It's been some time since I have posted. After the last batch of chicks that hatched out last year we took a trip to visit both our families. By the time we got back our youngest babies were already getting big. I decided right then and there that I would never plan a trip for at least 4 weeks after a batch is born. The reason being, we did not get to see what chick turned into which chicken. As you can tell from the pic below, of the 21 eggs we had set to hatch under Spice, we ended up with 14 little fluff balls. This was a much better hatch as we had two-thirds viable chicks as oppose to the last 2 batches that only half made it.
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| Here is the last batch we hatched out, only a few days old. |
As if these little ones couldn't be cuter, here they are at 4 weeks old.
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| Leghorn/EE cross |
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| (leftside)- Cochin/EE cross (rightside)-Langshan/EE cross |
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| Australorp/EE cross, Ancona/EE cross |
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| Leghorn/EE cross |
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| Australorp or Ancona/EE cross |
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| Silver-Grey Dorking/EE cross |
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As you can tell by how different they look at 4 weeks compared to days old, can you tell who is who? I surely cannot on all of them, but a few. The time went by so fast, it was a blast watching them grow up from little things to adults. The days were filled with anticipation as the time got closer to them laying. I finally found eggs from these hens and was totally shocked. The first batch we hatched out all ended up laying the same colored eggs they came out of. Which made me think our EE rooster did not carry the blue gene. I am however glad to say I was wrong, as the eggs I found from these chicks were various shades, a brown, light tan, blue, and different shades of green.
Of course you are probably wondering what these chicks look like as adults.
These ones we sold, as we do not need a flock of roosters.
These are the remaining ones.
With all this hatching we did and the chickens we have now, I see new coops in the future.
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