Charlottechicken Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 They are absolutely bonkers too! Here they are rather subdued but happy as they have 'escaped' from the brooder annexe I still have no idea what breeds they are or if they are male or female. I really hope to have a couple of females amongst them. On the left is a black/white chick which hatched out of a small white egg. Second from the left is the suspected Araucana, now sporting some stylish showgirl type headgear it also hatched from a small white egg. The next two came from large light brown eggs and both have a lot of black and brown feathers. The chick on the far right was also from a light brown large egg and I think it is a bit Welsummer (in the face) with a bit of exchequor leghorn (black and white feathers and long legs). I made a pen for them on the lawn today and they spent half an hour running round like a bunch of nutters and screaming at everything they picked up Oh, and they can fly quite a distance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 I love chick pictures! They are so sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwing Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 They are so cute! Lucky dip chickens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alih Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 They are beauties - where did you get your eggs and was it a good proportion that hatched? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 Ebay, and 83% (five out of six hatched!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 Lovely....funny how they tell you they shouldn't perch till a certain age......and all they want to do is perch . Looks like some sort of barring pattern in the end chick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted April 21, 2009 Author Share Posted April 21, 2009 Lovely....funny how they tell you they shouldn't perch till a certain age......and all they want to do is perch . Yes! , fingers too, you can't get them off!! They even sleep with their toes curled around an imaginary perch Looks like some sort of barring pattern in the end chick Yes, both ends, so to speak, are black and white with barred wings, but slightly different to each other. Parents are any of the following breeds, Welsummer, Exchequor Leghorn, Cuckoo Marans, Araucanas and Light Sussex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 In that case I'd say the barred chicks will have Cuckoo Marans in them, the brown/black ones Welsummer/ Sussex and the wee tufty Araucana one. I don't see Leghorn in any of them yet. If the brown/black ones are totally schizo and neurotic then they def have Welsummer in them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griffin Posted April 21, 2009 Share Posted April 21, 2009 They're so funny when they scream And it's surprising how well they fly too I agree with feemcg, the end one definitely looks like a Cuckoo Marans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 In that case I'd say the barred chicks will have Cuckoo Marans in them, the brown/black ones Welsummer/ Sussex and the wee tufty Araucana one. I don't see Leghorn in any of them yet. If the brown/black ones are totally schizo and neurotic then they def have Welsummer in them Ah, thanks Fee! I must admit to not knowing a thing about Leghorns (or most other types of chicken ), and assumed they were 'leggy' So, what an Exchequor Leghorn is I don't know! The little Araucana looking one is so small compared to the others, I weighed it today and it was 129 grams against the heaviest, second from right on pic which was 234 grams. The Araucana looking one is virtually fully feathered though, and this morning flew from the brooder doorway up onto the kitchen worktop, a distance of over six feet It has a really impressive wingspan too. I am beginning to think it is a sparrow crossed with a cockatoo It has really small feet too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 These are Exchequer Leggies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*mummy_hen* Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 They are all really gorgeous Look forward to seeing photos of them as they grow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlottechicken Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 Fee, thanks for the pic, are they yours? They are handsome One thing which has really thrown me and I never thought of before, is the chick fluff colour bears no resemblence to the feathered bird. My darkest chick was all white underneath from the beak to the tail, and is now showing black and dark brown feathers as the fluff comes off, strange Look forward to seeing photos of them as they grow. Oh don't worry, regular updates will be forthcoming, especially as I need help figuring out what breeds they may be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meezers Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 They are lovely, what fun working out what they are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feemcg Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 I hatched the Exchequers with the intention of keeping one but ended up selling them......to a couple of Scottish Omleteers It's true.....often the chicks hatch and have no colour resemblance to the adult bird, and I've had hens who's colour or pattern changes after a moult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kathyschix Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Lovely escapees! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
