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[FBMcrazy8]

They will be only 3 weeks on Wednesday but I’m game! Always fun to do anyway!

This is just a few. Only a couple that I can get individually, they are so fast…. And some are from last week. I had them out today but didn’t take pics because I was trying to watch them and cleaning up the brooder. It was getting pretty smelly

Here’s a few more.

 

[cavemanrich]

Does anyone know of any small animal swaps in northwestern illinois?

I know that the swaps in my area have been put on hold during this Avian flu. Those swaps also included other animals other than poultry,,,,, but all are on hold now.

 

[Faraday40]

They will be only 3 weeks on Wednesday but I’m game! Always fun to do anyway!

This is just a few. Only a couple that I can get individually, they are so fast…. And some are from last week. I had them out today but didn’t take pics because I was trying to watch them and cleaning up the brooder. It was getting pretty smelly

So here are some breed guesses:
1st row
pic 1
black australorp, blk orpington, or blk sex link top left
with a Rhode island red or hybrid of a rir like isa brown, cherry egger, etc. top right
chipmunk chick in center has belly like a cream legbar, welsummer, or brown leghorn
the two multitone gray chicks have "cheeks" (muffs) like Easter Eggers/ olive eggers
pic 2
Easter Egger (EE)
pic 3
Rhode Island Red (RIR) or hybrid RIR

2nd Row
pic1
pic2 Legs are feathered so perhaps marans (is this same chick?
pic3 at least 3 of them have the cheeks of EEs

3rd row
pic 1
blue or lavender Amerucana (or EE) Either way very pretty female
Pic 2
The one in back may have feathered legs and muffs - so could be an olive egger.
Pic 3
The black and white striped is a Barred Rock
Light chick is an Easter Egger
black chick is black australorp, blk sex link or maybe blk orpington

 

[Faraday40]

Here’s a few more.

That 3rd pic is my fav. chick because of her feather color

.... and the chipmunk chick if she's a Welsummer with pretty dark brown speckled eggs or legbar with sky blue eggs (Brown Leghorns can be flighty but good foragers)

I think you'll be getting a very colorful egg basket.

 

[FBMcrazy8]

That 3rd pic is my fav. chick because of her feather color

.... and the chipmunk chick if she's a Welsummer with pretty dark brown speckled eggs or legbar with sky blue eggs (Brown Leghorns can be flighty but good foragers)

I think you'll be getting a very colorful egg basket.

Now I have to go back and look at ‘em lmao! I do know I have a very good variety. Especially after reading the reviews for the rainbow hens….

 

[FBMcrazy8]

That 3rd pic is my fav. chick because of her feather color

.... and the chipmunk chick if she's a Welsummer with pretty dark brown speckled eggs or legbar with sky blue eggs (Brown Leghorns can be flighty but good foragers)

I think you'll be getting a very colorful egg basket.

Also I have another one that looks like that. (3rd pic) Identical…I love the color of them too! I do know the ones your talking about being welsummers. I believe they are that too. They have the comb as described and the pattern, and their feet. The only thing about those 2 is that their temperament doesn’t match what I have read. They both hate being picked up and it takes one to be ok, while the other just fights it. There are a few with the puffy cheeks, that’s what made me realize those were EEs too.

 

[FBMcrazy8]

So here are some breed guesses:
1st row
pic 1
black australorp, blk orpington, or blk sex link top left
with a Rhode island red or hybrid of a rir like isa brown, cherry egger, etc. top right
chipmunk chick in center has belly like a cream legbar, welsummer, or brown leghorn
the two multitone gray chicks have "cheeks" (muffs) like Easter Eggers/ olive eggers
pic 2
Easter Egger (EE)
pic 3
Rhode Island Red (RIR) or hybrid RIR

2nd Row
pic1
pic2 Legs are feathered so perhaps marans (is this same chick?
pic3 at least 3 of them have the cheeks of EEs

3rd row
pic 1
blue or lavender Amerucana (or EE) Either way very pretty female
Pic 2
The one in back may have feathered legs and muffs - so could be an olive egger.
Pic 3
The black and white striped is a Barred Rock
Light chick is an Easter Egger
black chick is black australorp, blk sex link or maybe blk orpington

The black one your talking about is starting to get gold around the top back kinda by the neck. But she is so much smaller than the others but doing so well.

 

[Justso]

Does anyone know of any small animal swaps in northwestern illinois?

I think they're all canceled due to AI.

 

[Justso]

Does anyone know of any small animal swaps in northwestern illinois?

Let me ask, though, what are you looking for?

 

[Faraday40]

I know that the swaps in my area have been put on hold during this Avian flu. Those swaps also included other animals other than poultry,,,,, but all are on hold now.

The state seems to re-eval every 45 days. 4-H has canceled all poultry shows at the Illinois county fairs. Our county is doing some type of "alternate" judging instead. (Probably submitting video of the kid & bird.) They're holding off a decision on the state fair since that's not until August