Even more Chocolate!!

Today, we drove out a little more than 3 hours to pick up even more chocolate-eggers, (and 3 hours back) but this time they were of a different feather color. . . They're Wheaten and Blue Wheaten! We alread have 3 Wheatie chicks, but we're just in love with this color, and wanted more - So we got more, from the same breeder and bloodlines! - Oh, and we also got another Black Copper to set our Bev Davs Black Copper population to 6 now.

In these photos, you'll see a black chick - The black copper, some creamy brown and white ones - Wheaten pullets, and two blue and brown ones - Blue Wheaten cockerels. The sex of the Black Copper is still to be determined, but although it has a decent, small sized comb. . . It was the first to find the food when settled to its new home, and automatically started calling to the girls: "Chook chook-chook-chook chook!" - They responded well, looked at what "he" had, and dived into the food.

They're now settled into the "Bachelor Pad" for now, and in a week or two when they're fully feathered will be introduced to the wilderness of the free range pastures.