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I am new to chickens and just received my new chicks 4 days ago. I did try to prepare and read up on them and I built a hen house because it didn't look like there were a lot for sale to had good ratings.

I have 4 what are supposed to be blue orpingtons. they are 4 different colors as chicks though so I am not sure what I am going to end up with. Silver, black and silver, one that is more silver than black, and even a brown one. Some of their feathers are coming in though and even the brown one has shades of black in them so we will see. Hoping for at least one solid blue orpington.

Joined BYC to hopefully get some good info. So far I am really lovin having the chicks around. I think it is only going to get better from here.

 
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Hi and welcome to BYC - thanks for joining us and congrats on your new littles :celebrate

These links may be interesting:
https://www.backyardchickens.com/ar...first-60-days-of-raising-baby-chickens.47691/

https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/category/hatching-eggs-raising-chickens.22/

Here’s a link to the Articles section - https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/ There you’ll find lots of information on almost every aspect of keeping chickens - from coop building ideas, to incubating eggs.

There’s a link on the page above to the Learning Centre - it’s a great resource. If you have a specific topic in mind, just type it in the search box - there's a wealth of information on past and present threads.

Each week, various topics are discussed, which can also be a great resource - https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/topic-of-the-week-thread-archive

You may wish to consider joining your state thread as it will put you in touch with other BYC members in your area - http://www.backyardchickens.com/t/270925/find-your-states-thread#post_3239224

All the best

Pork Pie
 
Sounds to me like you might have gotten some awesome chicks.

I'm not sure on the brown chick(I would have to see some pictures to help you with that one.)

The color blue doesn't breed true in chickens so a blue bird crossed with a blue will give you
50% blue 25% black and 25% splash.

You can find a lot more information about that on BYC.

My guess is you have some blue some black and some splash chicks.

There's also different shades of blue. So dark blue and lighter blues.

Be excited for your babies and to see how they differ as they grow. Look into the colors I think you'll really like the different colors. :)
 

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