Meet Betty White and her Flock

So, no more holding out, I know you want to meet the new flock.  These pics were taken at just a few days old, and wouldn't you know it, these peeps are already two weeks old now.  Where does the time go?

In case you're wondering where you can order onesie-twosie chickens (many mail order hatcheries have a minimum order of 15-25 of one breed) Ideal Poultry allows small orders and gave us great service and all our chicks arrived in perfect health. 

So without further ado, may I present our next generation of layers:

Five Guinea keets of unknown gender (referred to as a Straight Run).  We bought these for predator alerts (they raise a ruckus any time they see something unfamiliar on the farm) and also because they are known to be tick eating machines.

Two Lavender:

 Two Pearl:

One White.  Her name is Betty.  White.  And since we don't know if she's a he, we're also reserving the name Bob. White. Because I think that's funny.

Five bantam Silkies - also a straight run.

Two white:

Two black:

One pheasant (we had two pheasant but unfortunately one died last week).  We needed more Silkies because Frickin says she'd like someone her own size around the hen yard thank-you-very-much:

Two Buff Orpington pullets (one of my favorites from last year's flock, Little Miss Sunshine, is also a Buff O):

Two Golden Sex-Links aka Gold Star pullets - also in my flock from last year that we especially loved:

Two Barred Rock pullets (also in our flock last year):

Two Black Australorp pullets:

Two standard Americana pullets (aka Easter Eggers, which laying light blue/green eggs):

Two bantam Americanas of unknown gender:

And last but not least, two Partridge Rock pullets:

We also ordered 4 Blue Slate turkeys from Cackle Hatchery when we ordered our broiler chicks.  They are the sweetest birds ever, calmer and less flighty than the chickens.  I hope their sweet disposition remains as they grow up.

I haven't named the 23 chickens yet, so if you have any suggestions please shout them out in the comments.

Cheers -