The Baker Bunch: The Chickens

It has been fun watching the chicks grow and change from little fluff balls. Here are some pictures of our different chickens.

Andrew feeding Cocoa, June 2012

Cocoa is a Silver Laced Cochin Bantam

Hanna's Rosemary is the dominant hen of the flock. Here she is perched on the window handle, way above the rest of the flock. (We were told she is a Black Sex Link, but she sure doesn't look like the other two! She must be a sister of another mother.)

Several of the free 4-H chicks ended up being roosters. This is the Rhode Island Red Rooster at about 6 weeks.

There were also two Americauna roosters in the batch. This is one of them. We call him Ryley because he has a wry (crooked) tail.

This was our Mystery Chick.

Mystery Chick, 2-3 wks old.

When we got it with the 4-H chicks we weren't sure what it was. Now that it is older we believe we have idenified it. From the descriptions and pictures we think it is a Delaware Rooster.

Mystery Chick, renamed Sherlock.

Sherlock, June 26, 2012.

The Big Roosters:

Charlie, a Silver Laced Wyandotte Rooster

T.L. Louis, a Welsomer Rooster

Two of our "pullets" are in fact roosters. Charlie is the strong silent type. He doesn't crow much. Louis is rather vocal as well as showy. We call him T.L. Louis because he is tail less and toe less. (The other chicks plucked his tail quite early. We are hoping that it grows back eventually.)

Sometimes when we are in the yard or garden and can keep an eye on them, we let them out to range. They are pretty funny to watch. When one finds some tid bit, the others try to steal it.

The chickens like to hang out under
the coop during the heat of the day.

Yo Yo, Sunshine, and Rosemary

The Blue Silkie Bantam is small even for a Bantam.

Almost 3 months old and Blueberry still fits in the palm of Hanna's hand.

We have lots of different breeds of chickens.

One of our three Australorp hens, affectionately called the "Aussie Triplets". They are suppose to be good layers. We sure hope so!

Colton's Oreo is one of the dominate hens.

Oreo, a Barred Plymouth Rock

One of the Black Sex Links. We have two. They are a cross between a non barred cock (such as a Rhode Island Red) and a barred hen (usually a Barred Plymouth Rock, like the one above.) They are black with some red.

Our first Americauna hen, one of the original pullets out of Privette Hatchery. First named Tigress, because she was a little stand offish, then renamed "Clovis" after the character from the movie Apple Dumpling Gang, and the line "Clovis don't like to be touched".

Ameracauna

Another Americauna, one of the 4-H chicks, looks quite different, but both have ear muffs and beards.

Ameracauna

Some of the 4-H chicks, two Red Sex Link and the Rhode Island red Rooster. (Sex Link simply means the female chicks are born with one color pattern and the males with a different color pattern.)

The Frizzle Feather gene can be in different breeds and any color pattern. Frizzled simply means the feather don' lay strait. We have two bantamCochins, one black and one red. (The black one is a rooster and has such a funny crow.)