First chicks of the year and what a year it will be. #hannahshatchery #bantamchicken #rarebreedpoultry #newlife #livingthedream
🌟 A miracle happened this week! 🌟
One of my black mottled Barbu D’uccles has hatched three chicks
Why is this a miracle?
I have kept Barbu D’uccles for years and never had one go broody, let alone manage to hatch chicks. And she hatch three 🐥🐥🐥
They gorgeous 💕
Shelly teaching her babies
Shelly is proud to announce that her babies are ready to go to their forever homes.
Shelly hatched her (adopted) babies on 20/05 and they are 6 unsexed chamois polish bantams and 5 male Welbar chicks. They are all full feathered and gorgeous 😍. Pm if you are interested.
Chicks fresh from the incubator
More chicks born 2 days ago 🐣 😍.
This is hatch number 3 for this year. A very important hatch group as it contains the first chicks from my Welbar, Sulmtaler and Black Mottled Barbu D’uccle breeding groups. With some Pekins thrown as well, you can never have enough Pekins 😆.
Aren’t they gorgeous!!
It is not easy cleaning out chickens when the hens want to eat the polka dots of my wheelies. #hannahshatchery #polishbantam
Beautiful Sulmtalers
Loki is incredibly gorgeous 😍 but he is also a truly great cockerel.
How can you tell this? I will tell you, the best cockerels will always put their hens first, not matter what.
In this video you can see him patiently waiting for his ladies to finish their breakfast before he takes a single bite. A true gentleman.
I mixed both hatches of chicks together today. So pleased with how they are growing. Many of these are looking for their forever homes #hannahshatchery #newlife #bantamchickens
Chick explosion
2nd hatch of the year is complete.
Can anyone guess how many there are? 🤓
Mixture of Polish, Barbu D’uccle, Groninger and Pekin.
General knows how beautiful he is
My Welbar cockerel wants everyone to know that he is the most beautiful boy 🤩
Rocky being a naughty boy
My pekins are keeping me on my toes today. Cleaned them out yesterday and they decided to spill their whole water bowl over night soaking their cage and themselves 😂. Then Rocky decided to make an escape attempt while I cleaned it all up 🧽 .
Very naughty boy but soo handsome 😍
Introducing…. 🎉 New breed - Welbar Bantams
New arrivals!! I am soo excited…
They are Welbar bantams which are a rare breed and also an autosexing breed. This means you can tell the gender of their chicks from one day old. And they are gorgeous 😍
Fingers crossed for chicks in the spring 🐣
I think Maximus (Groninger) has fallen in love 😍 with Alice (Barbu D’uccle).
Good but sad day today! Said goodbye to one of my favourite cockerels from this years breeding.
But he has gone to a fantastic new home with Mark who has loads of hens and ducks for him to love and protect. Going to miss you little man. 🥲
Surprise
*I’ve been very naughty 😁*
Treated myself to day out at gransdon agricultural show….but also treated myself to something else!!!
Meet Hei Hei, my new black pekin hen for next years pekin breeding group. Isn’t she gorgeous 😍
Helpful chicks
Cleaned out the babies today and they were very helpful 🤣 …not!
Be sure to watch video with the sound on 🐥
Soo many colours
My chicks were having a party at their water container this morning. 😍
Some of these little ones are looking for their forever homes. Pm me if interested
Soo fluffy!
So many chicks 🐥 🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥
Cuddle party
4 hatched already. And more on the move.