Chicken Photopost!
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pkmncollectors friending meme! :D I really don't have much in the way of introductory things to say, other than "Hello!" And warn that you are about to see evidence of my insanity?
For it is time for a long overdue poultry photodump post! Lots and lots of chickens, ducks, guinea fowl, chukar, and quail. And my set-up, too! This thing is MASSIVE, seriously, and it doesn't even nearly have pictures of all of my birds, fff.I should make a database with one photo of every single one of my birds. I have somewhere over sixty chickens (sixty five-ish, as a guess?), six ducks, three guinea fowl, seven quail, and a chukar.
P.S. Several of these birds are looking for names, please offer some suggestions if you can think of any!
I know you guys want some baby chicks, so baby chicks you get first! Five Icelandics, and one little serama. :D
A mass of fluff:
The whole crew:
The lone dark Icelandic:
One of the light ones:
The serama chick, two days old, size comparison:
The two new polish, who are in need of names! I'm thinking of naming them Aphrodite and Athena, but does anyone have other suggestions?
Some of the young seramas! The white cockerel I will likely sell to someone who wants to show him because he's a good candidate for that, but the two girls on either side still need names! One is silver penciled, one is silver birchen--they actually have quite different feather patterns.
My favorite cockerel with crazy colors! He needs an awesome name. I would love something native american sounding, preferably something short, or...just cool, unusual names. :D
Mottled girl who needs a name, and Chiffon:
Another shot of the mottled girl:
Goofy shot of Chiffon:
Dustbath time:
Prince! He's the daddy of most of my serama flock. :D
Charming, who is an awesome serama mama:
Tucson:
Random serama group shot:
I must confess I have not gotten any photos of Charming and her four chicks. Shame on me! The mixed breed rescued chick she is raising is almost the size of her now, and is getting some crazy colors in! I'm waiting for them to get some feathers in where I'll know what colors they're going to be. She and her four chicks have moved from indoors to out in the coop now.
Three of my younger serama chicks, who are so darn hard to photograph, so I caught them while they were sleepy. They currently live in the living room, near the cockatiels and lovebirds:
The brown one, who is a cockerel, and the light one (who I suspect will be colored like Splash) need names, the black and white one is Magpie. :)
Shinyyyy sumatras, Royal and Rex. I thought they were a pair, but they're two roosters. ;____; Still, I love these guys! They're working on growing in their tails, it'll be a while until those grow in all the way. Photos cannot truly capture their iridescence:
Rocket, my wheaten old english game bantam cockerel, who is very photogenic!
Rio, splash old english game bantam cockerel:
Remy, porcelain old english game bantam cockerel, who looks much cooler in real life (he is lavender and yellow!):
And while we're at it, Eden, who is a porcelain old english game bantam pullet. Porcelain is my FAVORITE poultry color most likely, it looks way cooler in person. It's actually the same as the mille fleur pattern (look it up, or see where I note the mille fleur bird) only diluted so it's cream, lavender, and white. So pretty!
Starlet, spangled old english game bantam pullet, who is very outgoing and likes to pose for photos:
Jumped on my knee for this photo op:
Coconut, blue-red old english game bantam pullet:
Kiisa, blue old english game bantam pullet (also on my knee):
Freckles, mille fleur d'uccle hen:
Minky, black silkie, who is definitely a chicken and not a muppet or pile of feathers attempting to be a chicken:
(Yes, that is a chicken. If you look closely, you can see her beak!)
My two blue laced red wyandottes, Roca and Almond. Roca has a messed-up beak because of bad genetics, but she lives a perfectly happy life with me:
Henny-Penny, partridge rock hen, who has a hilarious personality:
Sable, black-tailed buff Japanese hen:
Poppy, mottled Japanese hen, who is stretching in this photo:
Aspen, manx rumpie (very rare Iranian breed) and barred rock mix. She has no tail because of her genetics!
Istanbul, buff orpington hen:
All right, shall we switch species? We have lots of species to go!
Here is Cornelius, the pied male helmeted guinea fowl, whose head is blurry in this picture:
Legitimately the best photo I've gotten of all three guinea fowl so far. Diamond, Cornelius, and Pearl:
Aaaand now time for ducks! First up, the two adowable butterscotch call ducks, Fakir and Ahiru. These two are teeny, only about 2 lbs each and 5" long:
And the four larger ducks, Albert, Eugenie, Tux, and Pen-Pen. Albert and Eugenie are the ones who look sort of like mallards, they are rouens (which is like a mallard but way bigger). Tux is my rescue duck from last year, and Pen-Pen is his son with Eugenie. Pen-Pen has a neck deformity, but is perfectly healthy and happy.
Aaaand my chukar (AKA red-legged partridge) Zebra. I love this little guy so much! He is very friendly and makes weird noises, and just the coolest bird.
Taking an afternoon nap in the sun:
Aaand finally, the quail! Unless I'm holding them, it's almost impossible to get a picture because they run around like crazy, so just have up-close shots of two of them. Coturnix are very friendly and easy to keep.
My very pretty tibetan hen:
Normal-colored male:
I forgot to take a picture of a normal-colored female--they're basically the same as the male but have speckles on their chests and not so distinctive markings on the face.
Some fairly crummy pictures of my different poultry pens. I have four poultry pens in total, not including the quail pen. One is 25' x 15' plus a 10' x 10' house, two are 6' x 10' dog kennels, and one is a 10' x 20' dog kennel. Also, apologies for the dirty water--ducks mean the water is always dirty! I cleaned it just after this, though.
Serama and call duck pen. They have a house that they can go under or in, a little shelter to go under for fun, a cage to go in or perch on, a CD rack turned perch, and a storage bin pond for the call ducks!
10' x 20' large duck and guinea fowl pen. They have a few different shelters, one made out of that blue tarp, though I'm looking for a dog house to be a better permanent house for them. They make an absolute mess of their water all the time. .___.
The other dog kennel, which temporarily houses the two polish (who are young) and Henny-Penny, who is having a bad molt and the roosters won't leave her alone if she's in the usual coop:
And the largest coop, which has all of my old english and miscellaneous birds. The ugly blue pools on top are to provide shade and a little shelter from the rain, LOL. Going to replace those with something else soon.
And for your amusement, the truck when we were taking one of the kennels, which could not be disassembled. Yes, we drove with it like that! It was actually quite secure.
Phew, that's a lot of photos. I was going to post some of the dogs but decided not to. This is too darn photo heavy as it is!
pkmncollectors friending meme! :D I really don't have much in the way of introductory things to say, other than "Hello!" And warn that you are about to see evidence of my insanity?For it is time for a long overdue poultry photodump post! Lots and lots of chickens, ducks, guinea fowl, chukar, and quail. And my set-up, too! This thing is MASSIVE, seriously, and it doesn't even nearly have pictures of all of my birds, fff.
P.S. Several of these birds are looking for names, please offer some suggestions if you can think of any!
I know you guys want some baby chicks, so baby chicks you get first! Five Icelandics, and one little serama. :D
A mass of fluff:
The whole crew:
The lone dark Icelandic:
One of the light ones:
The serama chick, two days old, size comparison:
The two new polish, who are in need of names! I'm thinking of naming them Aphrodite and Athena, but does anyone have other suggestions?
Some of the young seramas! The white cockerel I will likely sell to someone who wants to show him because he's a good candidate for that, but the two girls on either side still need names! One is silver penciled, one is silver birchen--they actually have quite different feather patterns.
My favorite cockerel with crazy colors! He needs an awesome name. I would love something native american sounding, preferably something short, or...just cool, unusual names. :D
Mottled girl who needs a name, and Chiffon:
Another shot of the mottled girl:
Goofy shot of Chiffon:
Dustbath time:
Prince! He's the daddy of most of my serama flock. :D
Charming, who is an awesome serama mama:
Tucson:
Random serama group shot:
I must confess I have not gotten any photos of Charming and her four chicks. Shame on me! The mixed breed rescued chick she is raising is almost the size of her now, and is getting some crazy colors in! I'm waiting for them to get some feathers in where I'll know what colors they're going to be. She and her four chicks have moved from indoors to out in the coop now.
Three of my younger serama chicks, who are so darn hard to photograph, so I caught them while they were sleepy. They currently live in the living room, near the cockatiels and lovebirds:
The brown one, who is a cockerel, and the light one (who I suspect will be colored like Splash) need names, the black and white one is Magpie. :)
Shinyyyy sumatras, Royal and Rex. I thought they were a pair, but they're two roosters. ;____; Still, I love these guys! They're working on growing in their tails, it'll be a while until those grow in all the way. Photos cannot truly capture their iridescence:
Rocket, my wheaten old english game bantam cockerel, who is very photogenic!
Rio, splash old english game bantam cockerel:
Remy, porcelain old english game bantam cockerel, who looks much cooler in real life (he is lavender and yellow!):
And while we're at it, Eden, who is a porcelain old english game bantam pullet. Porcelain is my FAVORITE poultry color most likely, it looks way cooler in person. It's actually the same as the mille fleur pattern (look it up, or see where I note the mille fleur bird) only diluted so it's cream, lavender, and white. So pretty!
Starlet, spangled old english game bantam pullet, who is very outgoing and likes to pose for photos:
Jumped on my knee for this photo op:
Coconut, blue-red old english game bantam pullet:
Kiisa, blue old english game bantam pullet (also on my knee):
Freckles, mille fleur d'uccle hen:
Minky, black silkie, who is definitely a chicken and not a muppet or pile of feathers attempting to be a chicken:
(Yes, that is a chicken. If you look closely, you can see her beak!)
My two blue laced red wyandottes, Roca and Almond. Roca has a messed-up beak because of bad genetics, but she lives a perfectly happy life with me:
Henny-Penny, partridge rock hen, who has a hilarious personality:
Sable, black-tailed buff Japanese hen:
Poppy, mottled Japanese hen, who is stretching in this photo:
Aspen, manx rumpie (very rare Iranian breed) and barred rock mix. She has no tail because of her genetics!
Istanbul, buff orpington hen:
All right, shall we switch species? We have lots of species to go!
Here is Cornelius, the pied male helmeted guinea fowl, whose head is blurry in this picture:
Legitimately the best photo I've gotten of all three guinea fowl so far. Diamond, Cornelius, and Pearl:
Aaaand now time for ducks! First up, the two adowable butterscotch call ducks, Fakir and Ahiru. These two are teeny, only about 2 lbs each and 5" long:
And the four larger ducks, Albert, Eugenie, Tux, and Pen-Pen. Albert and Eugenie are the ones who look sort of like mallards, they are rouens (which is like a mallard but way bigger). Tux is my rescue duck from last year, and Pen-Pen is his son with Eugenie. Pen-Pen has a neck deformity, but is perfectly healthy and happy.
Aaaand my chukar (AKA red-legged partridge) Zebra. I love this little guy so much! He is very friendly and makes weird noises, and just the coolest bird.
Taking an afternoon nap in the sun:
Aaand finally, the quail! Unless I'm holding them, it's almost impossible to get a picture because they run around like crazy, so just have up-close shots of two of them. Coturnix are very friendly and easy to keep.
My very pretty tibetan hen:
Normal-colored male:
I forgot to take a picture of a normal-colored female--they're basically the same as the male but have speckles on their chests and not so distinctive markings on the face.
Some fairly crummy pictures of my different poultry pens. I have four poultry pens in total, not including the quail pen. One is 25' x 15' plus a 10' x 10' house, two are 6' x 10' dog kennels, and one is a 10' x 20' dog kennel. Also, apologies for the dirty water--ducks mean the water is always dirty! I cleaned it just after this, though.
Serama and call duck pen. They have a house that they can go under or in, a little shelter to go under for fun, a cage to go in or perch on, a CD rack turned perch, and a storage bin pond for the call ducks!
10' x 20' large duck and guinea fowl pen. They have a few different shelters, one made out of that blue tarp, though I'm looking for a dog house to be a better permanent house for them. They make an absolute mess of their water all the time. .___.
The other dog kennel, which temporarily houses the two polish (who are young) and Henny-Penny, who is having a bad molt and the roosters won't leave her alone if she's in the usual coop:
And the largest coop, which has all of my old english and miscellaneous birds. The ugly blue pools on top are to provide shade and a little shelter from the rain, LOL. Going to replace those with something else soon.
And for your amusement, the truck when we were taking one of the kennels, which could not be disassembled. Yes, we drove with it like that! It was actually quite secure.
Phew, that's a lot of photos. I was going to post some of the dogs but decided not to. This is too darn photo heavy as it is!
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Date: 2010-11-07 09:29 am (UTC)I would love to get a couple of silkies some day but where we live currently isn't zoned for chickens.
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Date: 2010-11-07 09:11 pm (UTC)Silkies are really cuddly and sweet, hopefully you'll be able to get some in the future!
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Date: 2010-11-07 10:17 am (UTC)that is all
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Date: 2010-11-07 09:12 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-07 02:01 pm (UTC)I saw several chukar in the wild when I was in Hawaii four years ago. My fam and I went to the top of Mount Haleakala and there they were up there. It looked like that cold, cold wind didn't even bother them at all.
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Date: 2010-11-07 09:19 pm (UTC)Oh, how cool! I didn't know chukar were introduced over there, but they're pretty hardy little birds so it makes sense they'd do well in Hawaii. Chukar are actually originally from Asia, but because they're a gamebird they're released all over the place and form little populations.
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Date: 2010-11-07 03:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-07 09:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-07 03:52 pm (UTC)Also, for the cockerel with crazy colours, call him Namid - it means "star". :D
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Date: 2010-11-07 09:23 pm (UTC)Namid is a beautiful name, I'm going to consider that!
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Date: 2010-11-07 04:08 pm (UTC)this guy... maybe I'm biased, but I have a cockatiel character named "Illano" (ee- yano) and it's not really Native American, but it's a municipality in Spain. It mostly jumped out at me as a name, because my Ilano is pied and your little guy has a lot of patches too!
Chiffon looks like she could be a Athalei!
These girls look like a L'via to me. (l - vee -uh) and the other is very Miranda to me.
IDK i wish i had more names! your girls (and boys!) are gorgeous and I'm jealous. Can we schedule a sleepover? *3* I'll sleep in the chicken pen...
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Date: 2010-11-07 09:25 pm (UTC)You are perfectly welcome to come sleep over any time, haha! Come visit northern California and we can sit in the chicken pen for hours together. :D
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Date: 2010-11-07 04:34 pm (UTC)Oooh freckles you beautiful lady, you <3 how many chickens+ducks do you have altogether? :O
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Date: 2010-11-07 09:31 pm (UTC)Freckles is very pretty, yes! I have two more mille fleur d'uccles, too--they're a lovely breed!
I just did a count and I have sixty-three chickens, six ducks, three guinea fowl, one chukar, and seven coturnix quail. :D
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Date: 2010-11-07 09:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-07 08:06 pm (UTC)You should definitely post pictures of your dogs next =P
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Date: 2010-11-07 09:42 pm (UTC)I most definitely will! I have a few small pictures of them in my icons as well. :D
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Date: 2010-11-07 08:15 pm (UTC)http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v389/pacificpikachu/Cluckers%20November/BURDS043Large.jpg
Very lovely looking bird...
Then you black silkie, wow!! The bird almost does not look real!! XD
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Date: 2010-11-07 09:45 pm (UTC)There are actually several hundred different breeds and thousands of colors! Oh, and if you think he's impressive so far, look up "sumatra chicken" and see what he'll look like when his feathers have all filled in! They're a majestic breed. :D
Yes, silkies are so funny! They're basically a very soft, very cuddly, living puffball. :D
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Date: 2010-11-07 10:32 pm (UTC)It is like cats and dogs, all the different breeds and colors that are out there! It never ceases to amaze me!! I saw a pic of the Sumatra under your essay, gorgeous! I wish I had some land...one day...;)
I like the Silver Laced too! To me, the puffiness of the Silkies gives them personality!
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Date: 2010-11-07 09:01 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-07 09:53 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-07 10:02 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-08 12:46 am (UTC)Aw, Ahiru is adorable. I don't think I've seen a duck of that color.
And is it just me, or do birds tend to have a lot of genetic deformities? One of my friends owns a duck with a semi-lame leg. He gets around okay, but his waddle is a bit odd.