Hi all,
Haven't posted in a while. But that's good news. Things have been going well. I have 7 hens laying well, and 15 new girls, eight weeks old.
But today I got my 7 Cuckoo Maran chicks from Ideal and of course, they added 3 males for warmth. Two look like Ameraucanas (they are light with the chipmunk stripes) and then this third one, which is cute as all get out, but I have no idea what he is. He's a soft chocolate brown (darker down the middle of his back), his head seems large (or extra fluffy), he has dark circles around his eyes and puffy feathers on his cheeks. In fact, I just brushed some feathers out of his eyes (will this be a problem for him?). I think his legs are brown.
Oh, drat. It's been so long since I posted a pic, I've forgotten how. I'll keep working on it. But if you could give me some breeds to look up on feathersite, I could take it from there...
Any guesses?
Cindy T.
Parker, TX
egad - sorry the photo is so huge... :-(
Haven't posted in a while. But that's good news. Things have been going well. I have 7 hens laying well, and 15 new girls, eight weeks old.
But today I got my 7 Cuckoo Maran chicks from Ideal and of course, they added 3 males for warmth. Two look like Ameraucanas (they are light with the chipmunk stripes) and then this third one, which is cute as all get out, but I have no idea what he is. He's a soft chocolate brown (darker down the middle of his back), his head seems large (or extra fluffy), he has dark circles around his eyes and puffy feathers on his cheeks. In fact, I just brushed some feathers out of his eyes (will this be a problem for him?). I think his legs are brown.
Oh, drat. It's been so long since I posted a pic, I've forgotten how. I'll keep working on it. But if you could give me some breeds to look up on feathersite, I could take it from there...
Any guesses?
Cindy T.
Parker, TX
egad - sorry the photo is so huge... :-(

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