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I have 2 roosters, 4 laying hens, 6 pullets that are about 3 months old, 5 chicks that are 1.5 weeks old, 9 eggs developing in the bator due to hatch on the 24th and expecting 24 more eggs this coming week to go into the bator...I currently have a lavender orpington rooster, an americana rooster, an americana laying hen, two black australorp laying hens, a laying hen that I don't know what she is but is partridge color, my pullets are 3 americana's, 1 barred rock, 1 RIR, and 1 Polish Crested that is 4 months old. My 1.5 week old chicks are 2 purebred americana's, one americana X partridge hen, and two americana X australorp that look like little penguins. The eggs in the brooder now are mixes as I was seeing if my orpington was fertilizing eggs so they could be pure americana's or mixes. I also had bought 15 hatching eggs of a craigslist that are RIR X Black Cochin (advertised as RIR as that is what the hens are, after heading to pick them up (60 miles away from me) I was told that the rooster covering the hens was a black cochin ) Out of 15 eggs only 3 are developing so guess that cochin wasn't covering those hens to well.

My favorite breed for eggs so far is Americana's, they are not the friendliest birds I find but I love their green huge eggs! I love the looks of SLW but don't currently have any. The eggs coming are Marans, Lavender Orpingtons and SLW's so I am super excited to see those hatch

 

I have 11 in the coop and 9 in the brooder. My 11 is a mixed flock. The 9 in the brooder are pure bred Ameraucana's from a breeder. I hatched 8 girls and 1 boy! Unbelievable! I'm not keeping them all, just the ones I can show. There are 3 chicks with immediate faults(splash color) and 1 has split wing. There's a boy I'm not keeping either, but he looks show quality right now.

Pure Ameraucana's



Out for play/lap time with momma(me)


Here are a couple of my hatchery hens