Saturday morning, we picked up our three new chicks!

They are are absolutely adorable and very sweet. The gray one is named Smokey, the black one on the left is Eggplant and the one in back is Pepper. Their names definitely fit in with the rest of our flock’s – Sweet Pea, Phil, Fancy Pants, Pumpkin, and Olive.

The chicks are three weeks old, so they are beginning to lose their chick fluff and grow in new feathers.

While we were expecting pure Silkies, these chickens are actually Silkie mixes, which means that only one chicken parent was a Silkie. We think they’re Easter Egger/Silkie crosses. Silkies come in nearly every color of the rainbow, and it will be interesting to see how they’ll look as adults. Also, Easter Eggers can lay eggs in many different colors, including green, blue, and light pink.

Here’s a picture of an Easter Egger:

And a picture of a Silkie:

Smokey, Pepper, and Eggplant are currently hanging out in their brooder, eating (a lot!), sleeping, and playing on some wood perches.

I’ll try to do a weekly update of them as they grow up, so stay tuned!