This year I had a different camera, and thought to put it right up to the bars....
There are more different kinds of chickens than you can shake a stick at.
Irridescent black ones.
Jet black ones with no oil-slick colors. Note also the difference between rounded and pointy feather tips....
I have no idea what you call the color pattern on this one, but isn't it gorgeous?
Update, Sept 7: I believe this color pattern is called "double laced."
I had never seen one like this before. Note sticky-up feathers on back of neck, as well as the colors........
Gotta love orange, though I confess that I think the red wattles and combs look better with black (and white)....
On this guy the red looks perfect.....
Not one of the chickens was bothered (as far as I could tell) by me having the camera right up against the bars of the cage. None moved away. Several moved right up to see what I was doing. (I did not use a flash.)
I am pleased that so many of these are sharp and clear.
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Brindle? Tortoiseshell? (For the orange/black combo).
I wish it was not illegal to keep chickens in Ann Abor.
r
I'm sure there is a real name for it. Now i may have to go out and google chicken breeds. Too bad I didn't take a pic of her entry tag..... :-)
I am glad it is illegal to keep roosters............. Hens would probably be ok...............
I hate listening to my neighbors' @(*#*(&% air conditioners; I really don't want to listen to their roosters/guinea fowl/pigs.....
Ok, been doing some googling.
THe feather color is called "double-laced" I think, and I suspect she may be a Barnevelder....
Great fair pictures - we have friends who have a hitch of sorrel percherons - the colts, (which seem to me to be as big as a house)are very friendly, just like puppies with almost a "Whatcha doin?" attitude...
Speaking of Puppies - glad to hear that Buzz is doing well.
T.
Thanks, Tina!
The "really tall" horse had a shower attendant while I watched -- a woman who wasn't a whole lot taller than the mare's belly. I was struck by the "DAMN they're big!" thought, looking at the contrast....
I can see how a nasty temperament would totally Not Do in such a big animal, so I'm sure that they have been bred to be nice. Thanks for telling about your friends' colts -- I love that puppy image.
Thanks also for the kind words about Buzz. Just now he is feeling wonderful. He is just as I would expect a 10-year-old corgi to be -- happy, lively, eager to chase a frisbee.
Fingers crossed that he stays that way for a long time!
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