Monday, April 6, 2015

Happy 7 weeks old!

First 70 degree day always includes a celebration. Celebration such like, garden digging, flower bed tending, coop repairing, tea drinking, chicken cuddling, hammock laying goodness.

looking his best!






Chris


Jason



There was such a beautiful  purple shimmering (of course not fully captured on camera).



spots beginning to appear
 

my son was able to capture my free-chicken-spiritedness perfectly!

he climbed right up!

4 comments:

  1. Very nice pics Alice!! Who knew a woman could look so pretty with a chicken on her shoulder :)
    What do the spots on the legs mean? Are they supposed to get spotty as they mature? What type of eggs will the hens be laying (brown,white)?
    You and your son keep up the outstanding work you're doing on the farm!!!

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  2. The farm in which i got the Orusts from stated that at hatching, you can not tell which chicks will have colored scales. That they mature into it. So, its a big mystery, along with the mystery of if they are male/female. One thing of cool notableness is that several of the chicks have pink colored legs, whilst the resmaining have the normal yellowish. So, my theory is that the pink, is a gene with a blocking for pigment, or maybe a domient recessive homozygous!? Both seem to have the spotting on the legs so, more research is needed! Boy do i wish i had a cyctogentic room at home!

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  3. Amazing! Both chicks are beautiful...

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  4. very slow growing compared to the welsummers or rhodeisland reds! Jay is definetly the ruler of the roost!

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