More Changes to the Flock

Yesterday we found out that Rambo was officially a rooster. He crowed a bit in the morning and strutted his stuff. So far, we're keeping him because he's such a nice, friendly bird. We'll see how it goes.



Rambo -- now officially a rooster!

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Now for the newest additions to the flock . . . (I'll continue to blame these new guys on Lauren. Though she and I should both be banned from entering the chick barn at the feed store!) The new chicks are: 3 Ameraucanas, 1 Gold Laced Wyandotte, 1 Buff Orpington and 1 Rhode Island Red.



Lauren (Ameraucana)



Sophia (Buff Orpington)



Penelope (Ameraucana)



Joanna (Rhode Island Red)



Emma (Ameraucana)



Marina (Gold Laced Wyandotte) compare her picture to the one below. The picture below is of Rachel who was supposed to be a Gold Laced Wyandotte. We still don't know what breed of chicken Rachel is. At first I thought she might be a Buckeye, but now I'm wondering if she might be a New Hampshire Red. In addition to being the wrong color, her comb is a small single and not a rose comb like a Wyandotte's. Either way, she's a pullet and will lay eggs.



Rachel as a chick, and below, as an adult. Definitely NOT a Gold Laced Wyandotte.



The picture below is of a Gold Laced.



Here is what a Gold Laced Wyandotte hen is supposed to look like.
Photo by Andy Vardy, Melbourne National 1995

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