Chicken Little or better known as Bunny

Funny, I found this post in my draft folder. I always meant to follow up with a picture of the grown bird. Unfortunately Bunny passed almost a year ago when she tragically went over the fence, and a dog got a hold of her. She'd never been out of the yard so  I think it was a shock to all of us that she managed to find her way out.

Anyhow, Here is a post all about this lavender/buff Easter Egger and a quick chronicling of her growth.

I little while back I introduced you to the newest generation of chicks around this house.
This is Bunny, and I just wanted to share it's growth pattern. Bunny is a lavender and buff Easter Egger. Not a usual combination and since it is so and I spent so much time online searching for info on how it might turn out.

 Early on it looked pretty much like any chick really. Yellow with a hint of grey on it's breast and at the back of it's head. Maybe if you looked really close you'd say that some of that fluff was a tan color and not really yellow.

The first week or two it had those characteristics little cheeks as seen in the photo below. They were not nearly as big as some, but they were there none the less. 

 Wing feathers developed and the cheeks just sort of disappeared.  Pretty quickly the down of the chick was being replaced by these adolescent feathers. Pretty little thing striped with a steel grey and just starting to see a little buff coming through as well.

As it's head feathers came in they turned a beautiful dark grey with light shafts.

Now this juvenile is starting to look like a chicken! 

The buff color is beginning to be replace with a little darker of a color and is really quite striking.

Below is a set of shots of this birds comb. Easter eggers are known for being easier than some birds to sex by their comb shape and color pattern. However, this bird is proving difficult. It started out with a non-existant comb, then it was a single comb, then it began to turn colors YIKES! Rooster? Then the color faded back quite a bit. I'm thinking that the first few days of 90 degree weather caused the change of color. 

 Here the first wing feathers, and then again around 8 weeks. While the darker color is a concern for a roo it seems to be coming in spread out and not together at least so far....

Here she is all grown up. She really was a beautiful bird. I miss having the chickens around and I don't know if I iwll get away with "flying" under the radar at the new house. I'll probably try first with a duck or two next year. The girls will be in FFA so I'll have an excuse at least. :-)