New wee chickies

[kittycast]

These are three chicks we bought at local FS to replace two roosters that we will have to re-home when they start crowing. I was only going to get two, but you know how that goes. They are 3 day old pullets- or at least that's what they were labeled as.

Sunshine - a GLW

Sonny- a Spangled Russian Orloff -she;s the one I couldn't resist

Peep -A BR - I really hope she is a girl. I didn't read till after i bought them to pick the blackest one although she is darker than the pic- I used the flash.

 

[Lesa]

Oh, there is nothing cuter than chicks! Enjoy them, they will be big in no time!

 

[Lopiekitty]

A D O R A B L E!!!

My "babies" just got big to darn fast.....nice to see pics of chicks....kinda reminds me. (sad mommy sigh there).

 

[Mahonri]

The BR could be a boy... but they are beautiful.

 

[chickenannie]

you are brave to let them sit on your keyboard !

Cute chickies though!

 

[kittycast]

Yeah - she hopped up on it, luckily no poo on the key board. I am worried about the BR now. Does anyone know about what age I'll be able to have a better idea?

 

[JennsPeeps]

You'll have a pretty good idea by about week 4 for the BR. Watch for the feathering: males appear to be black on white with finer barring, whereas females look like they're white on black.

Here's my BR pullet at about 6 weeks:

And here's our other BR (RIP), when she was the same age as yours:

Here, you can see the barring. Notice how the black is more prominent than the white.

Look for pics posted by Speckledhen of her BRs. She can help determine m/f.

 

[kittycast]

Thanks JennsPeeps

 

[wyo-helpmeet]

AW! BEEYOOTIFUL babies!!!