Here are Diesel, who’s an Ameraucana/Maran cross at three days old, Serama Nemo (Nemette), who’s two and a half weeks old, and Honey Bee, one of the new baby Seramas, at one day old. The little one kept skittering around trying to get underneath everyone, and Nemette kept wandering off[...]
November 23rd, 2009 - 4:26 pm § in Fowl Play
Leopard Print Chick
Obviously, she’s part leopard. <3 One-day-old Silkie Chick[...]
November 23rd, 2009 - 4:20 pm § in Fowl Play
Serama Chick Comparison
Just to compare sizes, here are Diesel, who’s an Ameraucana/Maran cross at three days old, the black Serama Nemo (probably Nemette), who’s two and a half weeks old, and one of the new baby Seramas, yellow with brown stripes, one day old. I had a hard time getting pictures of them toget[...]
November 22nd, 2009 - 7:11 pm § in Fowl Play
Hatched Friday!
Thirteen hatched from this batch: two French Black Copper Marans (I think that’s what they’re called—some combination of those words, anyway), two Olive Eggers, a bunch of different colored silkies with a few pure whites—yay!, and three showgirls. More pictures to come.[...]
November 13th, 2009 - 8:23 pm § in Fowl Play
Chick Poo – You probably don’t want to see this.
I have no idea if this is normal or not. I plan on asking on BYC right now. This is just a place holder for the images I want to ask about. UPDATE: Okay, it’s cecal poop! Whew. Here are some more chicken poop links in case I’ve inadvertently enthralled you with the wonders of [...][...]
November 13th, 2009 - 7:28 pm § in Fowl Play
Day 8: Silkie & Serama Chicks
The chicks’ first day free, wandering on the patio. They mainly stayed within sight of my toes, but a few wandered off for a few moments before fluttering back to “safety”. Goddard stayed with them the whole time, making sure no one got hurt. What a good boy![...]
