I'm going to overwhelm you with chicken pics. Much better you just view them then listen to me rave on about them. After all, they are only chickens.
See the difference in sizes? I think they are about 7 weeks, 8 weeks and 10 weeks old.
Poppy is the gold laced (black and tan), Lunar is the lavender (pale grey) and Mrs Bun, the baby, is buff laced (brown and white). The lacing is on the edge of their wings. They get better looking as they get older.
So now, one by one, let me introduce you to the new babes.
Lunar.
Lunar seems to have some trouble with her eyes.
A cloud on legs.
Lunar and Poppy looking for tidbits on the greenhouse frame.
Like Shakira, our beautiful original gold laced bantam, Poppy likes her food.
I think she may be the Houdini of the gang. She does like to investigate.
She has a lovely clear round eye.
Poppy and Mrs Bun eating grass.
This blade of grass is almost as long as her.
As you know, I have my doubts of her sexing but I do hope she is female.
Right now, she's our Baby Blue. Like kittens, chicks start off with blue eyes. She still has her whistling tweet too that the little ones lose as they grow into pullets.
Not forgetting the big gals.
Buck Bucky and Lola below (doing her dorsal fin impression).
Just like the little ones, they are always happy to eat. Lola hasn't learnt to eat with her beak closed.
Messy!
Doesn't it look like they are painted clowns with these comical beaks?
Lola shakes a tail feather!
This is how it should be. See at all the lovely eggs she gives us. One a day.
With the biggest bird of all. Me.
See the difference in sizes? I think they are about 7 weeks, 8 weeks and 10 weeks old.
Poppy is the gold laced (black and tan), Lunar is the lavender (pale grey) and Mrs Bun, the baby, is buff laced (brown and white). The lacing is on the edge of their wings. They get better looking as they get older.
So now, one by one, let me introduce you to the new babes.
Lunar.
Lunar seems to have some trouble with her eyes.
A cloud on legs.
I love this photo. It's merely Lunar having a dust bath but it looks like the two have had a punch up, Lunar has tumbled and Mrs Bun is doing a runner. (do click on the photo for a larger view and check out those little feet in the middle of fluff)
Lunar and Poppy looking for tidbits on the greenhouse frame.
So, onto Poppy.
Like Shakira, our beautiful original gold laced bantam, Poppy likes her food.
I think she may be the Houdini of the gang. She does like to investigate.
She has a lovely clear round eye.
Poppy and Mrs Bun eating grass.
Last but not least, it's Mrs Bun.
This blade of grass is almost as long as her.
As you know, I have my doubts of her sexing but I do hope she is female.
Right now, she's our Baby Blue. Like kittens, chicks start off with blue eyes. She still has her whistling tweet too that the little ones lose as they grow into pullets.
Not forgetting the big gals.
Buck Bucky and Lola below (doing her dorsal fin impression).
Just like the little ones, they are always happy to eat. Lola hasn't learnt to eat with her beak closed.
Messy!
Doesn't it look like they are painted clowns with these comical beaks?
Lola shakes a tail feather!
This is how it should be. See at all the lovely eggs she gives us. One a day.
With the biggest bird of all. Me.
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