Full Mottle(d) Jacket.. - my journey to a colorful coop...

[Farmgirl283420]

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The millefleurs have moved to the outdoor chicken coop, a bed of hay, a little rabbit hut to huddle under and sommer temperatures invite to sunbathing.
I let them discover the coop when the adults are outside, but for the night they are safely apart. Maybe next week they might found the curage to get outside...into the wild!!

They really are so cute!

 

[AbL]

The "kindergarden" has officially breached the frontier to the goat wild open... Little millefleurs exploring outside (or better right in front of the coop)... they are 30 days old and as cute as the first day, I think there are 3 little roo and two pullets.

 

[AbL]

My last multicolored mottled are 6 weeks now and in top form.
I gave away the other not interesting in color and kept these two to see how they turn out. The cockerel is dark blue, not black.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

The "kindergarden" has officially breached the frontier to the goat wild open... Little millefleurs exploring outside (or better right in front of the coop)... they are 30 days old and as cute as the first day, I think there are 3 little roo and two pullets.

They are so small and bright eyed! Are they the color you wanted?

 

[Farmgirl283420]

My last multicolored mottled are 6 weeks now and in top form.
I gave away the other not interesting in color and kept these two to see how they turn out. The cockerel is dark blue, not black.

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I love the way they stand! Do you ever name your chickens?

 

[AbL]

In between the happy colorful chicks I found my big splash a couple of days ago stumbling and tumbling around. I took her in immediately fearing the worst (Mareks) with a glimpse of hope that it might be a vitamin deficiency instead.
She's stumbling and falling over when she's moving too fast, but keeps on her feet when calm. She's separated under a heating lamp. I feed her with a syringe and she's pecking some crumbs the last 48h.
After a lot of reading and a lot of thinking I treated her with Vit Bs, E, D3 and for now she's not really improving, but not deteriorating either.
In a rather disparingly attempt I gave her some leftover cooked rice, which she pecked fully. It's more than she had eaten in two days, so, a glimpse of hope that she might pull through. But I'm still not s

ure.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

In between the happy colorful chicks I found my big splash a couple of days ago stumbling and tumbling around. I took her in immediately fearing the worst (Mareks) with a glimpse of hope that it might be a vitamin deficiency instead.
She's stumbling and falling over when she's moving too fast, but keeps on her feet when calm. She's separated under a heating lamp. I feed her with a syringe and she's pecking some crumbs the last 48h.
After a lot of reading and a lot of thinking I treated her with Vit Bs, E, D3 and for now she's not really improving, but not deteriorating either.
In a rather disparingly attempt I gave her some leftover cooked rice, which she pecked fully. It's more than she had eaten in two days, so, a glimpse of hope that she might pull through. But I'm still not sView attachment 3830613ure.

Oh no! I hope she gets better

 

[AbL]

They are so small and bright eyed! Are they the color you wanted?

They will be standard conform millefleur, genetically. Yes, it's THE color I wanted first. They will darken a bit and getting a mahogany color with black-whit feathertips I hope. Have to wait 6-8 month before seeing the final color and quality, they will be my reproduction birds.

 

[Farmgirl283420]

They will be standard conform millefleur, genetically. Yes, it's THE color I wanted first. They will darken a bit and getting a mahogany color with black-whit feathertips I hope. Have to wait 6-8 month before seeing the final color and quality, they will be my reproduction birds.

how many pullets and hens do you have? And how many roosters and cockerels do you have?

 

[AbL]

I love the way they stand! Do you ever name your chickens?

The little cockerels have quite the conquerer posture

I lost count with the names after the first few who were named and eaten by the fox I name those special to me or where I'm sure they stay.