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Posts Tagged ‘chicks’
December 17th, 2009 - 5:24 pm § in Fowl Play
25-day-old Serama Chick and More Eggs on the Way
This is Honey Bee at three and a half weeks old, poking around in my herb garden. It’s hard to tell exactly how big she is here, but I’d say not very. She’s about the size of a standard-sized day-old chick. My Serama and Porcelain d’Uccle eggs from Mary Robbins should be here by tomorrow, [.[...]
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![...]
November 13th, 2009 - 6:28 pm § in Fowl Play
Silkie Chick, “Flakers”
Lee wasn’t supposed to name this one, since we were fairly sure she’d die, but he did. She hung on for three days, though, a little fighter to the end. Silkie Chick “Flakers” on 12seconds.tv[...]
