CHICKEN PHOTO POST
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pacificpikachuI must admit, I've been wanting to make this post for quite a while. Only I am geeky enough to be all crazy over chicken pictures, but I hope you all find some enjoyment in them regardless! These are my babies. ♥ Chickens are actually surprisingly beautiful, diverse, and interesting animals despite the sorts of attitudes towards them I'm sure most of you are accustomed to. Perhaps this will give you a slightly different outlook toward them!
This is not nearly all of my chickens (and I honestly feel bad for excluding any of them because I love them all that much and I want to babble about ALL OF THEM), but I'm just putting in some of the better pictures. And trust me, chickens are TOUGH to take pictures of. They rarely stop moving!
This is our grumpy, pretty old Black Japanese rooster Yamikarasu. He's very proud and, if things don't go his way, he becomes very sulky and his pride gets hurt. :( He's around nine years old now--I've had him since he was two days old.
He's so pretty. ♥
Henrietta! I love this picture for some reason. I have three Mille Fleur d'Uccle (Henrietta, Starly, and Freckles) and I adore them all! The markings on them are gorgeous and this breed has such a nice, easygoing temperament. They like to sit on top of the fence in the coop and don't mind being picked up at all.
Freckles has the most spots of the three. This shows the body type a Mille Fleur d'Uccle well, too.
FLOOF UP TIEM
Another stunning breed is the Sebrights. They come in quite a few colors but I only have two colors so far--Gold and Silver. I only have one Gold, Caramel, and two Silvers, Solitaire (has more white) and Domino (has more black).
Caramel is an expert camera evader, but I've gotten a few nice pictures of her:
Solitaire makes an easier photo subject:
Aaaand Domino:
Cochin Bobochin is Ryan's FLOOFBALL CHICKEN. No, seriously. She's practically round with fluff:
Old English are one of my favorite varieties of chickens. They're TINY (just slightly larger than a pigeon) and have hilarious, energetic, intelligent, fiesty personalities. I have four individuals in two different varieties: BB Red and Silver Duckwing.
Isako! She's a Silver Duckwing.
And this one is Chise, who very nearly died as a baby but managed to pull through:
Yasako! Kind of a hilarious picture, but whatever:
And Aka. Not a great picture, but I just wanted to show the back of a BB Red because the patterning is rather nice.
This is Fumie. She's half-BB Red Old English and half Mille Fleur d'Uccle (back before we found a home for our Mille Fleur roosters), and she was born in the middle of winter and had to be raised alone by me. She's still a slight oddball, and always sleeps in the bottom corner of the coop no matter how hard I've tried to get her to sleep in the perches like a normal chicken.
The buff orpingtons, Constantinople and Dandelion! When they were late adolescents, haha. These two were raised partially in my Animal Science course, so they were weighed a whole bunch as chicks. Now they seem to think they're guinea fowl...? O__o They're my only large breed chickens left--everyone else is small or medium. They're quite photogenic, for some reason:
And I love this series:
GROOMIN'! I IS PRETTY NAO?
And now some miscellaneous chickens:
The Other One:
Ilikeayou:
Ilikeayou and The Other One are special because they were in the first group of chicks one of our own chickens ever had. They're also the daughters of my first chicken ever, my fantastic (and still missed, even after seven or so years) rooster Pidgeotto. Their mother was a White Japanese hen named Dovey. They had another living sister, The Other Other One, but she passed away a few months ago. :(
Similar, but not related, Japanese Black-Tailed Buff named Sable:
Sterling! Silver Phoenix, sister to Silver, who is in my icon. 8D
While we're at it, here's that picture of Silver:
Tsunami, another ridiculously old chicken. Possibly another of Dovey's children? I can't remember now. She was given to my friend Dawn, but then Dawn moved to New Zealand a few months later so I got her back.
This isn't the best picture ever, but it's MANDATORY that I post a picture of the The Salula. The reason? She was my first God in my life. She is still a God, and is greatly famous among all of my friends from the last ten years for being such. DO NOT QUESTION HER AMAZING POWER AND SHEER BEAUTY! YOU CANNOT COMPREHEND THE AMAZINGNESS THAT IS THE SALULA IF YOU TRY WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT. SHE IS AND IS NOT EVERYTHING SIMULTANEOUSLY. This bird is also somewhat insane. She lived in the laundry room for a year and a half trying to hatch nonexistent eggs in a laundry basket, and she's just...all kinds of weird. I LOVE HER AND WORSHIP HER FOREVER.
I was so tempted to bombard all of you with MORE chicken pictures and then I almost put in duck/pheasant/guinea fowl pictures, but those will have to wait for another post. (The floodgates of bird pictures will open if I start into the other poultry as well.) I need to take pictures of the adult guinea fowl anyway, as I haven't taken pictures of them since they were babies! And Cornelius has never had his picture taken.
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This is not nearly all of my chickens (and I honestly feel bad for excluding any of them because I love them all that much and I want to babble about ALL OF THEM), but I'm just putting in some of the better pictures. And trust me, chickens are TOUGH to take pictures of. They rarely stop moving!
This is our grumpy, pretty old Black Japanese rooster Yamikarasu. He's very proud and, if things don't go his way, he becomes very sulky and his pride gets hurt. :( He's around nine years old now--I've had him since he was two days old.
He's so pretty. ♥
Henrietta! I love this picture for some reason. I have three Mille Fleur d'Uccle (Henrietta, Starly, and Freckles) and I adore them all! The markings on them are gorgeous and this breed has such a nice, easygoing temperament. They like to sit on top of the fence in the coop and don't mind being picked up at all.
Freckles has the most spots of the three. This shows the body type a Mille Fleur d'Uccle well, too.
FLOOF UP TIEM
Another stunning breed is the Sebrights. They come in quite a few colors but I only have two colors so far--Gold and Silver. I only have one Gold, Caramel, and two Silvers, Solitaire (has more white) and Domino (has more black).
Caramel is an expert camera evader, but I've gotten a few nice pictures of her:
Solitaire makes an easier photo subject:
Aaaand Domino:
Cochin Bobochin is Ryan's FLOOFBALL CHICKEN. No, seriously. She's practically round with fluff:
Old English are one of my favorite varieties of chickens. They're TINY (just slightly larger than a pigeon) and have hilarious, energetic, intelligent, fiesty personalities. I have four individuals in two different varieties: BB Red and Silver Duckwing.
Isako! She's a Silver Duckwing.
And this one is Chise, who very nearly died as a baby but managed to pull through:
Yasako! Kind of a hilarious picture, but whatever:
And Aka. Not a great picture, but I just wanted to show the back of a BB Red because the patterning is rather nice.
This is Fumie. She's half-BB Red Old English and half Mille Fleur d'Uccle (back before we found a home for our Mille Fleur roosters), and she was born in the middle of winter and had to be raised alone by me. She's still a slight oddball, and always sleeps in the bottom corner of the coop no matter how hard I've tried to get her to sleep in the perches like a normal chicken.
The buff orpingtons, Constantinople and Dandelion! When they were late adolescents, haha. These two were raised partially in my Animal Science course, so they were weighed a whole bunch as chicks. Now they seem to think they're guinea fowl...? O__o They're my only large breed chickens left--everyone else is small or medium. They're quite photogenic, for some reason:
And I love this series:
GROOMIN'! I IS PRETTY NAO?
And now some miscellaneous chickens:
The Other One:
Ilikeayou:
Ilikeayou and The Other One are special because they were in the first group of chicks one of our own chickens ever had. They're also the daughters of my first chicken ever, my fantastic (and still missed, even after seven or so years) rooster Pidgeotto. Their mother was a White Japanese hen named Dovey. They had another living sister, The Other Other One, but she passed away a few months ago. :(
Similar, but not related, Japanese Black-Tailed Buff named Sable:
Sterling! Silver Phoenix, sister to Silver, who is in my icon. 8D
While we're at it, here's that picture of Silver:
Tsunami, another ridiculously old chicken. Possibly another of Dovey's children? I can't remember now. She was given to my friend Dawn, but then Dawn moved to New Zealand a few months later so I got her back.
This isn't the best picture ever, but it's MANDATORY that I post a picture of the The Salula. The reason? She was my first God in my life. She is still a God, and is greatly famous among all of my friends from the last ten years for being such. DO NOT QUESTION HER AMAZING POWER AND SHEER BEAUTY! YOU CANNOT COMPREHEND THE AMAZINGNESS THAT IS THE SALULA IF YOU TRY WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT. SHE IS AND IS NOT EVERYTHING SIMULTANEOUSLY. This bird is also somewhat insane. She lived in the laundry room for a year and a half trying to hatch nonexistent eggs in a laundry basket, and she's just...all kinds of weird. I LOVE HER AND WORSHIP HER FOREVER.
I was so tempted to bombard all of you with MORE chicken pictures and then I almost put in duck/pheasant/guinea fowl pictures, but those will have to wait for another post. (The floodgates of bird pictures will open if I start into the other poultry as well.) I need to take pictures of the adult guinea fowl anyway, as I haven't taken pictures of them since they were babies! And Cornelius has never had his picture taken.
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Date: 2009-02-13 11:51 am (UTC)Oh man, I want to come play with your chickens.
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Date: 2009-02-14 09:55 am (UTC)Ahaha, you totally should!
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Date: 2009-02-13 12:47 pm (UTC)Btw what camera do you use because your pictures turn out very nice?
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Date: 2009-02-14 09:58 am (UTC)Aw, I'm glad you think so! I use a Canon PowerShot SX100-IS, which is a great little camera. It's easy to use and takes nice pictures, and it's fairly affordable, too. :D
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Date: 2009-02-13 01:20 pm (UTC)They're all rather cute.
I like the color patterns that feathers have sometimes. :3
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Date: 2009-02-14 09:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-13 04:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-14 10:00 am (UTC)And isn't she? I have so many pictures of her--I had to resist posting tons of them!
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Date: 2009-02-13 10:26 pm (UTC)AGHHHH SO FAT SO CUTE FEATHERS SO PRETTY
I love the look of the large chickens :D
Their feathers~~~~ so many, makes them puffy~~` *3*
you didn't say what breed The Salula was. She kind of reminds me of some people's chickens I've seen before who were owned by colleagues of my best friend's mom. The fluffy feet and all. I can't tell. @.@
HA, I say more pictures is better! 8D MOARRRR
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Date: 2009-02-14 10:07 am (UTC)YES, I'M GLAD YOU LIKE THEM! Some of them are so floofy and nice to stick your hands in. (Like Cochin Bobochin, ahaha, she's like a pillow bird!)
The Salula is a mystery bird, actually! I think she's almost certainly part or full White d'Uccle, though, which is basically the same thing as the Mille Fleur d'Uccles but in a different color. See the resemblance? http://www.moonfirefarm.com/d%27Uccle-Porc1.JPG (Okay, those are Porcelain colored but you get the idea.) She might be part Silky or something else as well, though, because she's a bit poofier than a d'Uccle.
There are a lot of breeds (especially bantams) with feathers on their feet, though--about seventy-five percent of my chickens have feathered feet, I'd guess.
I WILL INDULGE YOU WITH MORE IN A WEEK OR SOMETHING! :D I need to take pictures of the guinea fowl anyway. Guinea fowl = the most hilarious things ever!
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Date: 2009-02-14 05:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-02-14 10:09 am (UTC)Chickens make fantastic noises! They have their own little language (no, not even kidding) and it's really nice to listen to.
Perhaps you will get a nice little friendly chicken someday! I recommend the Mille Fleur d'Uccles as pets--they're really easygoing and friendly. ♥
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Date: 2009-02-16 10:00 am (UTC)Oh man, your chickens are beautiful! I have to say, from the pics, I like Yamikarasu the best. It tail(?) kinda looks like that of a peacock(?). Mille Fleur d'Uccle and Sebrights have beautiful coats!
You say it snows in your area. I'm rather curious whether the chickens are okay with the snow. Oh and that's Silver in your chicken profile pic!
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Date: 2009-02-16 10:22 am (UTC)Thank you! Yami is a pretty guy, and roosters tend to have the most amazing feathers. His tail isn't all that peacock-like, but it certainly is shiny and green. XD And yep, those two breeds have really gorgeous feathers.
Yes, chickens are fine in the snow. :3 They have a house they go into to stay warm, and really they can live in much colder temperatures than it gets here... Feathers are good insulators!