My chicks

[DharmaGirl]

These are 9 buff Brahmas and 2 light Brahmas. They took 21 days to hatch and will lay light brown eggs. Marans lay dark brown eggs. I have a a Marans hen and she lays dark brown shiny eggs every day. She is 3 years old now. I have a Gold Laced Wyandotte, 3 Easter Eggers, 2 Olive Eggers, 1 Amauracana, 4 Polish, a Dark Brahma, a Chocolate Orpington, a Buff Orpington, a NJ giant and a Red Star. I will be selling some of the babies, since I only want 1 Polish rooster and 1 Brahma rooster, and you usually get half of each. I'll be moving to 2 1/2 acres this year, and want to breed Brahmas and Polish.

This is one of my older Polish chicks. I love the mohawk!

 

[DharmaGirl]

@Zoogal, if you meant how long it took from the first crack to the last being born, it was about 24 hours.

 

[littleoc]

Like x10000

 

[Victory]

Congratulations, Gramma Dharma! They're beautiful!

 

[freebird]

Omg so cute^^!!! Thanks for sharing!

 

[DharmaGirl]

Did you know they pass information down generationally?

No, I didn't know that. My Marans hen and Gold laced Wyandotte are both excellent moms, and this year they both decided they were going to keep their babies. They usually start pushing the babies away at 6 weeks, but for some reason Sissy (the GLW) decided since she only had one chick, she would keep it. The chick is 9 months old, a pullet now and laying eggs, but they still hang out together. It is sweet. The other mom, Doris, started to push her chicks away, so I sold the 2 boy chicks at 8 weeks old, and she got upset. I then sold two girl chicks at 9 weeks old, and she was crazy upset. I was shocked since she pushed them away at 6 weeks. I let her have her two remaining girl chicks and she kept them for another month. One is a wild girl, getting into things, jumping the fence, taking walks out to the street. I have to keep an eye on her all the time.