hello yes chickens are cool and i love them

PORCELAIN D'UCCLES. that is all.

 

Please observe the polish frizzle in all it's ridiculous Muppet glory.

 

man, the buff laced are so nice. i think wyandottes and brahmas also have buff laced varieties? don't quote me tho. u know what would be really pretty? a buff laced sebright, the silvers and golds are already incredible 8D

Spoiler: i love sharing chicken pix

 

@taxonomicAtrocity lineart chickens!!!!! :O

 

ikr!

Spoiler: omg guess who found a buff laced sebright

 

I really, really want blue laced red wyandottes. Dear god are those pretty

 

god, anything laced is gorgeous tbh. have u seen double laced barnevelders?

Spoiler: purty

edit: ooh!or pencilled anything

Spoiler: pencilled

 

Yessssss. Purdy birdies 0u0

 

PRETTY. BIRBS.

 

...oh my god how did i miss out on jersey giants when i went thru my fave chicken breeds earlier. weighing in at 15+ lbs, jerseys have def earned their name. they're also sweeties.

 

LARGE!!!

... Selective breeding is pretty amazing (and sometimes terrible).

 

on the opposite end of the spectrum, u have the 6-8 ounce serama!

 

woah, the ayam cemanis are really pretty

(also omg those tiny chickens!! give them all the ribbons)

EDIT: oh snap, the city i'm moving to approved backyard chickens!!

 

omg!!! GET ORPINGTONS, U WILL NOT REGRET IT.

 

FLUFF
oh man, those are so beautiful! once i move i'm gonna take some chicken care classes at the local feed store and then! >:D

 

this is what the hatchery/feed store hens will turn out looking like. not quite as floofy, but still not completely lacking in poof. those guys are from show/exhibition stock 8D



(koly, the hen pictured above, was the best $3 i ever spent. she was super friendly and good w/ kids and even did some therapy work! i took her, like, everywhere)

 

what a good bird!!! they're such a pretty color, dang

 

i mean u can get them in like fifty bajillion other colors?? but buff's the most common one, and the easiest to find.

edit: and the prettiest

Spoiler: fifty bajillion other colors

 

You can also use eggs for non-egg things, particularly baking. :D I'm... just gonna note that birds you raise in your backyard are a lot less likely to be sick, which reduces the risk enough for me to feel comfy eating raw cookie dough.



tA, your birds are adorbs.

My uncle actually has adorable chickens in the mist, running free through the fields. (And then going in the coop at night, because wow let's not get eaten by coyotes.)

Any thoughts on what they might be?




RUN FREE, CHICKEN BABIES.

(He's legit got a farm, and maybe fifteen of them, so they all run around in a happy flock. The males are very protective. o_o)

 

it's kinda hard to tell w/out getting a closer look, alas! best i can do is say that they're chicken shaped 8P