We Have More Chickens!

You might be thinking… “You got more animals?!”

But let me explain…  We’ve actually had these new chickens for about a week now, without us realizing it. When our second round of turkeys were shipped to us, the hatchery sent us 12 chicks as a “thank you” for being patient since our order of 50 bourbon red turkeys was delayed by 3 weeks. Since opening the box of baby birds can be exciting and very feathery, it is always hard to count them!

We noticed that there were a few “weird” looking birds mixed in with the homogenous bourbon reds, but just thought that maybe there was a color variation within the breed.

As the days went by, we became more skeptical, and we are sure now that the extra birds are chicks!

As far as we can tell, they look like a mutt bunch of Ameraucanas, who should grow up to lay beautiful green eggs. How exciting!

You can see from the pictures below that the “weird,” chipmunk-striped chicks are certainly different than the rest!

Sleeping, you can really see how different the chick looks than the pair of turkeys!

Here’s to more exciting diversity in our flock!

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