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I have some Chick pictures to share!Sadly, the fifth little Wheaten with the prolapsed yolk did not survive...
but his 4 brothers & sisters are thriving and adorable!!!![]()
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My 4 Wheaten Ameraucana chicks!
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I divided all the chicks between the two broody hens who volunteered - Wendy, a Buff Orpington, and Olivia, a Barred/Blue Rock. Just FYI, both of these new mothers were hatched in LAST year's Easter Hatch -Along, in fact Olivia was the very first chick to hatch last year! The adoption process went fairly smoothly, with a slight glitch this morning when it was discovered that Wendy was rather predjudiced towards ONLY Blonde chicks, and so the blue & black Marans chicks that I had given her were switched over to Olivia, who turned out to have a huge motherly heart that accepts chicks of all colors and breeds! Wendy was given a few golden Easter Egger chicks as replacements, and aside from a bit of suspicion at the random dark spots on their otherwise blonde heads, she seems to be tolerating them so far.
Here is Wendy with her Golden brood...
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And the big-hearted Olivia with her multi-colored hatchlings...
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They are each in a separate broody pen coop with a small enclosed coop on one end and a hardware cloth covered run on the other.
Thank you again to all the moderators, and others who made this hatch along so fun to be a part of!Happy hatching everyone!!!![]()
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I have some Chick pictures to share!Sadly, the fifth little Wheaten with the prolapsed yolk did not survive...
but his 4 brothers & sisters are thriving and adorable!!!![]()
![]()
My 4 Wheaten Ameraucana chicks!
![]()
I divided all the chicks between the two broody hens who volunteered - Wendy, a Buff Orpington, and Olivia, a Barred/Blue Rock. Just FYI, both of these new mothers were hatched in LAST year's Easter Hatch -Along, in fact Olivia was the very first chick to hatch last year! The adoption process went fairly smoothly, with a slight glitch this morning when it was discovered that Wendy was rather predjudiced towards ONLY Blonde chicks, and so the blue & black Marans chicks that I had given her were switched over to Olivia, who turned out to have a huge motherly heart that accepts chicks of all colors and breeds! Wendy was given a few golden Easter Egger chicks as replacements, and aside from a bit of suspicion at the random dark spots on their otherwise blonde heads, she seems to be tolerating them so far.
Here is Wendy with her Golden brood...
![]()
And the big-hearted Olivia with her multi-colored hatchlings...
![]()
They are each in a separate broody pen coop with a small enclosed coop on one end and a hardware cloth covered run on the other.
Thank you again to all the moderators, and others who made this hatch along so fun to be a part of!Happy hatching everyone!!!![]()
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these are real keepers!