Chicken Update

Hi!  It has been a while since I have had time to corral these girls and take some decent pictures!  You will not believe how much they have changed, and they are really growing!

Are you ready?  

First of all, this is Fiona, who turned out to be little rooster, or cockerel as they are called when they are young.  I took him back to the breeder, (thanks Rick!) and he traded me for a more obvious pullet (a young female chicken). 

We will miss you little buddy.

Fiona the Second

6weeks 5days 

Olive Egger

So here is the replacement, Fiona the Second.  She is an Olive Egger.  She was bred from a Blue Marans rooster and an Americauna hen.  She will lay olive green eggs. She is very shy and very sweet, and does NOT like to be handled for photos.  I got ONE shot, and this is it.  So sweet. 

Stormy

6weeks 5days

Blue Copper Marans

She is the biggest of all the girls right now, and pretty much keeps to herself.  Not overly shy, but really not interested in humans.  She is a Blue Copper Marans and lays chocolate brown eggs.

Olive

6weeks 5 days

Black Copper Marans

Miss Olive keeps to herself and doesn't bother anyone.  She looks around like she is curious, but then she gets scared.  I think she will come out of her shell (no pun intended) pretty soon.

Sunny

5weeks 3days

Golden Sexlink

Sunny Side Up is the head chicken.  She bosses everyone around, and LOVES humans.  She is always the first one to pop out of the brooder when we open it to clean it.

Finn

5weeks 3 days

Buff Orpington

I think Finn is the right hand hen to Sunny.  She also loves humans, and jumps right out of the brooder too.  Sunny and Finn seem to hang out together a lot.

Oreo

5weeks 3 days

Silver Laced Wyandotte

This is by far the FASTEST chicken we have.  She runs around like a crazy person and pecks at you when you try to get her out of the brooder for pictures.  Silly bird, don't you know I am still the boss of you?  

The jury is sill out on her though-her comb is a little more orange than everyone else's…I am hoping it is just the tendency for SLW pullets to develop red combs earlier than other breeds.  No huge wattles, so I am still on the "hen" team.

Devil

4weeks 2 days

Americauna/Easter Egger

This little princess is very sweet.  Her legs are turning such a pretty shade of green!  She will lay some variation of a blue or greenish blue egg, and the green feet are common in this breed.  By the way, it is very difficult to take pictures of chickens.  You should try it sometime.  Sunny's hiney is in the background of this picture, not to be confused with part of Devil's.

Katniss

4weeks 2 days

Barred Rock

Katniss has developed quite a friendship with the medium sized birds, Sunny and Finn.  She is trying to be a big girl!  She is always out of the brooder with the blondes.  She tolerates me, but I don't think she has much love for me. (compared to Sunny and Finn, who love me! --thats what I keep telling myself anyway)

They are getting restless in the brooder, and are almost ready for their eviction notice.  Kevin has the coop in place, we just need to finish the enclosure.  (Guess what is on Kevin's HoneyDo list this weekend?)  

I guess that is pretty much a complete update!  I will update again in a week or two!