Pipd's Peeps!

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Yeah, I will be applying the subtraction part of chicken math in the next week or two, and then again later in the fall with the cockerels that don't make the cut here. It's just holding off on the addition part of it that's tough.


I just got in from taking pictures but I just realized I never took any of Buzz for his monthly so I've got to go back out there Pictures coming very soon, though!

 

[Dottie the Chicken]

Buzz is staying, right?

 

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Buzz will stay as long as he behaves. I have a strict rule that I don't keep aggressive roosters because my niece and nephew are around them all the time. So far so good, but if that changes, he's got to go. Same goes for the rest of the boys, too, of course.


Anyway, here are the kiddos at about 4 months old!! These silkied Cochins are getting to be SO ROUND!! They are such sweet birds, even the boys (though Gus has his moments of sassiness, the stinker)! I love this bunch'a feather dusters!

Buzzy, who was unsure about me following him around for his picture:

Dandy Dandelion ❤

Gus-Gus

Myrtle, who is the roundest of the round

And my girl Zinnia, who was all up in my business while I was taking everyone else's pictures, so this was actually all I got of her

Some extras; here's Dandy being a cutie

Gus trying to figure out what the camera lens was

Myrtle getting ready to dust bathe right next to me, because, you know, everyone loves dirt thrown at them.

Myrtie again--look at this fluff butt!!

To be fair, though, they all have pretty impressive fluff butts. Left to right, this is Zinni, Dandy, Gus-Gus, and Myrtle. ❤

And while I was out, I grabbed a few pictures of the other birds. It's a pretty hot day, so they were hanging out at the watering hole, the puddle by the spigot. This is Cazzie Cochin (large fowl Blue Cochin), Reinette (Wheaten Marans), Roha (Exchequer Leghorn, she's kind of hiding behind Reinette), Raven (Gold-Laced Wyandotte), and Nadine (Black Copper Marans).

Fifi floofy bird ❤ She couldn't decide if she was going to come over or squat

Ganymede, waiting her turn at the watering hole

Myrna (Silver Gray Dorking), being BROODY

Mavis (Mh Birchen Marans), getting ready to lay her egg at the back corner under the nest boxes Looks like someone else is laying back there, too!

Vivienne, Black Marans, who is also broody. You can ALMOST see the halo over her head in this picture.

My old Barred Rock girl Freema ❤

Lastly, a lovely picture of She Who the Partridge Plymouth Rock

 

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Buzz will stay as long as he behaves. I have a strict rule that I don't keep aggressive roosters because my niece and nephew are around them all the time. So far so good, but if that changes, he's got to go. Same goes for the rest of the boys, too, of course.


Anyway, here are the kiddos at about 4 months old!! These silkied Cochins are getting to be SO ROUND!! They are such sweet birds, even the boys (though Gus has his moments of sassiness, the stinker)! I love this bunch'a feather dusters!

Buzzy, who was unsure about me following him around for his picture:

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Dandy Dandelion ❤

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Gus-Gus

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Myrtle, who is the roundest of the round

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And my girl Zinnia, who was all up in my business while I was taking everyone else's pictures, so this was actually all I got of her

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Some extras; here's Dandy being a cutie

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Gus trying to figure out what the camera lens was

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Myrtle getting ready to dust bathe right next to me, because, you know, everyone loves dirt thrown at them.

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Myrtie again--look at this fluff butt!!

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To be fair, though, they all have pretty impressive fluff butts. Left to right, this is Zinni, Dandy, Gus-Gus, and Myrtle. ❤

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And while I was out, I grabbed a few pictures of the other birds. It's a pretty hot day, so they were hanging out at the watering hole, the puddle by the spigot. This is Cazzie Cochin (large fowl Blue Cochin), Reinette (Wheaten Marans), Roha (Exchequer Leghorn, she's kind of hiding behind Reinette), Raven (Gold-Laced Wyandotte), and Nadine (Black Copper Marans).

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Fifi floofy bird ❤ She couldn't decide if she was going to come over or squat

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Ganymede, waiting her turn at the watering hole

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Myrna (Silver Gray Dorking), being BROODY

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Mavis (Mh Birchen Marans), getting ready to lay her egg at the back corner under the nest boxes Looks like someone else is laying back there, too!

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Vivienne, Black Marans, who is also broody. You can ALMOST see the halo over her head in this picture.

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My old Barred Rock girl Freema ❤

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Lastly, a lovely picture of She Who the Partridge Plymouth Rock

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Did you enter photos into the calendar contest?

 

[Dottie the Chicken]

She Who is beautiful and Dandy is adorable!!

 

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Did you enter photos into the calendar contest?

Nah. I have before, but not for the past few years or so. There's always so much competition for the calendar, and, honestly, my pictures aren't that great compared to a lot of those entries, so I just don't bother anymore.

She Who is beautiful and Dandy is adorable!!

Thanks! ❤ She Who has always been quite the looker in the flock, except when she's molting of course. Her sister, Fancy, is molting now and it is not pretty!

 

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Just some Dorkings being cute today ❤ Callette, Kita, and Lydda (with Rooska, Roha, and Rangi in the background)

 

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Just some Dorkings being cute today ❤ Callette, Kita, and Lydda (with Rooska, Roha, and Rangi in the background)


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It is nice to see them enjoying roost time!

 

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Haha, yeah! They love sitting on that old structure, especially first thing in the morning. ❤

 

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So, after some heavy digging into the genes involved in their background yesterday, and looking them over very closely last night at roost time, I've finally determined that Amaretto, Armada, and Gluttony are, in fact, pullets!! Their behavior this morning when I reintroduced them to their sister, Peanut Butter, and the OEGB babies confirms it. Rather than 3 girls out of 10, I've actually ended up with 6 out of 10 from that hatch!! Much better! Here they are reuniting with Peanut Butter this morning:

Now I've got to decide if I should list them under straight run (since I didn't know their sex until yesterday) or sexed (since I thought they were cockerels when I actually did the tests) on my chick sexing experiment page