That's cute, I didn't even think to house them LF, maybe I can get down to one coop for the winter.Hello! Just wanted to share a photo of my little Dwarf Rooster with my Swedish Flower Hen Rooster! He looks like a mini me!! (Sorry quality isn't my normal.)
OK, here goes.
First, Lisbet with the first of her 3 chicks to hatch:
Here are the first 2 to hatch - comparing notes:
Here are some of the 2 week olds in the brooder - you can see that they were very sleepy during the photo session!
I have a 2 month old black mottled japanese bantam cockerel in with the babies - he was getting picked on my his group, so I put him in with the babies. They love him and spend lots of time snuggling with him!
I love seeing the colors show up in their feathers. Usually the brown and black show up first, as below, with the white to follow.
They are like little gemstones - watching the colors develop day by day is just amazing.
Here is a picture of the chick that was pure white with a few light brown spots when he hatched - now about 4 weeks old. None of my subsequent hatches have had that coloring - it will be interesting to see how the next few groups (under the broodies) hatch out.
I just collected the last few eggs to make up a dozen tonight - I don't plan to set these, so if anyone is interested in buying some eggs please pm me!
All these pictures of sleepy babies is making me sleepy - goodnight BYC!
Do you let them free range all the time? I always get a little nervous about letting mine out. Do they fly well? Sorry so many questions, mine are still young.
