New chicken mama from Australia!

[Perthchookies]

Hi everyone! My family got bigger a few months ago when we decided to raise six chicks from day-old babies! They’ve been a non-stop source of entertainment and education for us, and we love them dearly! We have a black australorp named blackie, a white australorp named cloud, a splash australorp named smoke, a white Sussex named snowy, and two that were meant to be splash australorps but ended up being just white named tophat (who had a darker coloured head as a chick) and shadow (who had a darker colored tail!). They’re about 10 weeks old, and so far we have our suspicions that three of them might be roosters - oh no!
Fun fact: Australians call chickens “chooks”!

 

[The Backyard Bantams]

Hi! I’m new here too! Cute chooks! Wait...I thought everyone called them that!

 

[Pork Pie]

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Best wishes

Pork Pie

 

[Perthchookies]

Do they? I grew up in America and I’d never heard “chook” before I moved here! Maybe it’s a regional thing?

 

[The Backyard Bantams]

No idea lol

I just call them chickens

 

[Isaac 0]

Hello, and Welcome to BackYard Chickens! So glad you decided to join! Make yourself at home here.

 

[N F C]

Hello, it's nice to have you here!

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Welcome to our FUNomenal Flock!
Grab a roost & enjoy your time here!

 

[rjohns39]

Hi and welcome to BYC We're so happy you've decided to join us

@Ribh @LozzyR @MaryJanet @Aussie-Chookmum pop over and say hi when you have a sec