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Photo Gallery ~ Spring 2009 Now (Click thumbnails for enlargements--Scroll to the bottom for first entry on this page) The babies (12 weeks old) joined the hens 2 days ago. Things have been pretty good except for sleeping. The babies have been finding alternate places to sleep that do not include the roosts my husband spent so much time building. The big girls are on the roosts and that appears to be just too much of a threat for the youngsters. I spent time moving them each night to the roosts. No pictures of the final success. The little gals stay together generally anywhere the big girls are not. The first 3 photos are of the little girls. We are having a heat wave as demonstrated by the Rhode Island Red in the last picture.
May 11 , 2009 - Growing Up The babies are almost 3 months old already. In no time they will start laying. Not babies anymore. The Cuckoo Marans is my best friend of the youngsters. She will hop up on my knee if I'm sitting and on to my shoulder. I'm still calling her a Marans, although I recently read an article on telling them apart from Barred Rocks, and I think both of my barred girls are Rocks--yellow legs. Marans have white legs. I guess I'll wait till they begin laying to know for sure. The three Sex Links are two distinct colors. Two are golden with white tails and one is red with white. Below are one Golden Sex Link, one Rhode Island Red and one Red Sex Link The Easter Eggers feathers are very colorful. The 3rd photo shows an EE with a black head and every other feather color pattern you could possibly think of--almost too much! The last photo is the same EE with her white-with-gold-head head sister.
April 27, 2009 - Girls in the Grass Little girls and big girls alike enjoy being outside. The pasture in the baby pen is shorter than for their big sisters. Here they are enjoying spring.
The big girls nearly get lost in the pathways they have made in the tall grass.
The little girls (6 weeks old) left the tackroom today for good and now live in the barn with the big girls. They are still separated by wire fencing, but they can see each other, and the little girls now have an outdoor run. The heat light will be on at night for a few days while they adjust to cooler nights. Panic gave way to curiosity and then acceptance. They began investigating the new turf. The big girls protested their new roommates by laying only 4 eggs today. No one seemed to want to go in there with those juveniles!
March 30, 2009 - Easter Egger Colors The 5 Easter Egger chicks are getting their feathers. They will be 4 weeks old on Wednesday. I've started a page to document their feather colors as they develop. You'll find it under the 'Breeds' tab called Easter Egger Colors -- what else? Below is a picture of 4 of the five little girls taking a lunch break. Behind them as well as in front are 2 of the Sex Links--already getting head feathers. The Sex links are a week older than the EEs.
March 20, 2009 - Spring The Red Sex Links are getting their chest feathers. Two are a light red, while the other is dark like a Rhode Island Red. So far the most friendly/brave girl is the Rhode Island Red. She will allow me to lift her from beneath. See her in my hand while her siblings look on. Most of the babies are enjoying the new perch. All can get on the first level, most also go up top. The Rhodie again is front and center. They love the plastic bag I store their treat in. The last picture shows mostly the Easter Eggers working furiously but getting nowhere on the sealed baggie. Yes, I am sitting in their pen with them on a towel.
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