Fuzzies!

All but one in that group have the green band, but not all of their bands are visible in that picture because of how they're positioned.

Haha, I guess you know me well enough! I'm going to try to sell off the extras as I determine whether or not they will benefit my breeding groups. Okay, maybe I'll keep a special one or two in my mixed flock, but I definitely don't have room for them all, so some will have to go whether I like it or not. 😩 I do really want to preserve and breed for improvement in these guys, so I've got to get my big girl undies on and do what needs to be done. No plans for further expansion so it is what it is.

Zinnia, yes, she's the one that I wasn't sure about. After the eggs already in the incubator are done, I'm going to give it a week or so break so that the chicks can grow enough to move out to the coop and open up brooder space before the next set would hatch. Then I'll start setting again. I should be able to determine whether she's producing chicks or not from that because I know which eggs are Boba's and Zinni is the only other hen in that group.

She has two that are either her own or one of the other Blue girls' babies, and two that are Boba's babies, all fathered by Gus. I hatched the Boba babies in an incubator and leg banded them before giving them to her to make sure I knew which chicks were which. The Silkie hen has eggs from Pete's coop under her.

Yeah, it's crazy, and right now I'm job hunting on top of everything else so who knows how busy I'll be after that. But I do have it set up now so I get alerts directly on my phone when I'm tagged, so anytime you need me or just want to check in, feel free to tag me and I'll pop by when I next get a chance!

I honestly don't know on the Chocolates. I never got a response when I asked about them again. I may end up shelving the idea for this year and trying again next year, if I can get through to them about it by then. Or, maybe this is a sign for me to just focus on the BBS for now.

Which reminds me, I set eggs from Wyatt (my chosen Blue rooster) over the Blue girls last weekend, and 11 are developing, so hopefully there's finally a Splash baby in there! 🙏 I don't remember what I've posted here at this point, but I did get the pen finished up and split the Blue girls out with Wyatt and left Boba and Zinni with Gus.

Also, I set eggs from Gus's remaining two girls a couple weekends ago. Confirmed that Zinni either is just not properly breeding with Gus or is, herself, infertile in some way. All of Boba's eggs are developing, but none of Zinni's are. And here I blamed poor Gussy for the lack of chicks last year! So, Zinni will retire to the mixed flock once I have some pullets grown out to add back to the group in her place. She's kind of special to me even if she doesn't produce chicks, so I'd like to keep her around regardless.

No, I think the site was updated or something, it let me set it to get alerts for tags as well way back in April! I got one for you tagging me in the other thread about the TSC bantams, which was why I checked in! I'll see if I can convince the babes to cooperate for pictures today, though I'll have to go back and look at their hatch dates to puzzle out how old they are at this point. 😬 Some of them are looking like proper chickens already! I can hardly believe how fast they grow sometimes!

Haha, it sure feels like it sometimes! But no, they don't pull in enough income for much more than just keeping them fed, not even that a lot of the time. 😅 It's a hobby, though. They're just here for me to enjoy, not to make money.

As far as the farm with the Chocolates, I don't know. It's kind of a bummer because I was pretty excited for them, but I don't necessarily need them... and I'm sure I will have opportunities to try again some other time.