Clover's 2024 chicks

[Cloverr39]

This is a thread for my 2024 chicks. Usually, I try to take weekly pictures of each chick to track growth and development, so why not make a thread where I can post them?
As the chicks grow I'll comment on what I think about them, which I may keep, and make guesses on whether they are pullets or cockerels. You are free to write your thoughts on the babies as well.
I mainly breed Silkies but I also have a bantam mix/project pen, if you're wondering what breeds to expect to see here.

 

[Cloverr39]

Tagging everyone who was a part of their hatch-a-long
@GreenJay @Antiocheggers @NagemTX @Nero70002 @ChickaChicka1 @The Welch Chickens @Debbie292d @KathiQuacks @BackroadGirl57 @ElfenLied89 @Aardyn @Chicken poppy @calicocows @Lovely Lettie @Bella the Chicken Lover @gwells1980 @HappyHippyChick @WaterfowlsPoultry

 

[Cloverr39]

Today I took the week 1 photos of the chicks. Let's start with the project babies.

Amelia

Ares
Looks like this one is going to have silkied feathers.

Artemis

Alouette

Aphrodite
Does this one look like a frizzle or is it just feathers curling from growing really fast?

Azaelean/Azaelon

Most of them still have very short wings. I hope that won't mean most will be cockerels.

 

[Cloverr39]

And we have a frizzle! That's the first chick I've ever gotten out of my frizzle cochin. Knowing my luck it's probably going to be a cockerel though. The color still fascinates me.

The rest of the project chicks absolutely refused to stand still for more than 0.1 seconds, so they had to be held up for pictures. That's just their personalities starting to show. Boy are they different from the silkies.

Ares is going to be silked.

I hope at least one of the lavenders is a pullet. I still can't tell if Alouette is going to be silked or smooth feathered.

 

[Cloverr39]

First the keepers:
This doesn't guarantee they'll be kept as breeders at the end of the year, but they will stay with me for longer.
Hoping for all pullets but I do feel like Zeus is going to be a cockerel. Of course it's still way too early to tell. Watch me say that and now they'll all be cockerels

And these babies definitely won't be kept as breeders.

 

[Cloverr39]

Here are the paint Silkie babies!

Faun

Hestia

Iris

Morpheus
This one's 5th toes split into 6th toes. Won't be kept as a breeder.

Unnamed for now
(let me know when you decide on a name @Lovely Lettie)

Zeus

Annabeth
Absolutely beautiful but has 6 toes on one foot. Unfortunately won't be kept as a breeder. I'm still interested to see it grow up though.

 

[Cloverr39]

The blacks

Apollo
This one was such a nightmare to photograph. It did not want to stand still at all.

Calypso

Demeter/Chiron

Dionysus

Hades

Persephone

Scylla
6th toe on left foot has two nails. Likely won't be kept as a breeder.

Thalia
Did not want to face the camera.

That's all for now.

 

[GreenJay]

they're so pretty! Just love Annabeth!
Be interesting if Aphrodite is frizzled

 

[Aardyn]

They are so cute!

 

[Antiocheggers]

The blacks

Apollo
This one was such a nightmare to photograph. It did not want to stand still at all.
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Calypso
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Demeter/Chiron
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Dionysus
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Hades
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Persephone
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Scylla
6th toe on left foot has two nails. Likely won't be kept as a breeder.
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Thalia
Did not want to face the camera.
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That's all for now.

They are adorable I have a friend who loves Silkies. She coming over tomorrow to pick out some from my hatch.