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[Soon2BChixMom]

If anyone would like this boy PM me. He is just over one year old. Very vocal, talks about everything, not aggressive towards people or other birds.

He mates with an overly nervous broody hen, who then flies up into a bush and cannot take care of her chicks. I may try moving her into one of the other areas, but am predicting the same thing will happen, as roosters always want to mate with new hens.


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He is very handsome!

 

[Pollitos6]

View attachment 1485896 I am proud and happy to announce Pixie calved at 230 today, blessed us with a beautiful heifer calf. Meet miss Daisy May!
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OMG how cute!!

 

[Faraday40]

DS's spitzes have all hatched. The last one had a little membrane stuck on the head, so it had an adorable mohawk. (They do get crests around 2 weeks old, but this was just a little bonus cuteness.)

.... and here's the "happy" mama:

Who doesn't love the broody stink eye?

Along with DS's spitzes, we hatched a few Easter-orps.

DD's silkie started laying again after being broody. She happened to be with DD's bantam cockerel (who had just discovered the joys of mating).
We slipped the egg into the incubator & here's what we got:

Can't wait to see how she/he looks all dried & fluffy.

It's an unexpected color, b/c both parents are so light.
Mom: splash silkie

Dad: light colored silkied serama

 

[JanetMarie]

Updated chick and mom pictures. The EE chicks are on their own. Mom stopped watching them as soon as she started laying eggs again.

 

[Faraday40]

Couldn't resist holding the little silkie-serama mix. She's so tiny & looks mostly silkie - including the 5 toes!

The fluff color is a nice shade of red-auburn but looked blackish at hatch due to the black skin. The beak is brown. There's no dome-head but I'm not sure on the cheeks.

I wanted to get a pic of a chick inside a tea cup.... but this little chick is too tiny for the smallest cup I could find. Instead I held her on a teaspoon in front of the cup. (If at the same distance, you'd see that she's less than 1/2 the size of the cup!)

I already have someone interested in her - before hatch. Now I'm seriously tempted to put some of my silkie's eggs (currently in the fridge) into the incubator. She stopped laying about 5-6 days ago - trying to go broody.

 

[Soon2BChixMom]

Couldn't resist holding the little silkie-serama mix. She's so tiny & looks mostly silkie - including the 5 toes!

The fluff color is a nice shade of red-auburn but looked blackish at hatch due to the black skin. The beak is brown. There's no dome-head but I'm not sure on the cheeks.

I wanted to get a pic of a chick inside a tea cup.... but this little chick is too tiny for the smallest cup I could find. Instead I held her on a teaspoon in front of the cup. (If at the same distance, you'd see that she's less than 1/2 the size of the cup!)

I already have someone interested in her - before hatch. Now I'm seriously tempted to put some of my silkie's eggs (currently in the fridge) into the incubator. She stopped laying about 5-6 days ago - trying to go broody.

That is super adorable!

 

[Finnie]

If anyone would like this boy PM me. He is just over one year old. Very vocal, talks about everything, not aggressive towards people or other birds.

He mates with an overly nervous broody hen, who then flies up into a bush and cannot take care of her chicks. I may try moving her into one of the other areas, but am predicting the same thing will happen, as roosters always want to mate with new hens.


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What a beautiful rooster! I wish I could have him, but I have too many roosters already.

 

[Leahs Mom]

Finally got a few poor quality baby photos... The kiddos are 7 weeks old.

First the Dominiques:

This first little one (double purple band) is much smaller than the others and was from hatch. He/she grows slowly. I've wondered if the breeder had any bantams and this one got in by mistake but haven't checked with her. For a long time I suspected it was a boy due to it's very outgoing behavior. It always runs right over and wants to be with me.

Double purple band...

Green Band. Not a great photo. I've also wondered if this one is male.

Red & Green Band

Red & Purple Band

Cockerel - blue band.

There is one more that I didn't get. I think it's the one in this photo (no band).

 

[Leahs Mom]

And some orps...

Laced Orps: Yellow Band

Red Band Laced Orp (It was hard to get her photo)

Blue Band Laced Orp

Blue & Yellow

One of the 3 Buff O's (Hatchery) Couldn't get the others that day. I have to say these Buffs are the most friendly birds. Really surprised me. One of them always wants to be where I am and has often flown up on my head or shoulder if I'm low enough for her to reach.

 

[Leahs Mom]

And some ee's (sold by hatchery as ameracauna. Spelled that wrong...) Really poor photos...

There are 3 of these, only got 2. This is double red band.

Double Yellow Band