Eventually I will be willing to ship eggs or chicks, I just can't do so yet! My birds won't be laying until..... What age DO they lay at? My other breeds all started at 6 months or so, but what do I expect with these?
I think my little flock was hatched April 19th. Most of them are still peeping- though my boys are trying to crow. I need to build my breeding pen and get an incubator yet... I am new to this!
To answer questions- yes, Bluetail is fairly big. I actually have TWO that look just like that, but one is small. Easter is pretty big, as is the roo below that I somehow missed. Before I kick them out of the grow out pen and into the big chicken yard I will take pics of each one and weigh them (oh, they'll love that!) so we have a real comparison. I have a few really large pullets (bigger than half the boys!) of which Calli is one. The other big girls are the plain brown/red with black on the hackles, but they look like they might start to show white too later on. Only one bird so far seems really small (a dark red boy)
I am glad everyone likes Digit. I promised the kid we'd keep her (if she was a she) the day we got her. He fell in love when she fell asleep in his arms. I am glad Blackbeak Larry is looking good too. She is my favorite-the little diva tries to be in every pic I take!
I took more pics today:
Here's Big Bluetail in more detail:
Nameless roo who somehow avoided notice till today. How did I miss him?
Sprinkles (Snowflake's stunt double) and Easter
Its so hard to pick good pictures... picking a rooster will be so hard!
I think my little flock was hatched April 19th. Most of them are still peeping- though my boys are trying to crow. I need to build my breeding pen and get an incubator yet... I am new to this!
To answer questions- yes, Bluetail is fairly big. I actually have TWO that look just like that, but one is small. Easter is pretty big, as is the roo below that I somehow missed. Before I kick them out of the grow out pen and into the big chicken yard I will take pics of each one and weigh them (oh, they'll love that!) so we have a real comparison. I have a few really large pullets (bigger than half the boys!) of which Calli is one. The other big girls are the plain brown/red with black on the hackles, but they look like they might start to show white too later on. Only one bird so far seems really small (a dark red boy)
I am glad everyone likes Digit. I promised the kid we'd keep her (if she was a she) the day we got her. He fell in love when she fell asleep in his arms. I am glad Blackbeak Larry is looking good too. She is my favorite-the little diva tries to be in every pic I take!
I took more pics today:
Here's Big Bluetail in more detail:
Nameless roo who somehow avoided notice till today. How did I miss him?
Sprinkles (Snowflake's stunt double) and Easter
Its so hard to pick good pictures... picking a rooster will be so hard!
