Mutant Chick?????

[wsdareme]

So, it was looking on Sunday like only 1, maybe 2, of my 3 eggs was going to hatch. I had started with 7 Wade Jeane x Bev Davis Black Copper Marans eggs, and only 3 made it to lock down.

My DH and I agreed that we didn't want to have a lonely chick, so I went to the feed store to see if they had any RIR chicks left since the last one I bought (supposed to be a pullet) is a roo. They had Australorps, Barred Rocks, and Polish, but were out of RIRs. I went to the other feed store, and they had RIRs, so I bought a RIR pullet plus a Gold Sex Link.

Yesterday I got to thinking about those Polish chicks. I've heard there can be problems with other chickens picking on them because they think they’re “odd”. I finally decided, oh, what the heck, and went over and bought one. I put it in the brooder with the others and went out to clean stalls and feed the horses and chickens.

My DH comes marching out and says, “What the h*ll is that thing in the brooder? That didn’t come from that 3rd egg, did it?” I just about fell down laughing.

He thought it was a mutant chick that had hatched from the BCM egg – he’d never seen a Polish chick before.

Yes, it is odd looking compared to the others. It's a White Crested Black Polish bantam, and it's going to be quite the unusual addition to our rather eclectic flock.

 

[lady feathers]

That's hilarious.... enjoy your odd adition, it'll probably turn out to be his favprite chicken out of the bunch!

 

[dkvart1]

How funny! I've been thinking about adding that to my list of what to get when we finally are able to get some chickens. I think now I'll have to just for the sheer fun of watching DH and his daughter flip out!

Thanks for a good laugh!