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Hi everyone!
My husband and I are brand new to raising chickens. After a month of intense research, we went ahead and pulled the trigger yesterday. We bought 10 2-week-old chicks yesterday, hoping they will all be hens, but hey, we will see if all the pullets will stay pullets.
We got 2 zombies (Maggie and Carol), 3 Easter Eggers (Chocolate, Peep and Reese), 1 Seafoam Egger (Ariel), 2 Onyx Olive Eggers (Aretha and Whitney....can't tell those apart yet), and 2 Splash Australorps (haven't named those two yet and I can't tell them apart either).
Less than 24 hours in, they are all doing very well. A pecking order is being established with Reese so far vying for top chick. Maggie has been the most outgoing one.
I still have so many questions and praying they all stay healthy.

~EOF
 
Welcome to byc, dust off a spot on the roost to make yourself at home.
What a wonderful mixed flock you are building yourselves, love the names! One tip on being able to tell the very similar ones apart is to mark them using leg bands, my personal favorite is to use colored zip ties, this allows you to look at a glance and see which one is which which will then allow you to start noticing the little differences that will allow you to tell them apart moving forward. You'll want to tighten them just to where they're a little bit of a loose bracelet that fits comfortably and Loosely at the ankle but won't slip down over the foot . Just be sure to monitor the tightness of the bands as the birds grow and remove/replace as needed until you reach the point that you tell them apart without the leg bands or you decide it doesn't matter
 

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