Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[Ponypoor]

Throwback to my orb chicken
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Nobody will replace Morinth, she was an incredible and beautiful hen.

A ball of fluffy feathers

 

[Ponypoor]

Candles the eggs quickly this afternoon, P1 has me a bit worried but there seems to be an active chick in there. It just seems to ‘slosh’ around too much for my liking.

The Silkie eggs are growing and filling the egg more. I took a video of S1 and S2.

Silkie egg S1

Silkie egg S2

 

[RebeccaBoyd]

Oh I know Rebecca is the Marans expert - but you identified all my chicks the day I got them and I forgot which was which. Cookie is easy to identify. I am pretty sure Chippy is likely a Speckled Suspect, Bucky probably a Buckeye and that Geronimo is a Golden Cuckoo Marans.
I may have got muddled, but I think that is the line-up.
I guess I will learn soon enough as they grow up!

With Geronimo you can take all my Marans knowledge and throw it out the door. I've been told by many people that Cuckoo's are different in temperament. From what I've been able to gather the cuckoo's are spicier in nature. The BBS-black,blue,splash Marans are the ones more calm and Gentle. I will say Geronimo will be pretty as a adult. If female, I do not know if you got sexed chicks, will lay a brown egg. Expect a couple shades lighter then your BBS marans, but still a pretty brown egg.

 

[RoyalChick]

With Geronimo you can take all my Marans knowledge and throw it out the door. I've been told by many people that Cuckoo's are different in temperament. From what I've been able to gather the cuckoo's are spicier in nature. The BBS-black,blue,splash Marans are the ones more calm and Gentle. I will say Geronimo will be pretty as an adult. If female, I do not know if you got sexed chicks, will lay a brown egg. Expect a couple shades lighter then your BBS marans, but still a pretty brown egg.

Spicier - yup i am ready for that from my little adventurer!

 

[BY Bob]

Throwback to my orb chicken
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Nobody will replace Morinth, she was an incredible and beautiful hen.

gorgeous.

 

[Grandma The Chicken]

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