Topic: My babies

[Paulines7]

Back in June, my eight year old hen went broody and I sat her on three of her eggs.  Two of them disappeared and she was left with just the one, which turned out not to be fertile.  

I decided to purchase eight 2 day old chicks from a local farm on 4th July and put them under her.  She accepted them right away and is a super Mum.  I have 2 Orpington, 3 Black Araucana and 3 Barnvelder chicks.  They all have feathers now but here they are at 3 days old.

[Melbourne12]

They look absolutely super!  Good luck.

[pumkinlover]

Fantastic!! hope you get plenty of girls- or are you ok to have a few males?

[Paulines7]

I am hoping some will be hens as I have three really old hens, one of which produces about 20 eggs a year.  The other two haven't laid for 3 or 4 years.

Any cockerels will have to go to the market, perhaps with the old hens.  I might keep one cockerel if it is a Barnvelder or Black Araucana, as long as I have a hen to breed with it. 

Knowing my luck they will probably all be cockerels.  ::)

[pumkinlover]

You are a big hearted softy then :D

[Jayb]

Such cuties   ;D (sp?)

[antipodes]

Gorgeous!

[sunloving]

How lovely, what fluffy chicks they are. Good luck with the girl count!
x sunloving