New chicks with mother hen.

[dinosaw]

My latest set of chicks, real total utter complete mongrels these ones. All of the are Orloff crossed with a range of Araucana, Lt Sussex, Orpington Bantam x, Exchequer Leghorn x. Done for fun and because I had the room at the time, we'll see how they turn out, from experience these types of crosses are normally decent enough birds if not the prettiest in the world.

 

[MrsBiscuit]

I normally hatch in an Incy, but there is no better sight than chicks with mum unless it's ducklings

 

[dinosaw]

Me too, more control over things. Yeah ducklings are lovely, I've never had Ducks, was tempted by some Indian Runners in a ridiculously small pen the other day, but common sense prevailed as I've got too enough birds already.

 

[Marigold]

Those chicks are simply lovely. It's good having them all different, you can tell them apart and I bet they've got wonderful hybrid vigour. I love the pic of the hen showing them how the feeder works!

 

[valeriebutterley]

Lovely chicks, Dino.
And it really is lovely for them to have a real Mum.
They look gorgeous. My second hatch of Croads are going through a difficult stage at the moment, look a bit like raggle-taggle teenagers.

 

[chickenfan]

Sorry I missed this post Dinosaw. The chicks look gorgeous and what an amazingly pretty Leghorn!

 

[dinosaw]

Some more photos to show how far they have come on in just a week.

 

[chickenfan]

What a fabulous bunch! Still really impressed with your leghorn beauty too. Where did the nice chick feeder come from?

 

[RedBarnHens]

Really gorgeous chicks (and mum) One day maybe I'll go down the road of chicks, but not for a few years yet!

 

[dinosaw]

A link to the feeder for you CF
http://www.theincubatorshop.co.uk/products/details/30cm-galvanised-feed-trough.html

Thanks Redbarn, raising chicks is lots of fun and easier than you might think.