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[Faraday40]

@Leahs Mom
Cherry harvest is coming soon.....

From a distance it may not look like much, but these branches are heavy with fruit. The cherries will be a dark red when ripe. ......Perhaps you can make another visit to help us pick.

Here's the new one we planted in April.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

This is Blossom.

In the 2nd pic her Crest is up due to one of the other ducks venturing over to the chicken side and causing a rumble.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Wanted to share how the Silkied Cochins are doing, as I kind of blanked on posting them here. I ended up with one pullet out of the three, thankfully! I was sure for a short while that I had 3 boys, so I'm grateful for the pullet. The little lady's name is Roxanne, and she's just as cute as can be, of course.



Her brothers are little stinkers, but they are cockerels, so what else do you expect, right?



And then there are the Mottled Cochins... My Silkied line is for sure fast feathering, but it looks like the Mottled line from Meyer's is slow feathering--five of the six of them are still quite naked at 4 weeks old! Only two of them are obvious boys, with one or two more that I'm on the fence with still, and two pullets, I think. All I wanted was at least one pullet, so I'm satisfied with that ratio of sexes if that is how it turns out.

And, of course, there's the Dorkings. These two little ladies are reminding me daily of why I fell in love with the breed in the first place. Such sweet little babies!

 

[JanetMarie]

This is Blossom. View attachment 1435079 View attachment 1435080
In the 2nd pic her Crest is up due to one of the other ducks venturing over to the chicken side and causing a rumble.

She's beautiful!

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

She's beautiful!

Thank you!

 

[Leahs Mom]

Finally have some baby photos. Some of these are pretty blurry - maybe our next take will be easier

I'm going to post the breeds in separate posts.

Black Silver Laced Orps (@Faraday40 ... Am I saying the breed name correctly?)

Blue Band

Red Band

Yellow Band

 

[Leahs Mom]

6 Dominiques (I seemed to have missed one in the photo shoot)
The breeder wing-banded them :0

Blue Band - Cockerel

Green Band

Purple/Red Band

Purple/Purple Band

Red/Green Band

 

[Leahs Mom]

3 Ameraucana (Hatchery EE)

Purple Band

Red Band

Yellow Band

 

[Leahs Mom]

3 Buff O's (Hatchery)

Green Band

Purple Band

Yellow Band

 

[JanetMarie]

Nutmeg and her new chicks. They started hatching Friday, two days early. The last one hatched Sunday. This was taken on Sunday.

Here they are yesterday. It looks like there are two black pullets, and one male (on the right with the white spot on his head). The blonde ones I'll find gender out later.

One more mom sitting on three eggs which are due next Friday.