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is the white Pekin we are 'bantie-sitting'. He's now free
ranging with Mrs Brown and Mrs Black and has become very 'attentive'
to the point that we've stuck a couple of eggs under a broody
hen. |
On
26/03/09, I set half a dozen Splash Pekin eggs (on left) in
the incubator along with a dozen mixed Silkie bantam eggs.
It's difficult to tell the difference, so they are marked
to avoid confusion. |
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| 15/04/09
- The eggs, after being whittled down to 13 fertile, begin
to hatch. First out is one of the lavender splash Pekins. |
16/04/09
- 4 of the 6 Pekins and 5 of the 7 Silkie eggs have hatched,
a nice mixture of colours by the looks of things. |
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| 23/04/09
- One week on and the edging of this one's feathers is a creamy,
fawn shade, no white or lavender in site. |
23/04/09
- One week old and this little fellow still looks black, although
it does have some lighter flecks. |
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| 23/04/09
- This one looks as I'd have expected a splash to look; loots
of white and just a tiny hint of colour showing here and there. |
23/04/09
- This one also looks as I'd have expected a splash to look,
mainly white and just a spot or two of colour showing. |
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| 01/05/09
Well, the little fellow with fawn feathers has been named
'Fonzie'. Not much like a lavender splash to me, looks more
like buff. It's lovely! |
01/05/09
- As (half) expected, 'Bernard' is coming in black rather
than lavender splash. I think this might be a cockerel, but
it's very cute. |
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| 15/05/09
- The jury is still out on what colour this is but it's still
very pretty and, I think, a hen. |
15/05/09
- The boisterous 'Bernard' Black is acting more like a cockerel
by the day. |
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| 15/05/09 - One of
the lavender splash Pekins, splash marks now beginning to
show |
15/05/09
- The other lavender splash Pekin also has the splash markings
showing |
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| 21/05/09
- The Pekin chicks are now out alongside Mrs Grey's chicks.
Fonzie is what's known as lemon cuckoo coloured. (Hen) |
04/06/09
- Bernard is now blue, not black, and also appears to be a
hen, not a cockeral. I guess it'll be Bernice! |
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| 04/06/09
- One of the lavender splash Pekins clearly showing the splash
markings (Hen) |
04/06/09
- The other lavender splash Pekin has fewer splash marks (Cockerel
- Mr Splashy) |
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| 28/06/09
Out in the garden for a pick at the grass, hen at front, Mr
Splashy the cockerel at back. |
28/06/09
The lavender splash cockerel and the blue hen (Mr Splashy
& Bernice) |
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| 28/06/09
The lemon cuckoo hen, she is very pretty and very tame. (Fonzie) |
28/06/09
lavender splash hen (I HOPE!) now clearly showing the splash
markings |
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| 28/04/09
One of Mr White's two chicks, he crossed with the Wyandotte
/ Welsummer banties. Spot the tell tale feathery legs. |
28/04/09
The other x bred chick, hatched by one of the broody Wyandotte
/ Welsummer bantams. I thought this was a cockerel at first,
but... NO |
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were incredibly lucky hatching one cockerel and 3 hens, so
we swapped our Mr Splashy for an unrelated cockerel |
This
is Fonzie all grown up now - she's out lemon cuckoo Pekin
hen. She's very tame and loves getting up to mischief. |
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| Fonzie
rather likes the camera |
Mr
Chirpy - the new cockerel |
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| Mr
Chirpy does a great deal of chirping! Not sure what this colour
is called, though. |
Mr
Chirpy a bit scared to leave the coop at first, especially
with a camera stuck in his face. |
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| Lavender
splash Pekin hen, aptly named 'Mrs Splashy', really likes
Mr Chirpy. |
Bernice
Blue shows Mr Chirpy around outside the coop. Bernice laid
her first egg last week. |
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| 26/02/10
Our first baby Pekin, possibly a silver wheaten, from Mr Chirpy
and Fonzie. |
07/04/10
Still not too sure what colour first chick is going to be
and now we have another, the same. |
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| 10/05/10
- It's looking like a silver wheaten or salmon coloured hen. |
09/05/10
Looks like a white chick but it has bright yellow patches
on shoulders and wings |
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| 19/05/10
- These hatched on 12/05/10, so are now 1 week old. Berniece
Blue's babies. |
19/05/10
- Chick number 1, both chicks have white spots on their faces. |
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| 19/05/10
Chick number 2, this one also has a brown dot on the side
of its head. |
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