Month: February 2021

The marans sound so elegant! We can’t wait to see how they turn out – and can definitely tell a few of them by their feathered feet. About the Midnight Majesty Maran Chicken Breed The Midnight Majesty Marans™ from Hoover’s Hatchery have black plumage and most hatch with feathered feet,…

These chicks are so adolescent! At four weeks old they are sprouting feathers everywhere and look like they just rolled out of bed late for school. About the Rhode Island Red Breed Rhode Island may be America’s smallest state but the breed developed there in the late 1800s made huge…

If I had to guess, this one is a asian black chick with a pretty white stripe. Unless she’s a maran – she is pretty enough to be either? About the Asian Black Breed The Asian Black is a slower growing bird. The males can reach market weight in 10…

Some of the chicks look so adolescent at one month old. Some look elegant one day and frazzled the next. It’s amazing seeing all the changes happening, and so quickly! Here’s a pretty caramel swirl colored isa brown. She preferred to perch on my hand for her photo shoot. About…

We added four sapphire gem chicks to the mix – and they are all various shades of grey referred to in the chicken world as blue or lavender. Breed Information from Hoover’s Hatchery: Our Sapphire Gem™ will amaze you with its grey to light grey plumage. This Czech breed is…

One of our chicks, Henrietta, showed some signs of a crooked leg. We attempted a rubber band fix we found online, but after a day of tolerating the bands, we took it off to find she can get around just fine. She’s easy to spot though, since she has a…

She was a tiny little white fluff in a mix of other chicks. Of course she had to come home with us. We’re not sure what she is, though she is getting the faintest hint of greys in her feathering – perhaps she is an isa brown? itty bitty ebitz…

The two with the chipmunk faces were among the first of our chicks to get names. It was a toss up between Melvin and Marvin, since there are two, here they are! About the breed from Hoover’s Hatchery: The Starlight Green Egger™ is very similar to the Prairie Bluebell Egger™….

Lady Elaine is an isa brown – and every Land of Make Believe needs a magical mysterious Lady Elaine and her Merry Go Round Museum… Lady Elaine’s Valentines Day Photo Shoot @ Five Weeks Old

We have two of these girls that we picked up in our last “chicken addition” run to Rural King. They look like they are going to match Melba in coloring – though we’re not quite sure what type they are. Any ideas? Update: the pattern of The feathers makes us…