I have a dozen chicks this year, but I will only be butchering 3 the rest I have decided to keep so that I have chicks in the Spring of 2011 by all of the ones mentioned below. The keeper pullets are all so pretty that I want some offspring by them - but now Eliana has thrown a monkey wrench in the mix by playing gender-bender games; so I gotta get that figured out soon. Im going to try to make sure I have at least one egg by every keeper to place under a brooder. This is only my second year of raising a small flock so I am hoping to accomplish this feat; LOL. At any rate we are having fun with them! The 3 Queen Bees in my flock: Yochoved the reigning primary pullet, Peninah, and Eliana with her pretty blue feet; Eliana can get pretty mean with Peninah https://www.backyardchickens.com/fo...etty_blue_feet_yocheved_and_peninah_-_014.jpg Hubby swears he saw Eliana crow this morning I dont think pullets crow; cockerels do and by the looks of this picture of Abidah, my Delaware Rooster and Eliana, it appears that Eliana is a pullet unless I have freaky chicks! In which case, one of them is definitely going down the road maybe someone here can help with gender ID? Obviously if Eliana is indeed ANOTHER ROOSTER I will have to rename the bird Esig if I keep it ... https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/60965_a_place_in_the_sun_abidah_and_eliana_-_046.jpg https://www.backyardchickens.com/fo...ing_and_this_does_look_a_rooster_comb_002.jpg https://www.backyardchickens.com/fo...gressive_please_god_not_another_roo_-_008.jpg Henya the Rhode Island Red, Havva the Wellsummer, my primary cockerel, Tov the Orpington, and Eliana the whiskered Americauna; Tov just got his voice this past week and I love it! Not sure what the neighbors think, but I'm enjoying hearing him sound off; a little weak since he's only 2 months old: https://www.backyardchickens.com/fo...roo_eliana_the_whiskered_americauna_-_027.jpg My 2 cockerels and their primary mate choices: Tov and Yocheved, which are Orpingtons & Abidah and Peninah, which are Delawares; Tov rules the flock and he diligently protects Yocheved https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/60965_tov_yocheved_and_abidah_-_012.jpg Keshet, the petite and exotic 2nd Americauna really makes me work to capture her in a photo shoot: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/60965_keshet_4_so_pretty_-_042.jpg The Coco Maran spoilerCoco Maran is Chana. https://www.backyardchickens.com/fo..._and_have_soft_blue_edges_on_them_shes_ve.jpg THANKS SO MUCH to the people who replied to my querry about posting pics here - I APPRECIATE IT Yu'all free to visit my Blog for near daily updates on my Urban Homestead and my chickens hijinx with accompanying pictures @: Owl Nest - Urban Homesteading Blog Every day its something new happening with the chicks, Seaira (the hellion cat) and my beautiful wolf Precious ... Chase, the old gray cat is a mellow fella; LOL
