Easter Chicks

Having picked our chicks on Good Friday, we returned this morning to collect them. All six chicks have a Plymouth Barred Rock for a father. The two older chicks, about five weeks old, are from eggs laid by a frizzle hen. The four younger chicks are part-silkie.

Here they are in the carrying cage looking a bit bemused...



We deposited the more extrovert frizzle into the cage first. The chicks were sold unsexed but we're fairly sure from the size, stature and conduct of this one - plus his comb - that he's a rooster.



Here's the second frizzle with the other one. This chick has been playing mother hen to the younger silkies and so we're fairly certain she'll be producing eggs...



This is one of the silkies and probably another hen - look at the lovely soft colours of the feathers.



The biggest, boldest chick is a real attention-seeker. Here he is sat on my hand wanting strokes...