Out of 16 shipped eggs, I had one egg hatch 
I also had one egg that I had set aside from my blue slate hen right before she was killed, and it made it too! So now I have two babies and I'm already in love with them. We spent a while this morning snuggling with them peeping in my ears and being super curious. My slate hen was hand raised by her original owner, which made her easier to handle, but she also was very aggressive about taking treats (grapes) and would sometimes snatch my fingers, so I'm going to minimize hand fed treats with these two. I'm very happy that baby turned out slate (the Tom was a Spanish black, also hand raised and very good natured but killed two weeks before the hen).
Anyway, I've named the Holland White "Moose" but am still thinking on my slate baby's name. I like people names, animals, random words. Any suggestions? Dad's name was Leroy, Mom was Blue, both named by first owners.
I also had one egg that I had set aside from my blue slate hen right before she was killed, and it made it too! So now I have two babies and I'm already in love with them. We spent a while this morning snuggling with them peeping in my ears and being super curious. My slate hen was hand raised by her original owner, which made her easier to handle, but she also was very aggressive about taking treats (grapes) and would sometimes snatch my fingers, so I'm going to minimize hand fed treats with these two. I'm very happy that baby turned out slate (the Tom was a Spanish black, also hand raised and very good natured but killed two weeks before the hen).Anyway, I've named the Holland White "Moose" but am still thinking on my slate baby's name. I like people names, animals, random words. Any suggestions? Dad's name was Leroy, Mom was Blue, both named by first owners.
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