Here are some close up photos of all our girls.
The three Wyandottes, Paprika, Juniper and Pepper:
Paprika - gold laced Wyandotte
Juniper - Blue laced silver Wyandotte
Pepper - silver laced Wyandotte
And the three light Sussex whom you have met before.
Penelope
Henrietta
Adelaide
Happily, it seems that all three of the Sussex chickens are pullets. Both the Wyandotte and Sussex breeds are apparently slow to mature and they should start to lay at 22-27 weeks old. The the Sussex girls are about 18-19 weeks old and the Wyandottes 12-13 weeks so we should start getting some eggs from February onwards.
Paprika and Juniper
Penelope, Adelaide and Pepper
Henrietta, Adelaide, Paprika and Penelope
Pepper's straight comb - not quite true to the breed; she ought to have a rose comb like Paprika and Juniper.
Paprika (Juniper in the background)
Posted by Chicken swap « suburbanite farm on Jul 4, 2011 at 3:22 pm
[…] we have done a chicken swap! Paprika (one of our Wyandottes) has gone to live with my friend, and we have taken one of her lavender […]