grannys gone and done it

[Wishing4Wings]

Got 'em!!

Very cute! Surprised the down is so light. Expected darker, but I've never seen the chicks before.

All pullets except for 2nd from the right.

Can't see the one hiding it's head!

You were saying earlier about selling any cockerels from this batch. You ever consider keeping an extra, just in case?

 

[napdognewfie]

Mine were really, really black when they hatched. Did you look inside any of the mouths yet?

 

[campingshaws]

Tippy: e

Bert: yup!

Melon: a lady not far from me.

Wishing: I'm going to keep them all until after their juvie molt. I've seen them develop silver leakage after the juvie molt.

ALTHOUGH I have also considered keeping any with silver leakage and crossing them with australorps or black EEs to get bigger/better size on body and eggs. Or maybe a marans. It would be fun to play with.

 

[campingshaws]

Mine were really, really black when they hatched. Did you look inside any of the mouths yet?

Nope. I looked at her parent stock and a batch of feathered chicks, they all looked good. e

 

[napdognewfie]

Once you figure out how to pry the little beaks open, it's not bad. I was afraid of killing them when they first hatched. lol

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Tippy:

Bert: yup!

Melon: a lady not far from me.

Wishing: I'm going to keep them all until after their juvie molt. I've seen them develop silver leakage after the juvie molt.

ALTHOUGH I have also considered keeping any with silver leakage and crossing them with australorps or black EEs to get bigger/better size on body and eggs. Or maybe a marans. It would be fun to play with.

Inky green egg layer!!!!

 

[Watermelon123]

Inky green egg layer!!!!

Thant would be magical...

 

[willzpapa]

everybody's hatching something ???? I'm hatching plans for spring building lol

 

[rIrs roost]

Tippy: e

Bert: yup!

Melon: a lady not far from me.

Wishing: I'm going to keep them all until after their juvie molt. I've seen them develop silver leakage after the juvie molt.

ALTHOUGH I have also considered keeping any with silver leakage and crossing them with australorps or black EEs to get bigger/better size on body and eggs. Or maybe a marans. It would be fun to play with.

Oh man they're pretty. I wish we all had buttons at our house that we could push and send and receive chickens and chicks in seconds no matter where they were at. I'd see if you'd let me chicksit these and if local gets them polish I'd chicksit them too. Oh Heck who am I kidding. I'd have thousands from chicksitting all of yalls at the same time. Hey, then y'all could go on trips and stuff. I'd promise to send em back when y'all were ready. Maybe

 

[campingshaws]

Once you figure out how to pry the little beaks open, it's not bad. I was afraid of killing them when they first hatched. lol

One has a black mouth. :/ And a few have white/clear toenails. But it's a good start. I knew going in that this breed requires heavy culling of undesirable traits.

I'm going to stick to my plan of growing them out to breeding ago before I make any decisions.