Well I spent most of last night researching chick pics to try and guess what breed they are... and I think I have red and white Sussex and sex-linked (is that the right terminology?) blacks.
I was very, very naughty last night, and went back to the feedstore, because I noticed on Saturday that there were some spotted chicks in the pen too, and I decided that I wanted a pair of those too. Anyway in the end they only had one spotty one left, and I got another black chick. Looks like I'm going to have to get myself to the lumber yard at the weekend to buy materials for a proper hen house, rather than the little pen the two pullets have at the moment
By 'eck, these little tweeters feather up quickly! One of the red chicks is now sporting feather along her "shoulder" joints on the wing, as well as a pretty little tail, and even the youngest of the white chicks now has little wing (flight) feathers!
Talking of flying... all of them, but mainly the most developed are all practicing flying! Although they can't reach the top of the box, in a couple of days I'll have to keep the wire top on permanently to stop escape attempts!
They are starting to get names now I am much better at telling them apart.
The two red chicks are Cranberry (who has a strong brown stripe along her back) and Jelly (who is smaller and paler)
The two white chicks are Rosemary (who is more developed) and Thyme (who is the smallest chick of them all)
The big black chick is Ginger (he has a real gingernut, and it the biggest of all the chicks)
The spotted chick is Tacheté (which is French for spotted - how original lol!)
The only two which don't have names yet are the smaller black chicks - but that will come with time...
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