I took a few photos last night of some of the new chicks we've got in the brooder. This is the little chocolate colored chick we had hatch about 10 days ago. I was going back and forth about who it's mama was, and clearly I was WRONG! Turns out, this chick has Silkie toes and frizzling feathers! So there's no way her mama could be Doily, Pearl, or Tina! You can kind of see her wing feathers sticking out as they do their cute frizzle curl. It will be fun to see her grow up! (Sorry it's not all in focus... it was dark and I needed to use a shallow depth of field to allow enough light to even take the photo at all!)
This is Edwina, a cross between our Mille Fluer Peanut and our Ameraucana Edward Scissorbeak. Peanut lays the smallest eggs on the farm, but hatching from one of Peanut's itty bitty eggs didn't stop Edwina from growing and growing and GROWING! She TOWERS over all the other babies in the brooder! And look at all her pretty feathers coming in! She is a very sweet, mild mannered chick. Except when a bug gets in the brooder... then she gets a little CRAZY running and jumping and peeping like mad. Bugs in the brooder are VERY exciting! Hopefully, Edwina will lay green eggs...
This is one of the little Golden Comet chicks we brought home from the farm supply store last weekend. Golden Comets are a sex-link bird, meaning that the pullets (girls) are a different color than the cockerels (boys). So it's easy to tell the males from the female birds. She'll grow up to be a pretty gold and white colored hen and lay nice, brown eggs. Can't wait!
Hope you're enjoying your weekend!
We have some mille fleur americauna cross chicks about to hatch - details about or a photo of your full grown chick would be appreciated!
Posted by: Kip Brisley | June 11, 2011 at 09:32 AM
Sweet little chickums! Love them all!
Posted by: Claire | April 10, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Those babies are just the cutest! I live in the city, so we don't get a chance to see real checks around here. I do have a question about the chocolate chick...will she lay chocolate eggs:)
Posted by: CindyLouWho2 | April 09, 2009 at 08:49 AM
I can't tell you how much I enjoy your pics of your chicks and assorted other livestock...I miss this a lot! the last member of our family in farming just sold out after the family had been at it in this country since 1723.....I cried!
Posted by: Linda Bandow | April 08, 2009 at 02:10 PM
How sweet! I really enjoy your animal pics.
Posted by: Kerry from PA | April 07, 2009 at 09:48 AM
They are so sweet!
Posted by: Danielle | April 07, 2009 at 05:42 AM
Anna! Anna!
I saw your article in the new Scrap & Stamp Art Magazine! Congratulations!! I didn't know you have over 300 designs with WS! That is great! I wish you continued success!!
Take care and STAY POSITIVE!
Posted by: Trena in Naperville | April 06, 2009 at 07:48 PM
your little chicks are so cute. thanks for sharing them with us
Posted by: jules p | April 06, 2009 at 04:49 PM
The last time I had baby poultry, it was 30 guinea chicks. You have to order more guineas because they are so small, you need that many to keep them warm enough to mail safely. We would go out and gather bugs for them every day and watch the carnage. It was our entertainment. We're odd people, we don't have TV, we read and watch adorable little fluff balls tear innocent insects limb from limb for our fun. Once we threw a big, healthy grub into the brooder. The guineas all went and huddled in a corner while quietly peeping and eyeing the grub with suspicion. We actually had to take the grub out of the brooder. I theorized that since guineas don't scratch like chickens do, an insect that lives IN the ground is not on their diet. Or maybe these guineas were just grubists.
Posted by: Carla Mayfield | April 06, 2009 at 04:44 PM
I can't tell you how impressed I am with your chick photography skills. Very nice work! Mind if I ask which lens you use?
BTW - found your site through BYC.
Posted by: whiterice | April 06, 2009 at 01:06 PM
Nice pix. Cute chicks. They're adorable.
Posted by: Toni K | April 06, 2009 at 03:28 AM
Oh, they are adorable! Beautiful babies, and growing so fast...
Hope you have a wonderful week! We just had a blizzard today (sheesh!) but hopefully it's the last snow for a long time!!!
Thanks for the great pictures! :D
Posted by: diane mcvey | April 05, 2009 at 10:34 PM
I'm totally loving the chick pictures and all the stories you've been telling. It's nice to hear some using genetic terms because I'm a science teacher. I always hear from my students we'll never use this.
Posted by: Erika M | April 05, 2009 at 05:13 PM