I did not get any photos on the 21st, which would have been eight weeks for the chicklets. One of the older chickens died suddenly on that date. None of the other chickens are exhibiting any symptoms of being ill, so we are not certain what was going on. However, now we are only getting one egg per day, so obviously, there's stress involved for the remaining original three.
I decided to take photos today of the young'ns while the weather was warm, but not too windy or too wet. Most of the girls are still quite friendly and the potential rooster was in the mix today. Got some great shots of the crew at eight and one-half weeks.
The chicks don't look that much different from last week (7 weeks) to this week. They are about the same heights and featherings. But, looking back to six weeks of age, there's a lot of difference in appearance over that two weeks. Their faces are looking so much more fierce... but they are not fierce at all. Loving little cluck clucks. We are going to try to band them now (leg bands) to tell them apart. While I can kind of tell some of them apart, it is getting more and more difficult. With the exception of the possible rooster. That one still looks much different than the rest. There is more coloring in the tail feathers. Regardless of whether this one is a rooster, or not, it will be the dominant one. The first five photos are the potential rooster. Photo number six has the potential rooster's feathers in the forefront and the coloring is distinct from the pullets' tail feathers.
The chicks don't look that much different from last week (7 weeks) to this week. They are about the same heights and featherings. But, looking back to six weeks of age, there's a lot of difference in appearance over that two weeks. Their faces are looking so much more fierce... but they are not fierce at all. Loving little cluck clucks. We are going to try to band them now (leg bands) to tell them apart. While I can kind of tell some of them apart, it is getting more and more difficult. With the exception of the possible rooster. That one still looks much different than the rest. There is more coloring in the tail feathers. Regardless of whether this one is a rooster, or not, it will be the dominant one. The first five photos are the potential rooster. Photo number six has the potential rooster's feathers in the forefront and the coloring is distinct from the pullets' tail feathers.
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