Decided to take photos of the chooks this afternoon.

 

Thena and Demi forage in the garden

 

Thena loves plant pots for some reason

 

I tried to catch Aphrodite's iridescent feathers while she was dust bathing, but she was moving too much. She's really quite spectacular in real life, I can't catch it on camera.

 

More chickens... hey wait a sec, that's not a chicken!!

(Laughing out loud), a crested pigeon and some sparrows decided to join us for dinner.

 

I love crested pigeons - they make me giggle.

Demi is such a character - she's really smart, follows me around and is always interested in what I'm doing.

 

Missy and the pigeon waddling away there.

 

Hera inspects a leaf...?

 

My herd: Four bantams and a rhode island red... (and a pigeon!)

Edited April 6, 200817 yr by Chrysocome

Awww They are lovely. I love chickens and the resident topknot pigeon hehehehe

Cute! My Grandpa has chickens on his farm and I remember collecting the eggs with him when I was young.

Oh that is so cute they are wonderful, thank you for sharing!

I love chickens,they are so cute!I have crested pigeons too,a whole family and the family gets bigger every year!

How cute ! ... We are going to get chooks too But I am wondering if they'd handle Dylan running and catching them (Laughing out loud)

:(Laughing out loud): You know I just love watching chickens, they are so interesting, lucky you!!

aww cute little chickens

I love chickens!!!! i had two bantams with their furry uggboot feet bought as chicks... one cream coloured and one grey/black... named satay and schnitzel unfortunatly schnitzel (grey/black) turned into a cockrel and had to be rehomed since i live in the suburbs :yellowhead:

OMG I LOVE CHICKENS!! ♥♥♥♥♥

:yellowhead:

 

 

 

♥Indz

Thanks everyone. I love my chickens!

 

Libby they sound so cute. I got my five chickens as tiny chicks, I have photos from way back, they were so fluffy and cute! We got them from a show breeder out west, I went there for work experience and we made such a deep connection that he gave them to me as a parting gift (as well as dozens of eggs!). One of the five was a male, the breeder was happy to take beautiful Royston back when the big boy discovered his voice. The breeder later gave me the hen I call Hera, she is a rescue from a battery egg system. If you look closely you can see she has been debeaked. She's not a pretty young gal but it brings me so much joy watching her run around, dust bathe and scratching in the litter :offtopic:

Edited April 8, 200817 yr by Chrysocome

Great shot's with that new camera Chrysocome!My father in law has a lot of chickens on his property.You can learn a lot from them, I buy a poultry magazine every now and then when there is a article of interest, then pass it on to him.Great shot's with that new camera Chrysocome! My father in law has a lot of chickens on his property.You can learn a lot from them, I buy a poultry magazine every now and then when there is a article of interest, then pass it on to him.