I will take some today, my most recent are from Saturday morning but they've changed a lot in those three days! Next week I will be posting more pics as the big girls will be a year and the little ones a month! But here have a bit of cute:Shaggy is right- too funny!
I hope you are right about Elizabeth. It doesn't surprise me about your White Rock, because I have a barred rock hen, and I have always though her comb was the biggest, out of my other hens, which are Orpingtons and Australorp.
When do we get to see more photos of your babies?
Pretty sure Meyer's Blue Ameraucanas (actually BBS) are "pure" they may not be as fine as some breeders but they should generally meet the breed standard. These are what are used in half of their OE breeding program, the other half being the Legbars. They also used to have Wheaten Ameraucanas. But you are right to be wary of most hatchery Ameraucanas, they are usually EEs. Meyer however sells separate Easter EggersAlso, I read somewhere that when you mix an Easter Egger bird with a Marans, then only half of the chicks inherit the blue gene and the other half inherit brown genes from both sides, so it's possible that an Olive Egger from a place like Meyer (who I don't believe has pure Ameraucanas, but actually has Easter Egger "Americanas") might not end up laying green eggs at all. So we will see. Yeah, I hope Corabeth turns out black and pretty, and I hope she lays a pretty egg.
That of course is not to say that their Ameraucanas and Legbars always lay blue eggs, sometimes they are more greenish, but so are some from breeders. Tricky blue gene.
Shrug, I guess I just have a high tolerance for cleaning up poop with paper towels, lol. They have a big brooder we built last year for our first six chicks. I laid down a towel on one of our arm chairs right next to the brooder and it was their favorite hang out, however that was my husbands chair and he moved it this year. I let these girls roam the room for about a half an hour at a time two or three times a day, especially when they get rowdy. They love using me as a jumping platform and snuggle down on my lap when they get tired. I can't wait for it to get in the 60s so they can spend most of the day in the moveable pen and start the slow integration process.
I think baby chick wings when they first come in are so fascinating. It makes me wish there were adult chickens who kept wings in those colors and patterns. I know my adult Welsummer has pattern to her wings, but it is spread out more, and not the same stripey look that your baby has now.
And I think a RIR must lose the bars, don't they? I always thought of them as a solid color bird, not patterned. Guess I will learn.
ETA: And the wing pattern on the light brahma looks so cool against the grey body. I think that is just so pretty to look at!
Agreed. Our EE had very similar chick wings to our Wellie and she still has some pattern (not quite penciling but close) but lost the white specks. Yes RIRs loose the bars, I always forget they have them in the beginning until I see pics of someone's juvenile. Thanks, they look more wild now, it's like someone painted them on in broad strokes of white and black.
Thanks! Ha ha, it's funny how everybody likes different things.I actually picked the blackest BLRW chick because I am hoping she will be black laced, and not blue.I just really like the black and red combination. So I hope the grey wing tips don't mean blue lacing. But if they do, then hopefully it will be a very dark grey. In the batch, there were definitely black chipmunk chicks, brown chipmunk chicks and splash chipmunk chicks to choose from, so I am pretty confident (I hope) that she will be black laced, since I chose the black chipmunk kind. I do hope her golden parts come in red later, though.
I think you are right that the legbar crest might look a little funny. But I really like legbars, and I had been really hoping that the Olive eggers in the store would be the legbar crosses, not the Ameraucana crosses.I would have liked a barred chick. Also, I read somewhere that when you mix an Easter Egger bird with a Marans, then only half of the chicks inherit the blue gene and the other half inherit brown genes from both sides, so it's possible that an Olive Egger from a place like Meyer (who I don't believe has pure Ameraucanas, but actually has Easter Egger "Americanas") might not end up laying green eggs at all. So we will see. Yeah, I hope Corabeth turns out black and pretty, and I hope she lays a pretty egg.
