@bluemaransman
Depending on what you are looking for you can get chicks from CowboyCountryPoultry (they have a FB page) and they bought all of Fitz Farms BCM stock. I read about it on a previous post on this thread & checked them out. They are based out of Stillwater, OK & ship their chicks with a 6 order min. They are $20/chick & they have been bred for egg color. Beautiful dark eggs
beautiful, I hope she is a girl.Here is the best chick from Cooper yet. She (guessing) was one of a few late hatchers from eggs I had given up on in the incubator last night. Good thing I didn't throw them out. lol My Marans grand total ended up being 4 black coppers from Cooper and 3 blue coppers from Mud on this hatch. Not too bad.
This little chick has the least middle toe feathering so far of the rest of Cooper's chicks, and barely any white on the face. I am tagging this one as a keeper!
*sorry my camera flash was so bright, the chick is much blacker in person*
Here are some side by side pics of Mud's darker blue copper chick (yellow band) and Cooper's black copper chick (red band).
Cooper is consistently throwing chicks with varying degrees of middle toe feathering and white on the face.
Mud's chicks look very good so far with no middle toe feathering and little to no white on their faces.
Cooper's chick (black copper)
Cooper's chick left (black), Mud's chick right (blue)
Cooper's chick left (black), Mud's chick right (blue)
Cooper's chick showing middle toe feathering.
Here is the best chick from Cooper yet. She (guessing) was one of a few late hatchers from eggs I had given up on in the incubator last night. Good thing I didn't throw them out. lol My Marans grand total ended up being 4 black coppers from Cooper and 3 blue coppers from Mud on this hatch. Not too bad.
This little chick has the least middle toe feathering so far of the rest of Cooper's chicks, and barely any white on the face. I am tagging this one as a keeper!
*sorry my camera flash was so bright, the chick is much blacker in person*
@Chooks man what colour/pattern would this be:
I named her milagros, milly for short.
you all ready made your mind witch one you are keeping .So...HELP!
I need to get rid of at least one cockerel, possibly two. I just don't have the space (or the hens for them), and they're starting to beat each other up. I *think* I know who I want to keep, but I'd really love some more opinions!
Here are my boys:
Blade
He's a horse. Huge. Comb seems too big to me, and his tail is very upright (though all of three have upright tails).
Copper
He's the smallest, but seems so elegant and well-put-together to me. Lives up to his name with tons of copper. Tail is too big and his legs aren't feathered, though all the girls I have now are heavily feathered.
ShyGuy:
Seems to fall in middle of Blade and Copper. A little smaller than Blade, doesn't look to me like his overall conformation is as nice as the other two, though it might be a problem with getting a good picture because he's the most skittish.
Pinky Pie's still a keeper...right?
