Friday, May 28, 2010

Introducing the New Babies

Okay, here are the new additions.  I am fairly certain of the breed, but they did come in a sale box of assorted biddies, so I could be wrong, especially since I am a novice.  :0)



This is Dottie, a Silver Laced Wyndotte


This is Buffy, a Buff Orpington.



This is Dixie, a Barred Rock (aka Plymouth Rock).



This is Trudy, a White Leghorn.  (She's quite squirmish, so taking a decent photo is not easy.)  :0)


And, last but not least, this is Mabel.  We think she is a New Hampshire Red, but she may be a Rhode Island Red.  Time will tell!  :0)

All of the new girls will lay light brown eggs, except for Trudy, who will lay large white eggs.  (Most Americans eat eggs from White Leghorns, pronounced "leggerns".) 

The Amerucana chicks we already have will lay either light green or light blue eggs.  I recently heard that a chicken will lay eggs similar to the color of their feet.  I can't wait to see if that is true!

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