Mostly easter egger mixes. All of the chicks in that picture have at least 1 malines parent. I was taking a picture to illustrate the variety of shades blue can be (all of the blue chicks hatched out of a green egg) with a single black chick (front) for comparison. this one shows the range of...
Oh yeah, I think the Easter hatchalong is the biggest one of the year! I want to say most of the official hatchalongs include about 1-2 weeks on either side of the target hatch date.
Thanks for your thoughts @NatJ I had briefly considered if there might be a way these chicks could be malines crosses. I had assumed they were all homozygous for extended black.
I am confident my Easter egger's eggs could not be confused for either of the other breeds, they're a distinct...
My mom never really learned how to apply makeup, as such neither did I. As a kid I just didn't have any interest in it, as an adult I don't have time for it. Sometimes I think it would be fun, I definitely do costume makeup for Halloween and stuff like that, but I almost never go out anywhere I...