Ended Broodies & Their Babies Photo Contest

[janiedoe]

Mr. Biggs, Salina, and their babies

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Mr. Biggs, Salina, and their babies
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Adorable family! What breed(s) is Salina? She's pretty!

 

[janiedoe]

Adorable family! What breed(s) is Salina? She's pretty!

Thank you. I can't take credit. My daughter bought her so Mr. Biggs would have company. She is a backyard mix. I was told she has Ayam cemani, silkie, and oegb in her. She is turning out to be a wonderful broody.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

Thank you. I can't take credit. My daughter bought her so Mr. Biggs would have company. She is a backyard mix. I was told she has Ayam cemani, silkie, and oegb in her. She is turning out to be a wonderful broody.

Wow, I definitely see the Old English Game in her and the Silkie in the face. What a lovely mix. Is the chicks her's and Mr. Biggs' offspring, or are they eggs from a different flock?

 

[janiedoe]

Wow, I definitely see the Old English Game in her and the Silkie in the face. What a lovely mix. Is the chicks her's and Mr. Biggs' offspring, or are they eggs from a different flock?

The light colored chicks are her's with Biggs. The dark chicks are Biggs with Melinda, the mottled cochin hen, and Falina, a ayam cemani &silkie mix.
I gave Salina & Melinda 13 eggs. Between the two of them, they hatched out 100% of the eggs.
Salina hatched 8 and Melinda 5, but somehow they ended up with a 7/6 split by the second day.
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Melinda

 

[happyplacehomesteaders]

My submission This is Mama!

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

The light colored chicks are her's with Biggs. The dark chicks are Biggs with Melinda, the mottled cochin hen, and Falina, a ayam cemani &silkie mix.
I gave Salina & Melinda 13 eggs. Between the two of them, they hatched out 100% of the eggs.
Salina hatched 8 and Melinda 5, but somehow they ended up with a 7/6 split by the second day.
Not an entry
Melinda
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That's a good hatch right. Oh, how funny! Did one of them exchange chicks or something?

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

My submission This is Mama!
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Beautiful!

 

[happyplacehomesteaders]

Beautiful!

Thank you!

 

[janiedoe]

That's a good hatch right. Oh, how funny! Did one of them exchange chicks or something?

They exchanged several times. They started with Selina 2 light colored chicks and 6 dark chicks, Melinda 3 light chicks and 2 dark ones. Then Selina took all the light ones and had 1 dark. Melinda had all dark.
Now Selina has 3 light chicks and 4 dark, Melinda has 2 light and 4 dark. I think they are settled now.