Monday, May 02, 2005

Chick progression




Since we moved the little chicks out to the coop, it's been harder to get them to sit still for their close-ups.

They don't want to sit in my hand any more. It would embarrass them in front of their peers.

The only time they're interested in me is when I'm feeding them. Teenagers!

4 comments:

robin andrea said...

The colors on this chick are beautiful. I don't ever imagine chickens to have these lovely bands of blacks and browns on their wings like that. It makes them look less domesticated than they are-- and somehow a little bit wild.

Rhodent said...

LOL... teenagers!

Rurality said...

Yep, Americaunas, Easter Eggers, whatever you want to call them! I hope there will be some bluish egg layers and not all green, but green will be ok too.

It's funny how they can look so different and still be the same "breed". Most of ours are like the one in front here, but a couple are light or all white.

We only have one grown A. gal left so it'll be strange to have so many colored eggs once the others start laying. (It took this one a LONG time to start.) Now that we are down to 9 layers, production has slowed down.

We are fostering some Rhode Island Reds, and I'm wishing we'd ordered some for ourselves now. They are prettier and friendlier that I'd thought.

Rurality said...

Sorry to hear about the poor dear. The only one of our grown chickens to die so far (as opposed to being killed) was an Americauna also... wonder if that's typical? Hope not.

I would be the idiot who'd pay $20 for one, but only if they were really blue eggs, LOL.