McMurray order of Red Stars and Whiting True Blues

[realsis]

soooo of cute ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

 

[Folly's place]

You shouldn't show CUTE chick pictures yet! I'm not ordering until April, and seeing them is just too much! Mary

 

[realsis]

I know how you feel. Our hatch date is April 11!! God bless it. I'm wishing I could get them sooner but I only ordered 5 so for their safety I HAVE to wait until April. The babies I've seen here are so adorable! I just PRAYERS all mine make the trip healthy and ALIVE!!Oh, I'm so excited I can hardly wait! what kind are you getting In April Follys Place? How many? are they being shipped?? I'm getting five Barred Rock females, shipped. it can't come fast enough for me!I even cleaned the broader today, checked the heat lamp, made a list of what I'll need before they get here!!

 

[shortgrass]

I'm very interested in seeing how the Whitings turn out(especially the little blue one)... It does look like you possibly still have all 7 that you ordered.. I'm curious which one is going to be the male? I'll put dibs on the one with the black spots on its behind

The yellow chick was most likely your "free exotic" aka cockerel. Might have been a Red Star cockerel, or any number of other breeds that start out yellow, there's quite a few. I'm so sorry you lost them during shipping; such a bummer

The red stars are a great choice for layers; you should be happy with their laying capabilities; they lay such nice big eggs

 

[alaskaleaths]

I'm very interested in seeing how the Whitings turn out(especially the little blue one)... It does look like you possibly still have all 7 that you ordered.. I'm curious which one is going to be the male? I'll put dibs on the one with the black spots on its behind

The yellow chick was most likely your "free exotic" aka cockerel. Might have been a Red Star cockerel, or any number of other breeds that start out yellow, there's quite a few. I'm so sorry you lost them during shipping; such a bummer

The red stars are a great choice for layers; you should be happy with their laying capabilities; they lay such nice big eggs

Oh I'm really happy with your predictions!! I thought Red Star Cockerels are white? Anyway, I'm so excited for them to grow up and give me eggs!! The white one with the black spots is the most feathered so far. Once the rooster start developing better I'll post other photos just to confirm they aren't something else.

I have had red stars before. I ordered the brown egg layer special from Mcmurray a few years back and it came with 6 Red Stars and they were the best layers, 'why I ordered so many because I mostly wanted lots of eggs.

 

[alaskaleaths]

Photos are up. Thread is listed under raising baby chickens just in case I don't do the link correctly.

I'm heading out in a few to take more pictures.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/...ed-stars-and-whiting-true-blues#post_16461666


Hahaha oooppps I was trying to link it on my intro!!!!

 

[austrolover1]

THEY ARE ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[alaskaleaths]

THEY ARE ADORABLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks!!! I think so too. I wish I had order 100!!!

I guess I'll just have to wait until May for my next batch from Cackle to arrive.

 

[shortgrass]

Cool, I forgot the Whitings are a feather sexing breed... Here's a chart that should help sex them...

It should be done ASAP, because they grow so fast, by day 3 or 4 it will be too hard to tell...

I couldn't tell from the pics for sure, so I figured you'd have better luck, since you can hold and manipulate them

Oh, but it increases my suspicion that the one with the black specks on its behind is the male... Lol not even my birds and I'm anxious to see them all grown up

 

[alaskaleaths]

Cool, I forgot the Whitings are a feather sexing breed... Here's a chart that should help sex them...



It should be done ASAP, because they grow so fast, by day 3 or 4 it will be too hard to tell...

I couldn't tell from the pics for sure, so I figured you'd have better luck, since you can hold and manipulate them

Oh, but it increases my suspicion that the one with the black specks on its behind is the male... Lol not even my birds and I'm anxious to see them all grown up

I did not even know that!!! I'm going out to check asap!!!!!!!!!!