lol, I have so many black chickens.... Oh well, at least a few have some barring going on.

Then again, they may change colors once the get older and truly feather out.

 

[Poison Ivy]

Congrats on the new babies.

 

[IHeartChickens]

Awwww I love the "turkey vulture" baby. What a little cutie pie.

 

[Cuban Longtails]

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That one is concerning me at the moment, it barely has feathers or fluff and breathes pretty heavily. It's acting like a broiler, but feathering and growing slower than one does. It could have been one thrown from one of my Dark Cornish cockerals....

More pictures of him/her: