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Baby pictures! Or maybe, not so much babies anymore pictures! 
I am head over heels for these Mottled Cochins! They're so unbelievably adorable at all times! I thought it was just the Silkieds that were above and beyond adorable, but I guess it's a Bantam Cochin thing! I've even taken to calling them munchkins like I do with the Silkied Cochins! 
So, I'll stop talking about it and share the pics already, huh?
Here are the 15-weekers, the Silkied Cochins. Based on how well the boys are getting along with their dad and how well they're behaving with me, I've tentatively named the two of them--but that doesn't mean that it's set in stone that they'll stay, as I still have my rooster rules.
Anyway, tentatively, Mr. Blue band is named Russell:
And Mr. Pink band is tentatively Rufus:
You might notice that they are basically identical at this point. Don't worry, I've noticed, too.
The only way I've been able to tell the two of them apart is that Russell has a sort of doubled spike at the back of his comb and Rufus doesn't. They used to be more obvious (Rufus was red overall and Russell sort of had some darker undertones), so I'm just really hoping that comes back as they mature. 
Anyway, to finish off the 15-weekers, here is Roxanne practicing her HARD STARE:
Now, the 14-weekers. I'll start off with my sweet little Dorkings. First, Myrna. You might recall her beak had a crack in it. Well, the tip of her beak fell off a few days ago!
She's doing fine as is, just has a little bit of an underbite. 
And then there's Kita. Boy oh boy is this girl ever hard to get a clear picture of!
I did what I could!
And just to be safe, I grabbed a shot of Kita sitting, too, since that's the only time she's not moving! Look at her, laying on the innocence!
Now, the Mottled Cochin babies. First off, since the girls are in the flock, the boys are fenced off from them. This means that they, too, are incredibly difficult to get a picture of. So, I just grabbed this shot of the two of them through the fence. This is Orange band standing up, and Purple band sitting.
Now, those sweet, adorable pullets.
The sharply dressed Bryony:
Ida! What a stinker she is!
Sweet little Sylvie
And eyebrowed Vira
And a hand full of extra shots I got of them. Here is a closer look at Myrna's broken beak tip. Poor baby!
Sylvie, perched. Those bright eyes
Ida being nosy. It's a bit out of focus, but I just couldn't resist her little face!
And finally, here are (most of) the pullets perching together. Left to right, it's Kita, Myrna, Sylvie, Bryony, Roxy, and Vira. Notice the black-and-white blur in the lower right corner--that's Ida zooming by.
I am head over heels for these Mottled Cochins! They're so unbelievably adorable at all times! I thought it was just the Silkieds that were above and beyond adorable, but I guess it's a Bantam Cochin thing! I've even taken to calling them munchkins like I do with the Silkied Cochins! So, I'll stop talking about it and share the pics already, huh?Here are the 15-weekers, the Silkied Cochins. Based on how well the boys are getting along with their dad and how well they're behaving with me, I've tentatively named the two of them--but that doesn't mean that it's set in stone that they'll stay, as I still have my rooster rules.
Anyway, tentatively, Mr. Blue band is named Russell:
And Mr. Pink band is tentatively Rufus:
You might notice that they are basically identical at this point. Don't worry, I've noticed, too.
The only way I've been able to tell the two of them apart is that Russell has a sort of doubled spike at the back of his comb and Rufus doesn't. They used to be more obvious (Rufus was red overall and Russell sort of had some darker undertones), so I'm just really hoping that comes back as they mature. Anyway, to finish off the 15-weekers, here is Roxanne practicing her HARD STARE:
Now, the 14-weekers. I'll start off with my sweet little Dorkings. First, Myrna. You might recall her beak had a crack in it. Well, the tip of her beak fell off a few days ago!
She's doing fine as is, just has a little bit of an underbite.
And then there's Kita. Boy oh boy is this girl ever hard to get a clear picture of!
I did what I could!
And just to be safe, I grabbed a shot of Kita sitting, too, since that's the only time she's not moving! Look at her, laying on the innocence!
Now, the Mottled Cochin babies. First off, since the girls are in the flock, the boys are fenced off from them. This means that they, too, are incredibly difficult to get a picture of. So, I just grabbed this shot of the two of them through the fence. This is Orange band standing up, and Purple band sitting.
Now, those sweet, adorable pullets.
The sharply dressed Bryony:
Ida! What a stinker she is!
Sweet little Sylvie
And eyebrowed Vira
And a hand full of extra shots I got of them. Here is a closer look at Myrna's broken beak tip. Poor baby!
Sylvie, perched. Those bright eyes
Ida being nosy.
It's a bit out of focus, but I just couldn't resist her little face!
And finally, here are (most of) the pullets perching together. Left to right, it's Kita, Myrna, Sylvie, Bryony, Roxy, and Vira. Notice the black-and-white blur in the lower right corner--that's Ida zooming by.
They were sexed at hatch. Truth be told, I only got them because I was sure I'd only get two Mottled Cochin pullets out of the 6 of them, and I only got them because I thought I had hatched three cockerels out of three with the Silkied Cochins this spring. I ended up with 4 Mottled Cochin pullets and a single Silkied Cochin pullet, plus the two Dorks and the older three Marans, so I'm drowning in pullets this year compared to my usual luck. 
The Mottled boys are still too small, so they are staying for now. Should they continue to improve in temperament, though, then that may just be it for them (editing to add, by that I mean they stay). And Tygo, I'm still so torn about. Mom makes a good point that he really doesn't have much of a life stuck in a rooster pen all the time, and realistically I know he should go as I don't think I will ever use him for breeding with all the other stuff I want to hatch beforehand, but I keep going back to how pretty and unusual he is... Anyway, I'm just really ready to have a lot fewer roosters at this point, so sending some of them now is better than waiting until later.
