MAI NEW CHEEKENS
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pacificpikachuTime to show off my new chickens! I took the five that were on quarantine into the garage for pictures despite the rain, and took pictures of the two other pullets that are in with my little rooster, too.
Please help me out and suggest names for these new chickens! Only one of the seven has a name so far.
Crummy photos of a stunning bird (they make her look all dumpy, but she's very slender and graceful-looking), but there she is anyway! She's my silver spangled hamburg hen. :3 I had heard this breed is extremely flighty and excitable so I had decided I wouldn't get them, but when I saw them at the show I couldn't resist! And actually, I was surprised but she has a fantastic temperament--very, very sweet and easy to handle, and doesn't make a noise. ♥ This breed is also much smaller than I expected and gorgeous in person. She has a legband that's number 60! For some reason I feel cool when I get birds with legbands. XD
Pastel the porcelain d'uccle! Just decided on a name for her today during class. Essentially a very dilute mille fleur d'uccle, of which I have three. I LOVE this color! It's so subtly gorgeous, and really does look pastel.
My splash old english game bantam hen! I've wanted this color for a while, and she was the only splash OEGB hen in the whole sales room. The man who had her wanted to sell her as a pair with a splash rooster, but I can't take any more roosters so I bartered with him for a while. She's very very petite, easy to handle, cute and curious! Just adorable. Was making the funniest little high-pitched noises in the house, hee hee!
EXCUSE ME, WTF R U DOING?
My red blue old english game bantam pullet! She and her red brown friend (next) are living with Piper, my spangled old english game bantam cockerel. She's very friendly and personable, and actually flew up from her cage on to my back earlier! Very sweet. Her coloration is so interesting and pretty!
My red brown pullet! I'm not sure why they're called red brown when she's clearly red and black, but...um, okay. She's very glossy and somewhat iridescent. :O A fairly flighty girl, but hopefully with time and handling she'll be more tame. She's very striking!
As you can see, Piper the spangled old english bantam cockerel has grown! He has a bent toe, but that's okay because he gets around just fine, and it doesn't bother me. Being with the two pullets, he's finally learning that he's in fact a chicken, and he crowed for the first time the other day! Such a great little guy. He's super friendly and loves people.
EXERCISE CHICKEN
My two silver phoenix bantam hens! I find these two kind of funny because they look almost exactly like my two standard silver phoenix hens, but about half the size! They're quite flighty still because they were living free range and are unused to being held, but that will change with time. :) They have lovely tails! I love the shapes of their bodies. The roosters of this breed can have tails that are four feet long or longer! These girls apparently come from a good show line of phoenixes.
Posing like a serama should, already! Sooo cute. ♥
The other one wouldn't pose for me, but still so adorable! ♥ I wonder what color it'll be? When they get those mothy-colored wings, it can mean they'll be a number of colors.
Both cute babies. :D Not taking name suggestions on them yet, still no way to know their genders yet...
Prince and Charming just wanted to say hi.
My eggs go into lockdown (the three days before hatching where you up the humidity, remove the turner, and don't open the incubator) on Monday, so there will be more cute serama chicks by Wednesday probably! :D
Anyway, that's all for now! Please suggest names if you can think of any! Please don't take it personally if I don't choose your names, I'm picky. Need to do![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
pkmncollectors stuff tomorrow, and then we're going down to Davis to visit relatives tomorrow evening.
Please help me out and suggest names for these new chickens! Only one of the seven has a name so far.
Crummy photos of a stunning bird (they make her look all dumpy, but she's very slender and graceful-looking), but there she is anyway! She's my silver spangled hamburg hen. :3 I had heard this breed is extremely flighty and excitable so I had decided I wouldn't get them, but when I saw them at the show I couldn't resist! And actually, I was surprised but she has a fantastic temperament--very, very sweet and easy to handle, and doesn't make a noise. ♥ This breed is also much smaller than I expected and gorgeous in person. She has a legband that's number 60! For some reason I feel cool when I get birds with legbands. XD
Pastel the porcelain d'uccle! Just decided on a name for her today during class. Essentially a very dilute mille fleur d'uccle, of which I have three. I LOVE this color! It's so subtly gorgeous, and really does look pastel.
My splash old english game bantam hen! I've wanted this color for a while, and she was the only splash OEGB hen in the whole sales room. The man who had her wanted to sell her as a pair with a splash rooster, but I can't take any more roosters so I bartered with him for a while. She's very very petite, easy to handle, cute and curious! Just adorable. Was making the funniest little high-pitched noises in the house, hee hee!
EXCUSE ME, WTF R U DOING?
My red blue old english game bantam pullet! She and her red brown friend (next) are living with Piper, my spangled old english game bantam cockerel. She's very friendly and personable, and actually flew up from her cage on to my back earlier! Very sweet. Her coloration is so interesting and pretty!
My red brown pullet! I'm not sure why they're called red brown when she's clearly red and black, but...um, okay. She's very glossy and somewhat iridescent. :O A fairly flighty girl, but hopefully with time and handling she'll be more tame. She's very striking!
As you can see, Piper the spangled old english bantam cockerel has grown! He has a bent toe, but that's okay because he gets around just fine, and it doesn't bother me. Being with the two pullets, he's finally learning that he's in fact a chicken, and he crowed for the first time the other day! Such a great little guy. He's super friendly and loves people.
EXERCISE CHICKEN
My two silver phoenix bantam hens! I find these two kind of funny because they look almost exactly like my two standard silver phoenix hens, but about half the size! They're quite flighty still because they were living free range and are unused to being held, but that will change with time. :) They have lovely tails! I love the shapes of their bodies. The roosters of this breed can have tails that are four feet long or longer! These girls apparently come from a good show line of phoenixes.
Posing like a serama should, already! Sooo cute. ♥
The other one wouldn't pose for me, but still so adorable! ♥ I wonder what color it'll be? When they get those mothy-colored wings, it can mean they'll be a number of colors.
Both cute babies. :D Not taking name suggestions on them yet, still no way to know their genders yet...
Prince and Charming just wanted to say hi.
My eggs go into lockdown (the three days before hatching where you up the humidity, remove the turner, and don't open the incubator) on Monday, so there will be more cute serama chicks by Wednesday probably! :D
Anyway, that's all for now! Please suggest names if you can think of any! Please don't take it personally if I don't choose your names, I'm picky. Need to do
pkmncollectors stuff tomorrow, and then we're going down to Davis to visit relatives tomorrow evening.
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Date: 2010-02-05 09:19 am (UTC)(I can't seem to think of any names ... I have a hard time naming anything that isn't my own. I hope you think of/find good names for them though!)
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Date: 2010-02-05 10:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-05 02:10 pm (UTC)I also really love the black & White spotted one. It's so unique looking. Well they are all very pretty.
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Date: 2010-02-05 02:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-05 03:19 pm (UTC)Hmm... growing up we had one that looked just like the silver spangled up top. His/her name was Domino. ^____^ Also had a Big Red, and a PokePoke.
Have fun with your new birdies!
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Date: 2010-02-05 03:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-05 06:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-11 08:09 am (UTC)The nice thing about seramas is they're fairly rare/in high demand, so they go for decent prices (anywhere from $30 (low end) to over $100 per bird). :D
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Date: 2010-02-05 08:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-05 10:24 pm (UTC)IF I HAD A CHEEKEN, I WOULD NAME HER YOSEMITE. LIKE YOSEMITE SAM. :D
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Date: 2010-02-06 01:07 am (UTC)I'm not really good with suggesting names but here goes.
1. The silver spangled hamburg hen looks like she needs a Dalmatian name. 8D
2. I think Pastel is an excellent name considering her colouring.
3. The splash old english game bantam hen, considering her size... perhaps name her something that relates to that? Tiny, Petite... *is lame* xD
4. The red blue old english game bantam pullet looks HILARIOUS in the last pic. xD Her colouring is reeeeeeeally pretty... I'm not sure what to suggest. ;-;
5. Something cheesy like Midnight for the red brown pullet. |D
6. Fawkes and Phoenix for the two silver phoenix bantam hens? 8D
*is unhelpful*
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Date: 2010-02-11 08:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-06 06:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-06 09:56 am (UTC)they are all gorgeous !!
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Date: 2010-02-07 11:24 pm (UTC)