The chick who took FOREVER to hatch. Updated: photo

[snyd08]

i agree she will either fill out and if she stays small im sure she wont be as healthy as her brothers. so enjoy every bit of her

 

[sumi]

I am enjoying her very much. She is so spoilt. As I'm sitting here she's tucked into my jersey, she likes crawling into my armpit! I love it when I'm sitting on the couch and she wants to join me. She jumps up and down like she's saying "pick me up, pick me up".
The other chickens are amazingly tolerant with her. She can peck them, climb on them... One of the chicks from her batch who is much older calls her when she finds a bug, just like a mommy hen.

 

[cmom]

 

[zebserema]

is it possible that she is a serema?

 

[sumi]

Her grandmother had some bantam blood, though she wasn't very small. Her mother is also medium sized, but her father is a Rhode Island Red with something else mixed in. He's a nice sized rooster. I got her grandparents from a breeder who advertises Rhodes, but actually sells Rhodes mixed with other breeds. I ordered 100 chicks from her and 1 of them was a bantam. No idea what breed. So it's possible that there is more bantam in there somewhere, but no serema. (They are quite stunning little chickens, I wouldn't mind 1 or 2)

 

[sumi]

 

[sumi]

I've finally figured out how to upload a pic!!
This is Joy with her brother, he is 24 days older than her.