Legendary Acres Hobby Farm

aka Karen (lighter) and Mark (darker) Frick and Frack are a couple of our youngest pullet chicks that stick to themselves. They’ll settle into our hands once we nab them. They don’t volunteer right away though. We named them after our pals Karen and Mark, who are kind of like…

Nothing says happy Valentine’s Day quite like chickens on a whimsical pink photo set. So Here is to a happy Valentine’s Day from all of our #luckycluckers! Henrietta – Rhode Island Red @ six weeks old Sapphire Gem Pullet Chicks – Four Weeks Old Cuckoo Maran Pullet Chick – Four…

This week we needed to create more space for the growing chicks. We decided to put up a larger playground area. Much harder to keep clean and change out the pine shavings, but they have a lot of room and we’ll have less issues if water spills. We also picked…

Here is a very adolescent looking isa brown chick having some sun time on the window sill. Frigid temperatures outside, but cozy and fun in the sun inside! It’s fun going back to look at the younger chicks – this one happens to be Lady Elaine!

Here is the trick to my fun photos…chickens are fun to photograph by themselves, but the images imo come out so much more colorful and fun when the chicks are playing a cute “set”. I’ve got a few spots set up with good lighting and props, so we can add…

Will we ever know for sure what type of chick she is? I do see some undertones of brown, also a bit of white. Her legs are grey. Maran or Asian Black? Your guess at this point is as good as mine!

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…