Hopeful Hatch Grow-along

[tviss711]

Have you got any name ideas for the little cuties yet?

I think I like the names Trinket and Cricket but I’m not sure yet!

 

[Slothinc]

Your new babies are darling!!!! I have such a soft spot for naked neck chickens (mine are silkies but I think they are just sooooooo cute!!!) I can’t believe how crazy the lines are! I wish I had fertilized eggs, I’d be hatching

 

[AmericanDwarfChicken]

At this point I think I would carefully try to help her out of her shell. She seems like she’s just having a hard time getting herself all the way out.

She has cracked the back part of the shell but is still trying to find other ways to damage the shell.

 

[horselover1999]

I got 4 more chicks and ended up with 5 (my friend had an extra naked neck baby… and she was so ugly I had to take her )

Today I got:
1 blue australorp
1 partridge rock
1 Easter egger
1 Ancona
1 turken

I love them! We are weaning the month olds off of heat in the garage for another week or so while they feather out, then we will move them into a separate coop and run with our older girls so everyone can get used to seeing each other for a few weeks before we transition them to being all together!

While waiting in line (I drove 45 minutes to a local feed store, got there an hour before opening, and was still #14 in line- this year is crazy high demand!!) I found a good home for one of the cockerels. They didn’t realize the store we were waiting for only had pullets and no straight runs and were hoping to end up with a rooster, so I offered her one of mine and her and her kids were so excited. I showed them pictures and they loved them- the kids have decided they want to call their future rooster “Big Boss Man”, so I think whoever ends up there will be held in good esteem and have a loving home! The chicks are too old to be kept with the ones they got today, so I will raise him up for them until their pullets are old enough to be integrated with him. It will be good for him to be taught manners by my older hens anyway before sending him off! Now to find loving homes for my other two boys! otherwise I will just keep them separate. But, I think they will enjoy more out of life if they have some hens to look out for.

Here are my new pullets! Since I only got two from hatching

My ugly little turken, who is very chill and slept in my hands without crying the whole way home.
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My Easter egger who has super fluffy cheeks
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My blue australorp
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My partridge rock who so far has been very dramatic but is beautifully colored
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And my Ancona!!! I’m excited about her. She is very relaxed and laid back so far. @horselover1999 I will have to update her grow along and you can tell me what you think! I didn’t know what to expect for their chick down but I was surprised how much yellow they all had. She’s adorable!
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If you need any name ideas my whole flock was named after NCIS characters. My anconas were Tony and Ziva.

 

[horselover1999]

My LF Langshans were Gibbs and his ex-wives, and my bantam Langshans were Delilah and Tim.

 

[GreenJay]

I got 4 more chicks and ended up with 5 (my friend had an extra naked neck baby… and she was so ugly I had to take her )

Today I got:
1 blue australorp
1 partridge rock
1 Easter egger
1 Ancona
1 turken

I love them! We are weaning the month olds off of heat in the garage for another week or so while they feather out, then we will move them into a separate coop and run with our older girls so everyone can get used to seeing each other for a few weeks before we transition them to being all together!

While waiting in line (I drove 45 minutes to a local feed store, got there an hour before opening, and was still #14 in line- this year is crazy high demand!!) I found a good home for one of the cockerels. They didn’t realize the store we were waiting for only had pullets and no straight runs and were hoping to end up with a rooster, so I offered her one of mine and her and her kids were so excited. I showed them pictures and they loved them- the kids have decided they want to call their future rooster “Big Boss Man”, so I think whoever ends up there will be held in good esteem and have a loving home! The chicks are too old to be kept with the ones they got today, so I will raise him up for them until their pullets are old enough to be integrated with him. It will be good for him to be taught manners by my older hens anyway before sending him off! Now to find loving homes for my other two boys! otherwise I will just keep them separate. But, I think they will enjoy more out of life if they have some hens to look out for.

Here are my new pullets! Since I only got two from hatching

My ugly little turken, who is very chill and slept in my hands without crying the whole way home.
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My Easter egger who has super fluffy cheeks
View attachment 4062256
My blue australorp
View attachment 4062257
My partridge rock who so far has been very dramatic but is beautifully colored
View attachment 4062259
And my Ancona!!! I’m excited about her. She is very relaxed and laid back so far. @horselover1999 I will have to update her grow along and you can tell me what you think! I didn’t know what to expect for their chick down but I was surprised how much yellow they all had. She’s adorable!
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Your new babies are beautiful!!

I'm glad you found a future home for one of the boys!

 

[GreenJay]

I think I like the names Trinket and Cricket but I’m not sure yet!

Cute names!

Jewel or Diamond for the nn, she needs a glamorous name to distract from that neck...

Sorry, I've tried hard to like NN's but just can't do it... Now watch me get one as the bonus chick in my order

 

[tviss711]

I don’t know if my little australorp is going to make it. She’s acting a little different and not eating like the others. I think she was overheating so I raised the brooder plate up one notch. I did see her drink a little. I’m really hoping she makes it the blue australorp was one I really wanted. I’ve never lost a chick before. Only the one that didn’t hatch to begin with.

 

[Slothinc]

She has cracked the back part of the shell but is still trying to find other ways to damage the shell.

Monitor her closely, it sounds like she needs help. I would probably be helping her right now if it was my chick.

 

[Slothinc]

I don’t know if my little australorp is going to make it. She’s acting a little different and not eating like the others. I think she was overheating so I raised the brooder plate up one notch. I did see her drink a little. I’m really hoping she makes it the blue australorp was one I really wanted. I’ve never lost a chick before. Only the one that didn’t hatch to begin with.

Prayers for your little australorp! I hope she is just fine!!