Who can resist those little chicks?

So I mentioned earlier that we had gotten new chicks back in February. 13 in all. They are almost 8 wks old now. We have 3 buff rocks, 2 speckled sussex, 2 Polish, 2 Rhode Island Red, 1 Barred Rock, 2 Easter Eggers (mixed Ameracauna breeds, for production only) and we got a mystery chick that has turned out to be a white frizzle bantam Cochin. Here's a couple of pics of them now:


As if these guys weren't enough for us, we were sad that none of our bantams that we ordered from the hatchery made it through the mail. So last week the local feed store got some, and we came home with these:

They include 3 assorted frizzle bantams and 2 assorted English Game bantams. The only one we actually know the breed so far, is the little grey guy. That one is a Self Blue English Game bird. The other four will remain a mystery for awhile longer. Here are more photos of the two Old English Game:

Just to show you how small these guys are! Here's the Self Blue bird in my hand, sorry for the poor quality photo:

Of the 3 frizzles, two of them are the same, mostly dark with light underbellies. The third has more yellow up it's chest and on it's face. It also has a unique dark spot on one side of it's beak. All three are feather footed. Here are the "twins":

And the one we are calling Spot is on the bottom left in this pic:


We are hoping to start the new coop tomorrow, as all of these guys can't fit in our current accomodations! The week after this one is spring break, and that will be our major focus that week. We have acquired 18 free pallets off of Freecycle, and plan to use them for the main body of the coop. I will post pics when construction gets underway!