Peep!

I am up in Mariposa again. Last time I was there, Kebi and I got together and mail-ordered eight just-hatched chicks! The chicks arrived the other day, and they are darling. And loud. They are in the bathroom and I have been visiting them regularly.

We got one Easter Egger (lays blue-green eggs), one Olive Egger (lays green eggs), one Silver-Laced Wyandotte (lays brown eggs), one Gold-Laced Wyandotte, one Blue Wyandotte, one Americauna (lays blue or blue-green eggs), one Blue-Splash Maran (lays dark brown eggs), and one Austra White (lays white eggs). They were supposed to come color-banded but mostly didn't, so we mostly don't know which are which.

One of the ones we do know, the Americauna, is not only tiny - half the size of the Austra White - but has splay-leg, which we've been treating by creating a tape hobble for her wee legs. Poor thing. Kebi named her Beauty to encourage her.

We are guessing about the breeds of the chicks, but they are...
Dotty: White with two black dots, the alpha. Probably the Austra white.
Beauty: The teeny Americauna.
Mary: Silver. Probably the blue-splash Maran.
Hattie: Has a white spot on her head.
Wendy: Silver Wyandotte.
Willow: Lighter Wyandotte.
Wanda: Darker Wyandotte.
Whiskers: Orange with muttonchops like an Edwardian gentleman.

I will post photos if and when I figure out how to do so on DW. My former photo service no longer works, I've maxed out DW storage, and I have to take some time to figure out a whole new multi-step system using Google Drive.

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