Belgian Cuckoo Malines - Next Generation

[Overhill Flocks]

Hello all! Have a week old flock of eleven Malines from Greenfire. All doing well. Will try to get and post pics later today. Excited!

 

[Shellz]

Wow! That IS exciting! I can't wait to see them!

 

[Overhill Flocks]

A few pics - the best I could do tonight. There is a single Marans/Ameraucana mix in this group - hatched here the day the Malines arrived.

 

[Shellz]

Nice bunch of chicks! Please keep posting pics so we can watch them grow.

 

[Overhill Flocks]

Nice bunch of chicks! Please keep posting pics so we can watch them grow.

Will do -- and will also try to get some better photos -- last night wasn't conducive to getting good shots. So far these guys aren't as gregarious as my Basques were, but they are friendly and calm. Like them a lot!

 

[Shellz]

Great! Will you be able to free range them later? I had mine out at 4 weeks old along with some same age Olive Eggers & Bielefelders. The Malines are far superior at foraging than the others, I've noticed. I have 2 dogs that are excellent at running off foxes & have been these last few weeks.

 

[Overhill Flocks]

Great! Will you be able to free range them later? I had mine out at 4 weeks old along with some same age Olive Eggers & Bielefelders. The Malines are far superior at foraging than the others, I've noticed. I have 2 dogs that are excellent at running off foxes & have been these last few weeks.

Yes -- they will go out "on pasture" very soon. We have about an acre that is a combination of garden, pasture, and orchards that we fence off into "paddocks" for the chickens so we can rotate them around where we want them. I'm putting little clumps of fresh sod into their brooder every morning, and they are very enthusiastic about it! I worried a bit about their foraging abilities, so I'm very glad to hear that yours have done so well. They won't fit in this brooder for very much longer, so will have to be moving out into another coop.

 

[Shellz]

Perfect!

My first chicks from last year were also excellent foragers. I don't think they will disappoint you in that regard.

 

[Chadsky]

The mew lime birds look great. The pullet looks to be more laced than barred? I like the look of her forsure though!
great pics and birds shellz!

 

[Shellz]

Thanks Chadsky! Yes, the lacing does make them look pretty. We'll see how they grow out.