Day 5 with three (for high values of 3) chicks

[Celticdragonfly]

 

[MagpieDucks]

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Go ahead and take the marbles out, they aren’t necessary.


Very nice chicks!

 

[Celticdragonfly]

The story, for those who are wondering about the "high values of three", is as follows.

We have three chicks. Officially and absolutely, three chicks. Our town allows three hens. Once the coop is built and they're out there, the city will send an inspector.

So we picked breeds *carefully*, with no room for error. Wanted calm easy to deal with birds, who were good layers, and since this is our first time, wanted three different appearances and egg colors. One red sex link, one Ideal 236 (leghorn hybrid), one easter egger. But apparently .... Terri is not a 236, s/he's a maybe cochin. So ... now we have Tyra the black australorp. We'll have to figure something out. Maybe one of them will be a roo and we'll have to get rid of him anyway.

@MagpieDucks they're big enough for no marbles now?

 

[MagpieDucks]

The story, for those who are wondering about the "high values of three", is as follows.

We have three chicks. Officially and absolutely, three chicks. Our town allows three hens. Once the coop is built and they're out there, the city will send an inspector.

So we picked breeds *carefully*, with no room for error. Wanted calm easy to deal with birds, who were good layers, and since this is our first time, wanted three different appearances and egg colors. One red sex link, one Ideal 236 (leghorn hybrid), one easter egger. But apparently .... Terri is not a 236, s/he's a maybe cochin. So ... now we have Tyra the black australorp. We'll have to figure something out. Maybe one of them will be a roo and we'll have to get rid of him anyway.

@MagpieDucks they're big enough for no marbles now?

Definitely. At this point they are basically just blocking the water source.

 

[yickenscarf23]

The story, for those who are wondering about the "high values of three", is as follows.

We have three chicks. Officially and absolutely, three chicks. Our town allows three hens. Once the coop is built and they're out there, the city will send an inspector.

So we picked breeds *carefully*, with no room for error. Wanted calm easy to deal with birds, who were good layers, and since this is our first time, wanted three different appearances and egg colors. One red sex link, one Ideal 236 (leghorn hybrid), one easter egger. But apparently .... Terri is not a 236, s/he's a maybe cochin. So ... now we have Tyra the black australorp. We'll have to figure something out. Maybe one of them will be a roo and we'll have to get rid of him anyway.

@MagpieDucks they're big enough for no marbles now?

My leghorn was the opposite of easy to handle. But man she never missed a day laying. Worth it for sure.

 

[Celticdragonfly]

My leghorn was the opposite of easy to handle. But man she never missed a day laying. Worth it for sure.

Yeah, that's what we were going for. This family goes through a LOT of eggs, being restricted to 3 hens is just so frustrating. (I am SO hoping the Texas law upping that to 6 goes through) The Ideal 236 hybrid is listed as "docile". But - that's not what we got - little yellow Terri has feathered legs, the 236 has clean legs. But I hear Australorps are great, too - they hadn't been top 3 because a) I was uncertain about a black chicken in Texas heat, and b) I wanted one white egg layer.

 

[CaramelKittey]

Very nice! I love their colors!

 

[yickenscarf23]

Yeah, that's what we were going for. This family goes through a LOT of eggs, being restricted to 3 hens is just so frustrating. (I am SO hoping the Texas law upping that to 6 goes through) The Ideal 236 hybrid is listed as "docile". But - that's not what we got - little yellow Terri has feathered legs, the 236 has clean legs. But I hear Australorps are great, too - they hadn't been top 3 because a) I was uncertain about a black chicken in Texas heat, and b) I wanted one white egg layer.

Ahhh I missed that part.

 

[Celticdragonfly]

Cera - the little Easter Egger, far left in the top pic - is SO much more grown than the others, she must be the oldest. @Purple Rose got some close up individual pics but has gone off to sleep without getting them mailed to me. She has the most developed wing feathers, she has little tail feathers, and the markings around her head are so striking. If you hold her, she likes to go up and down your arms to investigate, will get herself up to your shoulder and sit there, and then fluttered down from there to the bed I was sitting on. She seems to enjoy contact the most. (Steggie the red sex link, the least.)

 

[Purple Rose]

Cera - the little Easter Egger, far left in the top pic - is SO much more grown than the others, she must be the oldest. @Purple Rose got some close up individual pics but has gone off to sleep without getting them mailed to me. She has the most developed wing feathers, she has little tail feathers, and the markings around her head are so striking. If you hold her, she likes to go up and down your arms to investigate, will get herself up to your shoulder and sit there, and then fluttered down from there to the bed I was sitting on. She seems to enjoy contact the most. (Steggie the red sex link, the least.)

I did try to send them. Gmail says that it's still uploading the pictures.