Living life on the edge (of the incubator) hatch-a-long

[fluffycrow]

I have enough white chickens, I don't need more

I totally agree with this statement. The only exception is serama. I think I'd like pure white serama more than I'd like their full black counterparts

 

[Debbie292d]

I go nuts reading things like this. Back in the day, I'd use it for dart practice. I sort of rather do it like you do. We'll see what we get when they hatch, sell some, keep the unique, find out we were disillusioned and sell those too lol.

 

[2ndTink]

I tend to think it'll be a silver splash. My mauve chick (Piper) looked like a very pale chocolate, almost tan. Mauve can tend to cover a wide range of tones though.

The yellow ones I've had are usually white chickens.

He was butt ugly as a chick lol.

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Oh wow, what a change, he definitely went through a gangly phase! But now look at that FLUFF!

I'm going to have to keep the maybe mauve

 

[2ndTink]

I had hatched him from my own pet quality chicks but he was so unique so I saved him and raised him with these fancies I bought. He turned out to be a rooster so I gave him away.

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Hmm, pretty color though!

 

[2ndTink]

I totally agree with this statement. The only exception is serama. I think I'd like pure white serama more than I'd like their full black counterparts

I have 7 white silkies and 5 white EEs, 3 are pure white, the other 2 have a little bit of color flecks.

 

[fluffycrow]

That's a lot of white birds

 

[2ndTink]

That's a lot of white birds

I know! The white silkies were supposed to have a new home after they hatched, but life happened and I still have them

 

[TwoCrows]

Yes! Seargent Pepper made it out! He has a curled foot from the ordeal but he's shuffling around the brooder pretty darn well with a band-aid and tape bootie

I have a bad quality photo... let me find it, he was not waiting around for a photo, he wanted to explore!
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Glad to hear Sergeant Pepper mage it out and is doing OK!

All your babies are positively adorable!

 

[BantyChooks]

Yes! Seargent Pepper made it out! He has a curled foot from the ordeal but he's shuffling around the brooder pretty darn well with a band-aid and tape bootie

I have a bad quality photo... let me find it, he was not waiting around for a photo, he wanted to explore!
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Woohoo!

 

[2ndTink]

Woohoo!

Seargent Pepper does have battle scars, so he's wearing a little bootie hoping to straighten that foot out, he fought hard to hatch, little bugger.