Diapers are just the beginning

The babies hit 6 weeks. The Blue Andalusian I am calling Elvis now and am wondering how many other cockerels we have. Hopefully none.

Blue Andalusian 6 weeks

Blue Andalusian 6 weeks

Chantecler 6 weeks

Delaware 6 weeks

Delaware 6 weeks

Easter Egger 6 weeks

Easter Egger 6 weeks

Speckled Sussex 6 weeks

Speckled Sussex 6 weeks

Wellsummer 6 weeks

Wellsummer 6 weeks

Golden Campine 6 weeks

Golden Campine 6 weeks

Blue Andalusian 5 weeks

Hmmm, doesn’t she look pretty handsome? I would love to be surprised with this one, but this may be a roo. Which we cannot keep, unless he is really quiet (the EE cockeral that we had last year was not). There are not a lot of pictures of this breed at this young age. I found one in the BYC forum that allows me to be in denial and hold out hope that I still may have a blue pullet, so I’ll go with that for now.

Golden Campine 5 Weeks

Buff Chantacler, Blue Andalusian 5 weeks

Buff Chantacler 5 weeks

Delaware 5 weeks

Delaware, Golden Campine 5 weeks

Easter Egger 5 weeks

Speckled Sussex 5 weeks

Wellsummer 5 weeks

So right now I am thinking that the Andalusian is a cockeral and the others still look like pullets.

The chicks hit four weeks old. They have been in the outdoor coop for a week and a half now and I like it a whole lot better than having them inside. The little henhouse that I made is insulated and I have one of those reptile heat lamps with the adjustable dial on the cord out there. I had bought one of the infared light bulbs for the lamp, but it only lasted 10 days before it burned out. It cost way too much for that and I took it back (Petsmart gave me store credit) and got a 100 watt red colored outdoor flood light. So far it has lasted longer than the $15 reptile light. I like that adjustable lamp in a small space. I can’t raise the lamp much in the kennel brooder that they were in or in the little henhouse so the adjustable (dimmer) thing is great.

All of these (hopefully) girls are sexed pullets from Meyer Hatchery. I used their small order program with the totally expensive express shipping so that I could get the breeds that I wanted. so hopefully they will all be girls. All the chicks that I ordered made it - they got here about 40 hours after they were shipped (from Ohio to small town California). It was a little nerve wracking to have them shipped here. But they are all doing really well.

Blue Andalusian 4 weeks

Blue Andalusian 4 weeks

Blue Andalusian 4 weeks

Golden Campine 4 weeks

Golden Campine 4 weeks

Buff Chantecler 4 weeks

Buff Chantecler 4 weeks

Delaware 4 weeks

Delaware 4 weeks

Delaware 4 weeks

Easter Egger 4 weeks

Speckled Sussex 4 weeks

Speckled Sussex 4 weeks

Welsummer 4 weeks

4 week old Welsummer, Delaware, Golden Campine