25 rainbow mix pullets

For years I have wanted hens that would lay a variety of color eggs.

Have gone the expensive buy eggs, try to hatch an failed two or three times; this year I decided to go another route and just buy a mix of breeds. Hatchery guarantees at least 5 varieties. Today they arrived and are beautiful.

These are standard breds. I would have loved to get bantams who would have met egg color desire but am not sure there is such a thing; any way would have had to either use eggs or gone the mixed sex route and I can not bear to kill my males. So just decided to forget bantams!

Just wanted to share my excitement with some who understand what it is like.

I understand I understand!!! Congratulations on your new arrivals!

Awww! Cute little fuzzy butts! Do you know what breeds are represented?

I understand!! Congratulations! They are sooo cute!

Yes, Yes, Yes. We do understand. Congratulations!!!!!!!On your new arrivals. It's great fun and I like the way you did it. This way you can explore and decide what breeds you like best. Then go from there. Thanks for posting and welcome to the DG Forum. We will look forward to many more pic's...Good Luck and have a great day...Haystack

porkpal, they are a potpourri of what the hatchery sells. Guarantee at least 5 different varieties in mix of 25. That'll be part of the fun as I watch and ID what I have and will keep./

Thanks everybody, I knew you would understand!
Lane in SC

Congratulations on your new babies!! They're so cute, nothing like some new babies to liven things up. Have fun with them and send more pics!

I'm looking forward to seeing pictures as they mature and you guess at their breeds!

Welcome to the forum,love looking at baby pictures

How cute!!!

Congrats on the new family members! Looking forward to more pics.

I definatly understand. I have changed a few breeds over the years and love to hatch lots of diffrent poultry.Nothing brings a bigger smile to my face then a picture of fuzzie cuteness! they are darling and i cant wait toplay the guessing game. Weeeeee keep those pictures comming and welcome!!!

How about some new pictures of your chickkies?

Received one week ago yesterday. Growing like gangbusters; now feathering so I can start to see different varieties.

Small cage means already having to divide group.

Here is a photo of darker ones as they slept last night.

(Anybody else keep chickens in house?)

Here are light colored sisters to the above group.

My wife has commented several times that this is the quietest flock of babies we have ever had. They never chirp loudly, just a contented kind
chatter among themselves!

Got these this morning from the post office. Yep, in the house or that is in the dog run. Might as well be in the house since the dog run was screened in and I enclosed it with twin wall polycarbonate so I could leave the doors to the two room open without getting bugs in the house. Also, with the polycarbonate the cold north wind is no longer a problem.

My chicks are mixed brown eggers....all pullets...hopefully. Got'em from Meyers.

Their pen is 4' X 4' X 2'. They seem very happy little chicks, noisy at first but quite now.

Mine from Meyers, too. The pens always look so adequate when you put them out of the shipping boxes; a week later, how did they get so big, so fast? Hope you enjoy watching yours as much I am enjoying mine.

I just love the guessing game! I hope you are having better luck, at guessing which ones are what, than I am!!
Yep I raised babies all winter in the house....NEVER again! The bigger they got the noisier and messier they got. Plus the fact that by the time I could get them out to their big chick compounds they were totally miserable for a while trying to get used to the outside and not seeing me as much! ( awww its nice to be loved!)

OK, the personality starts that may help ID what breeds I might have. One of the chicks is singing!

I thought all day it was our canary who is just outside the room, but I just caught her (twice). She spreads her little wings and lets go sounding like Crush (that's the orange canary).

She's not too chirpy here cause I just had to do some diaper duty! She is actually a very perky active little girl.