This chicken is not dead

[janiedoe]

Nice pictures Janie! Your boy Ebenezer is so handsome.

Thank you! He is a mix of oegb and cochin. His parents are some of my favorites.

 

[RoyalChick]

I need to get out and take some not dead chicken pics!
Here's the only picture from today. Its of Elmer and Hattie View attachment 4167257

Yesterday I took a picture of Ebenezer
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Ebenezer is a good looking lad!

 

[Perris]

This pullet is very fond of sunbathing. You can almost see her smiling here

 

[janiedoe]

Ebenezer is a good looking lad!

Thank you! He's a cutie. His dad is a fawn silver ducking old english bantam and his mom is a mottled bantam cochin. They raised him also.

 

[janiedoe]

This pullet is very fond of sunbathing. You can almost see her smiling here
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She is fantastically gorgeous!

 

[janiedoe]

This pullet is very fond of sunbathing. You can almost see her smiling here
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I just developed the worst case of chicken envy!

 

[BY Bob]

I have to tell you all this sweet story.
I have mereks in my flock and I've lost a lot of chickens over the last 3 years. Its a closed flock now and I haven't allowed my hens to hatch anymore babies. I've also kept all my roosters.
Elmer, one of my bantam roosters, has been alone since his 3 brother died. He has a coop within the large coop seperated by a hardware cloth door and a seperate run all his own. A couple of days ago I didn't close his door well and Hattie, a cochin frizzle, went inside and laid an egg and stayed. They seem to be a happy couple. Elmer has been such a sweet gentleman with her. I think its love.
Here are Elmer and Hattie in their honeymoon run.
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How wonderful

 

[SnackMeat]

The Polish are our worst offenders of INDY sleeping.

 

[Ponypoor]

The Polish are our worst offenders of INDY sleeping.

Love the face plant look - my Roo does that also.

 

[BY Bob]

Why are her wing feathers like that? Looks scary!

It's from the Frizzle gene. Betty's would do that as well. They would start out mostly complete and then as the year went on, she would wind up with talons as they "wore out".

You can see her talons starting to come out at this point.