Our latest adventures......

Got a call Sunday afternoon...chicks were in. 50 cornish roasters....yummy!!

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all huddled up in the box

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room to run...day 1 pic of them all

the little black one is the specialty chick **************************************************** Our other chicks out in the coop (egg layers) they are getting big and doing awesome ******************************************************* Inside the coop

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a jersey giant and barred rock.

look at the size difference...love it!!

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enjoying some treats...

they sure look forward to treats

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this is the chicken in question.

looks like a barred rock..but its not

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here it is again with other barred rocks..it is on the left

look at its legs..they are white or greyish

and look at its size...much bigger

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here it is again on the left with a barred rock on the right

completely different leg colors

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again...the mystery chicken

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and yet again...

barred rock on left, mystery chicken on right

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she is a beauty...going to have a lot of black highlights

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one of our buff orpington...always like these

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curious....

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looking at what I was doing...

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eating grass

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very pretty chicken

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So, the mystery chick (the free rare one that mcmurray sends), which we orignally thought may just be a barred rock rooster..is not that!! Originally we thought the rare chick was another one, but she now looks just like the other ones. I am thinking this one is either a cuckoo maran or a dominique...actually leaning more towards a dominique. What do you think?

We are having a good adventure with all the chickens. I can wait until they start laying..and the meat ones are old enough to butcher. Thinking about ordering another batch to arrive in late summer for butchering in the fall. I like the idea of knowing all that is going into the meat (chicken at least) that my family will be eating. You cant get a whole rganic fed chicken for as cheap as it costs to raise one. It IS cheaper to feed and raise a chicken for meat organically than it is to go and buy a whole organic chicken.

(SORRY ABOUT THE SPACING. I HAVE FIXED IT A DOZEN OR MORE TIMES AND WHEN I GO TO PREVIEW IT, IT IS STILL ALL MESSED UP..OH WELL)