Well, we have a flock now

[no fly zone]

Only one of the eight eggs we had in the incubator hatched. It's a naked neck that I named Skekis, for obvious reasons.

The little thing got attached to me pretty quickly, and I love the ugly little bird.

But if it was in the brooder, it would constantly chirp in distress. So instead of ordering another batch of eggs, my wife sent me a picture of a breed she liked (BBS LF UK Orpington) and I did a local search. Fortunately, a local farm had that exact breed, and we bought four more chicks.

Here they are:

 

[TropicalBabies]

Does that mean you have lavender orps? L O V E L Y!!!! Congratulations on your new flock and good call getting chicks instead of hatching. Cant believe you were able to locate such beauties and good to keep them the same size-ish IMO. They look pretty styling in their new coop. Welcome to our world of chicken math and the likes. Looking forward to seeing you around the site.

 

[no fly zone]

I need to take better pics of the BBS Orpingtons. They don't seem to like us humans as much as Skekis does.

 

[Eggscaping]

Only one of the eight eggs we had in the incubator hatched. It's a naked neck that I named Skekis, for obvious reasons.

The little thing got attached to me pretty quickly, and I love the ugly little bird.

But if it was in the brooder, it would constantly chirp in distress. So instead of ordering another batch of eggs, my wife sent me a picture of a breed she liked (BBS LF UK Orpington) and I did a local search. Fortunately, a local farm had that exact breed, and we bought four more chicks.

Here they are:

Dark Crystal! Awesome! Let's see...there was Warlord, Chamberlain, Scientist, Gartham-Master...so you have other prospective names, too! Some things really are so ugly that they're cute! Lucky you!

 

[no fly zone]

Dark Crystal! Awesome! Let's see...there was Warlord, Chamberlain, Scientist, Gartham-Master...so you have other prospective names, too! Some things really are so ugly that they're cute! Lucky you!

My wife wants to do English pun names for the BBS Orps, i.e. Wingston Churchill, Sir Pecktrick Stewart, etc