I have 7 pullets of 15 and 17 weeks in a coop intended for 4 and with our house already over 2 months behind schedule the larger facility will not be in place for winter. Therefore I have to sell at least 2 of them.
I have one California White. I'm keeping her to have a white layer.
I have two Blue Australorps, who are the absolute picture of vigor and good health. I can't tell them apart now that Cordon dropped her white wingtip feathers in this most recent juvenile molt. They're both active, alert, beautifully-made (DH described their looks as "What you think of when you say "chicken"), and obviously maturing. I'm willing to push to 5 in the coop if there's no trouble given the huge pen made by the 100 feet of electric poultry net and the prospect of a new coop by spring so I'm planning to keep both if there is no sign of over-crowding issues. These photos, taken a week apart, could be both of them or one of them twice. I absolutely can't tell.
I have two Light Brahmas. One of them, Omelet, was bigger as a chick and got red-faced early but has not developed any rooster characteristics and is now smaller than her sister, Dumpling. And I am sure I'm not mixing them up because Omelet has always had more dark feathers on her back than Dumpling. I'm thinking that I'll keep Dumpling because a Brahma ought to be large and because, in my inexpert opinion, she seems to better approach the Brahma SOP in her hatchery-quality way.
Dumpling on the left, Omelet on the right (note the darkness on her back).
It's hard to get good comparison pictures because if they are not side-by-side the size difference is not obvious and the camera tends to wash out Omelet's redder face.
Finally, I have two Silver-Laced Wyandottes. Picatta is a little larger, has a pink face, and has bad lacing on her shoulders that made me suspect that she could be a cockerel when she was younger. Popcorn is a little smaller, has a purple face, and has better lacing. My initial instinct is to keep Popcorn with her prettier coloring but I am a little uncertain because she is my smallest bird and seems to be lowest in the pecking order. (She and Chipotle are my escape artists -- Chipotle goes over fences, Popcorn goes under them). That's Popcorn on the blocks to the right of the Brahmas above.
Picatta (pardon her lack of tail features -- juvenile molt in progress):
Picatta in front, Popcorn in back.
Popcorn between the Dumpling on the right and Omelet on the left, Picatta preening.
All of them seem to be in excellent health. None of them have any bad behavior habits like feather picking or bullying. None of them have any particularly distinctive personality traits except for Chipotle's boldness.
I like them all. But I don't have the space and the relative who was going to choose two or three to add to her flock backed out.
Thoughts?
I have one California White. I'm keeping her to have a white layer.
I have two Blue Australorps, who are the absolute picture of vigor and good health. I can't tell them apart now that Cordon dropped her white wingtip feathers in this most recent juvenile molt. They're both active, alert, beautifully-made (DH described their looks as "What you think of when you say "chicken"), and obviously maturing. I'm willing to push to 5 in the coop if there's no trouble given the huge pen made by the 100 feet of electric poultry net and the prospect of a new coop by spring so I'm planning to keep both if there is no sign of over-crowding issues. These photos, taken a week apart, could be both of them or one of them twice. I absolutely can't tell.
I have two Light Brahmas. One of them, Omelet, was bigger as a chick and got red-faced early but has not developed any rooster characteristics and is now smaller than her sister, Dumpling. And I am sure I'm not mixing them up because Omelet has always had more dark feathers on her back than Dumpling. I'm thinking that I'll keep Dumpling because a Brahma ought to be large and because, in my inexpert opinion, she seems to better approach the Brahma SOP in her hatchery-quality way.
Dumpling on the left, Omelet on the right (note the darkness on her back).
It's hard to get good comparison pictures because if they are not side-by-side the size difference is not obvious and the camera tends to wash out Omelet's redder face.
Finally, I have two Silver-Laced Wyandottes. Picatta is a little larger, has a pink face, and has bad lacing on her shoulders that made me suspect that she could be a cockerel when she was younger. Popcorn is a little smaller, has a purple face, and has better lacing. My initial instinct is to keep Popcorn with her prettier coloring but I am a little uncertain because she is my smallest bird and seems to be lowest in the pecking order. (She and Chipotle are my escape artists -- Chipotle goes over fences, Popcorn goes under them). That's Popcorn on the blocks to the right of the Brahmas above.
Picatta (pardon her lack of tail features -- juvenile molt in progress):
Picatta in front, Popcorn in back.
Popcorn between the Dumpling on the right and Omelet on the left, Picatta preening.
All of them seem to be in excellent health. None of them have any bad behavior habits like feather picking or bullying. None of them have any particularly distinctive personality traits except for Chipotle's boldness.
I like them all. But I don't have the space and the relative who was going to choose two or three to add to her flock backed out.
Thoughts?
