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Barnyard Buddies:  What are these chicks called?  |
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JustBeeingMJ
Farmgirl in Training
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Mary Jane
Port Orchard
WA
USA
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 Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 11:40:52 AM
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Why is it that when you get chicks from the feed store, they don't always know what chick is what and you end up with who knows what?
I just ordered some bantams and I thought they were Mille Fleurs and cochins but at 4 weeks they are not looking like I expected!
Guess I'll just have to be surprised when I finally figure them out!
Farm Girl #537
It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
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Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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twzlrwho
True Blue Farmgirl
199 Posts
christina
dewitt
va
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 4:35:07 PM
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This is a pic of my Mille. 2 weeks old. Maybe that will help with a comparison. Do you have pics?
 Christina
Work like you don't have to, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like nobody is watching :) |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Apr 16 2009 : 9:10:42 PM
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I just ordered some Mille Fleur's too.
By 4 weeks your chicks should have most of their feathers...I would love to see pics too.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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shepherdgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1008 Posts
Tracy
California
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 10:17:21 AM
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Ahh... feed store chicks. Unless you, AND the person at the store know their chicks very well, it's like a crap shoot isn't it? But even an "Expert" can get it wrong-- so many chicken breeds start out looking the SAME!!!
My friend special ordered some Delaware chicks last year, and ended up with HALF of them being broiler birds!!! She was SOOOOO disappointed, but thought she could just raise them like all her other birds. Not so. 8wks is the limit of life for those birds and the rooster actually got sick and died at about 5wks, so her husband butchered the last one at 6wks. My friend was sad that they had to die, but said the hen they ate was the best tasting bird she'd ever had!
So, if you're "New" to chickens, steer clear of the "Cornish X" chicks and the White and Bronze Broadbreasted turkeys. All of those birds were bred for the TABLE, and not as pets. They grow so fast and EAT A LOT, and aren't meant to live out a long happy life like their egg laying counter parts.
Hope your chickies turn out to be just what you wanted. Both breeds are some of MY favorites too!! Hugs ~~~ Tracy
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~~ George Carlin |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 3:18:18 PM
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Well.... hmmm..... I gotta tell ya, I'm in no way an expert. But that doesn't look ANYTHING like the baby mille's we sell at the hatchery. Baby Mille's are almost a cocoa brown color until they feather out. I almost wonder if that one isn't a standard cochin (it looks big in the pic). Cochins come in all colors. The leg feathers in the pic look almost partridge in color (could be the light behind it). Either way, if you got a cochin, they are the sweetest birds ever. Keep us posted!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
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twzlrwho
True Blue Farmgirl
199 Posts
christina
dewitt
va
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 3:51:36 PM
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No it's not a cochin. She is a Mille and is the same size as my BBR. Mille's come in all different colors and she is feathering out buff white and black. Thanks
Christina
Work like you don't have to, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like nobody is watching :) |
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twzlrwho
True Blue Farmgirl
199 Posts
christina
dewitt
va
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 3:57:36 PM
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Oh but I do have PC in the bator ;) LOL I can't wait!
Christina
Work like you don't have to, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like nobody is watching :) |
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twzlrwho
True Blue Farmgirl
199 Posts
christina
dewitt
va
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2009 : 5:48:32 PM
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Here is a great link I found for Mille's. It shows all the colors adult and chick. This site also has almost any other chicken you might wonder what it looks like.
Good Luck!
Christina
Work like you don't have to, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like nobody is watching :) |
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Apr 18 2009 : 04:48:38 AM
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Christina,
Could you share that link please?
thanks
Denise
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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twzlrwho
True Blue Farmgirl
199 Posts
christina
dewitt
va
USA
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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twzlrwho
True Blue Farmgirl
199 Posts
christina
dewitt
va
USA
199 Posts |
Posted - Apr 18 2009 : 6:56:33 PM
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I'm sorry if it came across as rude Dawn. I didn't mean it like that.
HUGS
Christina
Work like you don't have to, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like nobody is watching :) |
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Annab
True Blue Farmgirl
2900 Posts
Anna
Seagrove
NC
USA
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Posted - Apr 19 2009 : 03:49:36 AM
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I am fairly new to this breed as well. On a whim, ordered 3 last spring. Ended up with 2 roos a and 1 hen. I roo is a bit standoffish, but the other 2 don't mind being picked up. In fact, the nicer roo begs and clucks as me to be hand fed!
These are really cool birds so best of luck with yours! |
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deeredawn
True Blue Farmgirl
2306 Posts
Dawn
Cordova
TN
USA
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Posted - Apr 19 2009 : 1:04:45 PM
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nope! didn't take it that way at all.. I only know what I'm taught! I showed the owner of the hatchery that pic and she agreed that they didn't look like milles too... so shows what we know!
Dawn #279
MJ's Heirloom Mavens-QMD
http://harvestthymefarm.etsy.com
http://harvestthyme.blogspot.com
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