Mitzi, I know where you're coming from! I swore I'd never buy banties but I see one blue bantam chick and suddenly I'm a willing bantam owner!
Speaking of being a bantam owner... I don't know if anybody remembers the story of the show quality Buff Brahma Bantams I was given to nurse back to health after they were neglected, Buffy and Van Helsing (Buffy and the vampire slayer!). I've been trying to hatch their eggs, but it's been a sad failure after sad failure. If the babies made it to hatch they died shortly after pip. I kept giving the pair vitamins and protein and hoped that when they were healthy, they would have healthy babies.
People in the illness forum told me they didn't think I would ever get healthy chicks.
I didn't want to say anything until she was at least three days old. Meet little Willow! She's so perfectly round and fuzzy! She has the most beautiful double lobed Brahma hairdo! And so far she's peppy and feisty and seems healthy.
Robin, thank you!!! You guys are just too good!