The bantam babies are hatching. They’ll probably all be yellow or black or some combination of yellow and black and it will be a few weeks before they begin taking on their colors. It’s going to be such an interesting mix. So far, there are 4 that are predominantly black and one that’s yellow. I’m guessing the yellow one may be Pearl’s baby since she’s the only full size chicken we have in there and this baby is way bigger than the four black babies.
Baby Chick
They love to climb up on top of their mom . . or whichever chicken they think is their mom.
Baby Chick
If I get too close, they will try to hide in the mom’s feathers.
Baby Chick
I couldn’t get the little black ones to be still long enough to get a decent picture of any of them.
Probably every day for the next week or so, there will be a couple more babies hatching . . can you say “chicken overload”?
Carolyn says
yes very adorable
Joyce says
Overload maybe, but still cute.
Diana in RR, TX says
So are you becoming the yellow jacket chicken ranch?
Kathy S. says
Adorable!!! Congrats on the new babies!
Rebecca in SoCal says
I love that you’re keeping your broody hens happy, even though what YOU don’t need is more chickens!
Sheryl says
Ah, this made me smile.
Swooze says
Awwww. How many eggs did they end up with? What’s your normal hatch rate. Run Roh!