Pipd's Peeps!

[2ndTink]

One long, long, loooong road trip later... and I am home with the cutest special delivery in the world

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Since it's been an age since I ordered them and posted this, they are 3 Easter-eggers, 2 Green Queens, a Delaware, and a Sumatra.

Among the three Easter-eggers, it looks like I have a splash, probably leaky or perhaps partridge- or birchen-based because she has some reddishness on her forehead that's easier to see in person than in this picture:

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What looks like a blue partridge type coloration:

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And maybe a silver wildtype or wildtype/partridge split? I need to brush up on my chick down colorings again!

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Look at those beards

Anyway, the Green Queens both look like they're partridge-based, one gold and one silver. Both have small beards, light leg feathering, and look like they will have small crests. They're also visibly smaller than the other chicks, though not small enough to be bantams, which I thought was interesting. I almost thought the gold one was a Mille Fleur d'Uccle when I first saw her!

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The Sumatra is such a pretty baby She has a two-toned beak, one side jet black and the other blue-gray! She also already has this look on her face like she's 1000% over everyone's crap

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And the last little one, the Delaware, is just your basic yellow chick, but she's a cutie nonetheless

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They're all perky, bright-eyed, and growing accustomed to their brooder, this whole eating and drinking thing, and their next-door neighbors the silkied Cochin chicks, who are like 4 times their size and absolutely terrified of them despite that These guys seem HUGE for day-old chicks after all the bantams I've hatched the last several years!

Names to come later. Since they should all be pullets, I have a theme picked out and some names rumbling through my brain in that theme already

Oh my goodness they're adorable congrats on the new additions!

 

[Crazy Maizie]

Congrats on getting accepted to the program!

Congrats on all the new chicks. I'm jealous about them all, but especially your Meyer picks, because I can't wait to see them grow up!

I went on a 15 day mission trip to Alaska. My hubby took care of the crew here. When I came home all looked well. The first evening, I noticed Mango was not roosting where she should be. I got out the ladder and found she was in the rafters. I couldn't see her well without moving things around to set the ladder correctly. So, I waited until the next day (as jet lag zapped all of my energy). The next day in the afternoon (after a very long nap), I went out to clean and investigate.

Mango was sitting on 7 eggs. I asked my husband how long had she not been roosting in her normal spot - he said he didn't know. Lol
I left her alone and gave it some thought about letting her hatch - and I just don't have the space. Plus, the idea of finding cockerels a home is exhausting. So, I went up and picked the eggs up to candle (in a dark closet). There were no visible veins. So, they all got tossed. They might not have been viable at all, but if they had been far enough along to see veins, I probably would have let her continue to sit.
She's a bit feisty when broody.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Oh my goodness they're adorable congrats on the new additions!

Congrats on getting accepted to the program!

Congrats on all the new chicks. I'm jealous about them all, but especially your Meyer picks, because I can't wait to see them grow up!

Thank you!! They are the cutest! I forgot how adorable those baby beards are on chicks

I went on a 15 day mission trip to Alaska. My hubby took care of the crew here. When I came home all looked well. The first evening, I noticed Mango was not roosting where she should be. I got out the ladder and found she was in the rafters. I couldn't see her well without moving things around to set the ladder correctly. So, I waited until the next day (as jet lag zapped all of my energy). The next day in the afternoon (after a very long nap), I went out to clean and investigate. View attachment 4150676
Mango was sitting on 7 eggs. I asked my husband how long had she not been roosting in her normal spot - he said he didn't know. Lol
I left her alone and gave it some thought about letting her hatch - and I just don't have the space. Plus, the idea of finding cockerels a home is exhausting. So, I went up and picked the eggs up to candle (in a dark closet). There were no visible veins. So, they all got tossed. They might not have been viable at all, but if they had been far enough along to see veins, I probably would have let her continue to sit.
She's a bit feisty when broody.

Oh wow, that sounds like an amazing trip!

Glad the birds handled your absence well! There's something in the air here in northeast Indiana--I have a bunch of birds going broody as well Mango is the cutest little broody! Those OEGBs do tend to get pretty fiery when they want to hatch eggs

I hear you on not wanting to worry about rehoming cockerels. With my first batch of the year pretty much confirmed 2 pullets and 5 cockerels at this point, I'm begrudging starting that process now I don't even want to know how many cockerels Opal and Kya are raising!

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Introducing... The babies of the Corn Crib Crew! A while back, I was watching a cooking competition (Tournament of Champions 6 if anyone wondered), and one of the contestants was making polenta, an Italian dish made out of cornmeal that's sort of similar to grits. I thought, huh, Polenta actually sounds like it could be a name... And then I looked up other corn-based dishes and realized that a lot of them sounded like they could be names!

Years ago, before I started with the Cochins, I used to theme the names of about every odd batch of pullets I got. I sort of still do that with my green band pen, the flower girls, but it's nice to kind of break away from that and just have fun with a naming theme again. Usually I use 'real' names, people names if you will, but sometimes silly names just are more fun!

Without any further ado, here is our official introduction!

The Easter-eggers, starting with Succotash, nickname Tash

Corn Chowder, nickname Chowder

Flint Corn, nickname Flint. Flinty's particularly special because my mom picked out her name and the chick to give it to (I probably should have put her on a dark background, whoops! )

For the Green Queens, we have Johnnycakes

And here's Polenta

Next is the Sumatra, named Chicha

And last but not least, the Delaware. Corn Pudding, nickname Pudding (Another that probably should have been on a dark background )

 

[Crazy Maizie]

So cute!