I got some new babies!

I just have to share some baby pictures ;)

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What are the chances of this little sweetie staying this color?

There are 4 more eggs to go ;)

Is there any way to tell the sex of these guys?

What kind are they?

Mostly Easter eggers but Im not sure what the black ones are. Im pretty sure they are all a good mix.

Chances of that grey one staying a blue-grey colour, maybe with splashes of black, are pretty good. Congrats on such a pretty chick - i just love that colour!

I'm with Claire, I just love that color, But I also love the others, they look like a bunch of little bandido's. How cute. Congrats and thanks for sharing those great pic's.

What cuties! I love the chipmunk-looking ones! What are the nests made from?

That lil blue looks like it has feathered legs? So cute! They are darling! EEs are hard to guess the gender..

I was hoping you'd say Silver Laced Wyandottes...I just learned how to sex them:0)

How? Do tell!

I can't find the picture, but in some strains of certain breeds, and SLW are supposed to be one; in day old chicks (i.e., very young) the pullet's emerging wing feathers are staggered, long, short, long, short...while the roo's are even.

I think I posted this before, but it is a nice summation of the more common chick sexing traits:

http://successwithpoultry.blogspot.com/2007/04/how-to-tell-sex-of-chicks.html

This is also helpful:

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/1974-05-01/How-to-Sex-Day-Old-Chicks.aspx?page=4

This message was edited Apr 30, 2010 1:59 AM

Don't you hate when you write your hole post then forget to hit send before you move on lol!
Well here it goes again.... Thank you all for your comments! Im glad to hear the gray blue chick may keep its color now I just hope its a hen! The others do look like chipmunks and I think most of my adult chickens looked like this as babies. I have 2 large black hens but I don't know what kind they are. As for the nesting boxes they are large laundry baskets. One of these days DH will build me some real nesting boxes till then these will have to do :)

i have a little gray one like that too! it was my free one from mcmurray... must be, since i have several of each of the other colors and only one that color. but it sure is cute! my son says that one is eragon (i think he meant sapphira, since that is the name of the dragon, and she's blue which is kind of close to chick fluff gray, but he got mixed up)

have not had time to post a picture of the babies - too busy (bad time of year for us, in addition to trying to nurse some who didnt' travel very well) in fact have not had time to be on the internet AT ALL for a week. hopefully tomorrow if we finish decorating for my son's school fundraiser early enough tonight.

TOOOO cute. Such adorable little fuzz balls.

The remaining 3 eggs have not hatched yet and the hens are not sitting on them any more, just pushed aside. Are they bad eggs or just not enough room under Mom?

They are probably not going to hatch. I just pulled 3 eggs that didn't hatch from my broody, even though she has chicks, she was gonna keep them. I just felt that was asking too much. LOL One was infertile and 2 were just not going to hatch. Moms usually know..

I cracked in to them today to see what was in them... It just looked like scrambled egg. Is that unfertilized or something else?

Either unfertilized or just stopped developing early (common occurrence) or was fertile but just never developed at all.

If you candle them and see a dark ring around the circumference of the egg, it means the chick started to develop and then stopped for some reason very early in the development. It is called a blood ring.

Here is my babies One Modern English Game
two Silkie partridge and one Silkie splash

Cute as buttons, CherokeeGreg!

I love baby pics! The more the better ;) You have some cute little guys too.

I think the little gray one might be a Blue Silkie.?

Cute chicks. love the blue one. I would like a whole flock of blue orpingtons.

I've never had Blue Orpingtons but I have a couple of blue Jersey Giants and they are very attractive.

they are to cute Caren

That you all for your comments... I did try the wing feather test back on the 30th and my blue looks to be one of the 2 roos in the bunch darn it! Im really hoping its wrong but if not and takers on the blue baby? I can't have any more roos :(
Caren

If I was still in La I'd take you up on that.

I took a pic of my new nursery flight for the babies to start growing up in.The trough holds the very small and new hatches until they have a good start then i release them into the mix.the ceter bird with the mohawk is the lil black chick that hatched with the salmon faverollies.Its not a favoeroli but im thinking mabie a slikie cochin??? beautifil chick anyway.I also have a few ducks growing up a little in there.just a cute chick shot!

Here are my BBZ all grown up. First is my blue baby that didn't stay all blue sadly. Also the wing test did hold true hes a roo

I love the coloring on this one is there a name for this?

This is Oreo she's a hen and is very skittish

There is one more that was hiding another roo but he is just plain black. There were 5 total but a few months ago a possum (sp) got her.

Caren they are all beautiful

Thank you Donna, Im happy with them. They are just as cute as they can be tearing up my gardens and running after one another. I really could watch them for hours all the silly squabbles hops and pecks ;)
Cheap entertainment!
Caren