Alright, got a few shots of the babes, some just came out of the incubator, so are lookin kind of lost.
The first three are silvers, the dark one is kind of damp still, so he is looking rather homely, but this shows the three colors of silvers that hatch, the two lighter ones will be held back as they color in the best.
Some of Big Boy's babies, look just like him when he was a tot, the one on the left is not as fuzzy, but will fluff up once totally dry. I think the one in the middle is a cockerel
Some of my blue babies along with a couple that might be really dark blues or blacks, not 100% sure yet. There are coppers.
The blue band chicks are from one of the solid blue girls to a copper mating. One came out with good leg feathering the other is clean, which is not surprising since she is clean legged. The green band chick is from a young blue copper pullet with a full copper collar, this chick is a beast.
Here's a close up of coppering by the eye, I've found here, ones with this usually color in well, particularly the pullets. So far, I've only had this on pullets. I also got another couple with a copper spot on the head, so will be watching them closely since all here have done well with coloring in.
Some blue coppers from a different mating.
Some of the black coppers. These are also huge
Some of the black birchen x BCM cross babies
The blue birchen babies from Kansas, nice leg feathering and size on them, not as big as my chicks, but will be watching them
Ok, what the h e double hockey sticks are these?
Some black birchen chicks from Kansas.
The first three are silvers, the dark one is kind of damp still, so he is looking rather homely, but this shows the three colors of silvers that hatch, the two lighter ones will be held back as they color in the best.
Some of Big Boy's babies, look just like him when he was a tot, the one on the left is not as fuzzy, but will fluff up once totally dry. I think the one in the middle is a cockerel
Some of my blue babies along with a couple that might be really dark blues or blacks, not 100% sure yet. There are coppers.
The blue band chicks are from one of the solid blue girls to a copper mating. One came out with good leg feathering the other is clean, which is not surprising since she is clean legged. The green band chick is from a young blue copper pullet with a full copper collar, this chick is a beast.
Here's a close up of coppering by the eye, I've found here, ones with this usually color in well, particularly the pullets. So far, I've only had this on pullets. I also got another couple with a copper spot on the head, so will be watching them closely since all here have done well with coloring in.
Some blue coppers from a different mating.
Some of the black coppers. These are also huge
Some of the black birchen x BCM cross babies
The blue birchen babies from Kansas, nice leg feathering and size on them, not as big as my chicks, but will be watching them
Ok, what the h e double hockey sticks are these?
Some black birchen chicks from Kansas.
