May 1 Photo ~ Mother & Chick

This is 1 of yesterday’s Murderous Mothers with 1 of the chicks ~ the other is hiding under her skirts. The photo’s so dark because I took it quickly & forgot the flash.

 

Feb 18 Photo ~ Hennies

Hennies

2 Banty Hens ~ a topknotted black & 1 of my strange Phelans.  I had some orange chickens hatch out 2 years ago & I’m not sure of their parentage as most of my chickens are black!  They were from mine own eggs as I didn’t buy any in.  I called the 1st to hatch “Phelan” after the Homesteading Neophyte (link on side bar) & the other 2 became Phelans, too.  I only have the 2 girls left now.

The yellow snake is 1 of the hoses about the place

 

Feb 14 Photos ~ Fish & Chi……..ckens

Charlotte Shabunkin

That's MY girly

Standing Guard

 

Jan 15 Photo

Up to date finally ~ IF this posts this night.  It didn’t post ~ lost my connection, then the computer shut down on me

I’d planned on taking photos of the ducks to go with yesterday’s marshy picture, but the wretched birds decided to put themselves to bed before I fed them, instead of my rounding up the 2 groups. I took some pictures, but not the ones I wanted. I wanted to take a picture of each of the groups ~ the adults & the youngsters ~ in their favourite places, behind the house for the adults & either in the yard or in the haybarn for the ducklings & take them as groups of Khaki Campbells with the 1 white drake & the Aylesbury & Magpie young ones. They don’t mix yet.

Adult & Young Ducks with Cockerels

Ducks & Chickens

 

Jan 8 Photo~ Madeira

Madeira

Madeira is the cockerel, not the cat.  The cat is Starlight, daughter of Stardust, sister to Moonlight ~ see a pattern?  Those are Annon’s cats, so, Annon’s names.  Madeira is a peculiar bird as 1 of his parents was a Silkie, the other I think was  Monty.  He certainly has many of Monty’s characteristics, but there is Silkie there too ~ he has the Silkie “horns” ~ feathers that stick up from his head(not really visible here).  Silkies are ancient Chinese chickens & according to legend it was the cockerels that wore horns, until a dragon stole them.  His name came about due to a naming mistake I made with his father.  As his father grew his adult feathers, I noticed that he was developing a white lace shawl, like Spanish women wear & he was primarily black (OK, the colours are reversed with the women…), so I intended calling him after the shawl, but misremembered the term.  Monty became AMONTIllado instead of MONTIlla, a wine instead of a shawl or cream, therefore his son is Madeira, a Portuguese wine.