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They are very pretty chickens. It is hard to say goodbye but you did the right thing for them.Today is an appropriate day to talk about our new chicks because two out of four got adopted this morning.
This April my friend who also has chickens (Let's call her W) wanted eggs from our chickens to hatch. W was particularly interested in Inky's eggs. So I had been collecting eggs for her. When Foggy was rehomed on April 17th, we decided that we want some of his babies too! So I gave her 17 eggs and she started her incubator on April 24. Some of the eggs were collected after Foggy's departure but I know the eggs can remain fertile for a while.
Foggy is Rhode Island Blue, which is a cross between Australorp and RIR. Out of these 17 eggs, 15 hatched and thrived! Interestingly enough, the only two eggs (one is not fertile, one developed but never hatched) that did not make it are the only two eggs from golden comets. In fact, they are all from Light since she is my husband's favorite. Is there some theory behind this?
So we took 4 chicks (In fact, we took three eggs that was zipping and one hatched chick from W two days later, but this is another story). We already knew that we will have to rehome the boys and we were hoping that at least two were girls. They were hatched on May 15th and May 16th.
Jumbo (top left), Foxy (top right), Coco
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1. Foxy (daughter of Tina). Foxy behaved like Foggy as a baby and was really really sweet, adventurous and brave. Hubby really likes her but was certain Foxy was a roo. But we named the "roo" Foxy anyway. Today she remains super sweet and inquisitive. She is going to challenge Ginger's crown.
Notice her tail isgraylavender, not black like a true RIR.
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2. Coco (son of Inky, rehomed today). Lazy and sweet boy. Not like his father as a baby. Since Inky is also RIR X Australorp, I think it makes sense that they can produce an Australorp roo?? He is a pretty boy with a purple sheen.
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3. Jumbo (son of Wendy, rehomed today). Right out of the shell he was huge (Wendy always lay huge eggs). He also had a visible comb and big feet. I remember Rebecca mentioned this is a good sign of a boy, which is why I went to W's place and got a 4th baby. GOOD THING I did. This past week he has been crowing in the morning already, but really really funny and pathetic. He is not like his father either.
@Ponypoor This is the mutt that I mentioned looks like one of your chickens. Sorry forgot her name.
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4. Meimei (daughter of Tina or Wendy, she was hatched at W's place and W wasn't sure...)
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So our chicken math works out to be 8-1+4-2 = 9. We have 9 sweeties now! I really wish I could see how Jumbo or Coco would turn out. My dream is to move to more rural area one day and surrounded by farmers...
