Backyard Chickens
We keep a small flock of chickens in the back yard, partly for eggs and partly as pets. However, I also use them for foraging behaviour experiments, and as they are all individual, this makes it easy to make good observations. here is a selection of portraits of the current flock members, they are all bantams.
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| Hiver, a white Silkie |
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| Teal, a Pekin |
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| Hermione, another Pekin |
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Thompson, with a P, her twin Thomson, without a P, looks identical but isn't.
They are Plymouth Rocks - very swift afoot |
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| Nancy, a new young Wyandotte |
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| Chalk and Cheese, the two new young Light Sussex twins |
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| Islay, a young buff Silkie |
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| Islay, close up of her face |
