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I'm giggling thinking of you out in the coop, lifting up hens like you're in a gym. But you are right - these original Alohas are pretty darn small. As for improvements in size, I have one of the late October chicks, who is only two and a half months right now. He is ALREADY as large as the smallest Aloha hen! With almost four months of growing left to do! The other chicks in the Oct. hatch are not nearly as large. Hopefully, though, we will get some serious improvement this generation. This guy in particular looks promising - huge and colorful. He may have a bit of barring though, darn it. But already, I'm mentally crossing him with NHR and Buff Rock hens next year . . . . ha ha ha.Exciting variety of colorings! It's also great that you've found some other local folks to hatch out eggs. Hopefully the thread will really start hopping with new-chick pics! I plan to have my incubator running by next weekend. I also sent 18 eggs home with someone who lives in Bellingham, WA. which should hatch around 1/20. The eggs were from two Aloha hens, and fertilized by either my RIR/NHR roo or Buff Rock roo. (no separate pens yet). As has been discussed, this generation should be solid-colored (no mottling/spotting) offspring. I'm real curious as to what this will look like, but more importantly, what sizes we'll get. Lately I've been going out at night and picking up various hens, just to compare their weights and body... and WOW, my two older buff hens feel SO heavy! Then I pick up the smaller Aloha hens and it feels like I'm picking up a quail or something. Huge difference. No wonder they can still fly with clipped wing. I'm looking forward to the size improvements!