But first, picture time!
It is not an exaggeration to say that ALL 16 of the chicks were little buttheads during picture time. Plaintive chirps, anxious escape attempts, sinking down into a puddle and having to be held up, facing ANY direction but the camera...you name it, they did it.
So these aren't the best pictures, just the best I could get. With the added bonus of gunk from the corn on the cob they'd been eating fouling their face feathers, yay. We plan on rehoming the rooboys and keeping our pick of the hens.
In order of hatch, oldest to youngest:
Brick, who is hopefully a hen. Mother likely Strychnine, Luna or Cluckadorkle, father Cam. Brick is pathologically friendly and wants to sit in your lap 24/7. Oh, and as long as you're there, turn on the TV for her.
Alphonso the Love Squirrel, a rooster. Alphonso is VERY into crowing, along with all five of his brothers, at 4:30AM, God help us. I'm guessing Sprinkles for mom, Milton for dad. Kentucky could be his sister.
Khufu, a rooster. Khufu won the chicken lottery and got all the vulture hocks. ALL of them. A slight assist to his hatch due to an overly-thick membrane on his egg. Mother likely Skillet, Bruce or Fries, daddy Milton.
Darling, a hen. The first egg to pip, but at the wrong end of the egg, she was an assisted hatch. Mother is--surprise! Wiggles, our half-blind, 7 year old Blue Mottle Belgian d'Uccle hen, daddy is likely Milton. Darling is a drama QUEEN, and hollered during picture time.
Oy the Chicky Chumbler, a rooster. Mama is likely Snakefast, Daddy likely Milton. Only one picture of Oy, as he was being a BIG drama monster butthead during picture time.
Beauregard the Bueano, a hen. Mama is likely Olivia, daddy likely Cam.
Cheerio, a hen. Mom likely Star, daddy Cam.
Pixy, a rooster. Mama likely Pickle or Alice, daddy likely Cam.
Wooster, a rooster. Mama likely Jimmy, Pickle or Popcorn, daddy likely Milton.
Sir Fluffington von Bonesaw, III, a hen. Bonesaw started out a black chick and morphed into a bit of a surprise! Mama likely Peepers, dad Milton.
Kentucky, a hen. Could have Sprinkles for mom, likely Cam for dad. Alphonso could be her brother.
Basil D'Oliveira, a hen. Gumball mom, daddy likely Milton.
Satan, a rooster. I love Satan because he is clean-legged, and easy to tell from the absolute HORDE of black, feather-legged chicks this year. Mama likely Olivia, daddy Groot.
Paprika, a hen. Mama likely Tingle or Sprinkles, daddy Cam.
Marbles, a hen. Mama likely Bowie, Bubbles or Kotori, daddy Milton.
Mothball, a hen. Likely Tater Tot for mom, Milton as dad.
That's everyone for this year!
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