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[Faraday40]

@Honora
I agree about your 1 boy. The others look female now, but I'm never fully sure on some orps until about 8wks. (My blue orp is one of those.) They all look like girls until a red comb or long pink wattles develop. I guess it doesn't help when some female orps have leg like tree stumps.

A big Congrats on the Jubilee orp pair. They're looking good.

 

[WVduckchick]

Legs like tree stumps... so true

 

[Johnn]

 

[medicgal82]

These guys just arrived! Mottled Orpingtons. I have more coming today, different colors. I purchased 6 of these guys, was sent 9 and some how won a raffle of 6 more Orpingtons and 2 Coronation Sussex.

Chicken math. I wanted 2 chickens. Ended up with 9. That became 6. Now I'm at 20+.

 

[Johnn]

Orp sisters

 

[akorte]

3 month old isabels and a 3 1/2 month old white

 

[Johnn]

Bella visiting the grandkids

. So cute how Lacey remembers she's her Mam, she's the only chicken Lacey will let near her and her babies

Pl &Orp

Love this paining of Daisy, Orp and Bella

 

[Honora]

Aw, your duck had babies? Congrats! They are so cute!

 

[Faraday40]

Here is our newest mama, Oopsie. She turned out to be another great broody. I gave her a couple eggs from the incubator - which she hatched & seemed OK with. So, I then slipped the rest of the chicks under her as they hatched. All went well. Next I moved her into the large brooder- but I already had a couple older chicks & 2 quail in there. She didn't seem to mind & by the end of the day, I found them snuggling under her as well. About 10 days later when one of my preschool incubation classes was over, I was able to add those to the brooder as well. I have a wide range of ages (& even diff species) and Oopsie loves them all. It's pretty much a necessity to keep the group contained in the brooder or inside a fence for grass time. Once we sell some more & get down to 12 or less, I'll let Oopsie & chicks into the backyard.

Here's a perfect pic for Mother's Day.
I like how the Spitzhauben (about 5 weeks & the oldest) is sticking her head out & there's a Silkie in the corner. At the time of the pic there were 24. Today we're down to 19.

Can you see the little feet?

 

[Faraday40]

Here are some pics from early May when Oopsie's chicks 1st hatched. The "pink" one on her back is a week older. (DD marked it as a favorite, so it doesn't get sold.)

Cookie Update:
Here's Cookie with 2 of her chicks. (She has 2 LF lav orp boys & 2 girls - penciled rock & cuckoo orp) The day after this pic was taken Cookie started laying again, so they're now on their own.