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[Charlottechicken]

Here they are

 

 

Marans-ish no 1 possibly male, Marans-ish no 2 possibly male and Lola (hopefully female ).

 

 

Large brown Heinz 57 another possible male and present leader of the Heinz 57 pack, and over feathered possible female with feathered legs, nicknamed "Duck" since hatching because of her habit of standing in the drinking water.

 

They have been living out in the new covered run since last Thursday, and have the Eglu run set up on a patch of grass to free range in, supervised. They take themselves to bed too, which is quite sweet, but think of me as their mother and jump all over me and try to snuggle under my clothes Sometimes I can only shut Lola up by cuddling her, which she loves

 

I have noticed a couple of things; they have not grown in size much since starting on the growers pellets last week, but are moulting or losing baby feathers. They have lovely grey/green eyes, not amber like the two hens. I am assuming chick eye colour changes as they get older?

Edited May 12, 2009 by Guest

[Chickvic]

Gorgeous pics How long will you keep the boys?

[Charlottechicken]

How long will you keep the boys?

 

Until they are big enough to eat

[Griffin]

I agree with you, two lovely ladies and lots of dinners

[Redwing]

They are lovely, especially Lola

[Egluntyne]

I agree with you, two lovely ladies and lots of dinners

 

I'll second that.

[moochoo]

They are lovely, Lola's hairdo is spectacular!

[Ain't Nobody Here]

Lovely boys and girls .

[Jules.]

They're great

 

The difference in size between the probable boys & girls is quite marked at even this early stage.

[HENthusiastic]

I agree with you, two lovely ladies and lots of dinners

 

I'll second that.

 

What if they start crowing before they are big enough to eat? What age do they start crowing?

 

I guess you could just have two lovely ladies and a couple of small snacks?

[Charlottechicken]

Thank you all for your comments

 

They're great

 

The difference in size between the probable boys & girls is quite marked at even this early stage.

 

Jules, I think it is to do with breeds. Lola is (hopefully) Araucana, a light breed, the two Marans are heavy, but are dwarfed by the two on the bottom pic, who are a right pair of busters and I don't know what breed they are, but there is one girl and one boy, and they are roughly the same size, although "Duck" has more feathers

 

It isn't evident from the pic, but Lola has the makings of a handlebar moustache She has feathers sticking out on both cheeks

[ubereglu]

They're gorgeous, I love all of them, and that's without hearing their cute little cheeps!

[Seagazer]

Lovely photos, gorgeous chickens

[Chickvic]

You need to get a pic of the handlebar moustache

[Daphne]

Lola is great! Her whiskers are called a muff and if she is developing a triangle below the beak then that will be her beard

[Charlottechicken]

She's going to be a bearded lady

 

Anyone got Billy Smart's telephone number? She's off to the circus