What means Spring more than new baby chicks? It's such a time of renewal and preparing for babies on the farm! This year our local feed store offered some new rare breeds and I jumped at the chance to add some to our mixed flock of chickens. This chick is an Ameraucana and will lay a light blue egg. They grow up to have these adorable cheek tufts and are the only chickens who have true tails.
This chick I was especially excited to add, and thats' the Barnevelder! These chickens grow up to be just stunning birds, probably I'm partial to the color brown! This is a Dutch breed of chicken and are extremely laid back in personality. Their eggs are a chocolate brown color too.
Then we have the Noir Maran chick, not to be confused with the Black Copper Maran. These are feather legged birds as well. If you look close, this one is popping little feathers on the legs. They too produce a chocolate brown egg that is stunning.
Last but not leastly, we have the Rhode Island Blue! They grow up to be an almost blue colored chicken with a splash of brown on their heads. Also a brown egg layer but a stunning looking bird just the same.
That is our 2021 new chick selection. I'm looking forward to seeing them grow and watch them as they peck about without a care in the world!
Stay tuned, this year we will be making some changes and adding an exciting addition to the farm, but you'll have to watch and see what it may be!
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