The peeps are about 5 days old now, and as always I am enjoying them immensely.
Despite their diminutive size, they are full of personality and curiosity.
They bring the spirit of new life, and hope, to a part of winter that I often struggle with, the part that seems to drag on forever, spring a distant memory.
My daily dose of cheer, these babies.
In case you're curious about what breeds we got this time, in Papa's hands are a Wellsummer (brown), a Black Sex Link, and an Ameraucana.
Wellsummers are a breed from Welsum, Holland, best known as the rooster on the Kellog's box. She will lay dark brown eggs.
Black Sex Links are a cross between a Rhode Island Red rooster and a Barred Rock hen. Differences in color of the newly hatched chicks are gender related, allowing for easy sorting of pullets and cockerels. She will lay light brown eggs.
Ameraucanas come in many colors, from light to dark. They lay light blue or green eggs.
Black Sex Links are a cross between a Rhode Island Red rooster and a Barred Rock hen. Differences in color of the newly hatched chicks are gender related, allowing for easy sorting of pullets and cockerels. She will lay light brown eggs.
Ameraucanas come in many colors, from light to dark. They lay light blue or green eggs.
In the top photo on the page, two Buff Orpingtons exchange peep news. One of our all-time favorites, buffs are sweet tempered and curious. They also lay light brown eggs.
This is the earliest we've ever started pullets (young female chickens). It is our hope that they will be laying well before our older girls molt in the fall, a natural process that takes so much energy from the hen that she stops laying eggs for up to 3 months.
These little sweeties are our guarantee for non-stop eggs throughout that period.
And non-stop entertainment for the next 9 months as they grow in feathers, size and individual personalities.
Cheers-
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