My Flock Story -- 2023

[3KillerBs]

Babies hatching and older chicks in the integration facility.

It looks like the January chicks are a 50-50 split male and female.

 

[Sally PB]

Very cute. Still 2 months before I get chicks, so I'm living vicariously through everyone else's pictures.

 

[3KillerBs]

I hatched these to sell, but this extra-dark one is a keeper, I think.

 

[Sally PB]

Very loveyly!

 

[fluffycrow]

I hatched these to sell, but this extra-dark one is a keeper, I think.

That's a really pretty bird

 

[3KillerBs]

That's a really pretty bird

This is why I'm keeping Rameses through the breeding season despite him occassionally challenging me.

I want to get some of his chicks with his darkest daughters.

 

[Mr Spot]

Great looking chicks : )

 

[3KillerBs]

I've got babies in the brooder:

And check out Saran, a seriously shrink-wrapped baby: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/march-2023-hatch-a-long.1562230/post-26633721

 

[3KillerBs]

My 3/14 hatch:

11 chicks,
2 Dominant White -- Australorp X California White
2 blues
3 blacks
3 splash
and Saran, who is definitely Australorp x OE and *probably* blue but I'm not 100% sure.
there are 2 more xOEs and an Australorp x FCM -- but I can't tell them apart yet.

All chicks are clean-legged. There *might* be one with a pea comb and I *might* have seen a beard or two. I'll know more in a week.

 

[3KillerBs]

Some interesting markings on a couple of these.

I tried to get chin shots of the suspected beards, but couldn't.