The Big, Bearded, and Bold

These are my Light Brahma girls. All of my chickens are from Murray McMurray Hatchery, and probably the most obvious pointer to that is my girl, Raven. Her comb is single, her tail is very high, and her body is very U shaped with such tail. Also, her sisters have a lot of black penciling on their backs.

Here's Raven:


After Raven, whom I assume is lead girl, are my two sweetest Brahmas. I am a "Brahma-holic" as some say, after these girls. I really do want some show quality Brahmas sometime soon, especially a dark rooster. We bought over 10 day olds of both Light and Dark variety from MM Hatchery, but only four made it to 4 months, then one died after laying an emmense double-yolker egg, and now I have three girls. Here's the other two, Mila and Cheesecake.





Cheesecake is the most forward type chicken, with a very friendly attitude, while Mila is extremely laidback after her laying season. (ended about two weeks ago) Otherwise, she is extremely demanding and noisy if she doesn't have all of the following: Food, Freedom to Roam Wherever, Sunlight. Raven, on the other hand, is slightly flighty but curious upon your first arrival to see the chickens.

Next, we have the "Bearded Babe," my Easter Egger hen. She's the same age, probably a lot heavier than the Brahmas (rather fat, actually) and lays enormous pink eggs. She used to be the most skittish and flighty pullet, but since her egg laying began, she is now laid back and always spending time with Mila.

Meet the Chicks!

Welcome to the club, and come meet our Northwestern flock of chickens! We've got bearded babes, feather footed babes, feather headed babes, and even featherless babes! For now, we'll just tour around a couple of today's interesting points, and as time goes on, you'll get to know everyone quite well.

First, there's the gang. I own then 5 month old Silver Laced Wyandottes, whom all seem to believe they are the ten best, most beautiful, and most dominant chickens around. Even the top rooster, Marc Antony, is apparently not above them. See?

(A Wyandotte picks a fight with Antony. This happens often, and I only got the last second of the scene.)

Before the little quarrel, though, that very Wyandotte got a special "eyeshot" - A photoshoot of the eye, which took a lot of patience to get. In the end, I got this:



After all that, I toured around to get an armful of photos, but the most notable one is of my darkest New Hampshire Red girl, Crunch. This was her yesterday. Today, she passed away due to an unknown illness. I will certainly miss her, and the wonderful times we had together. I now only have 3 reds left, and had better not lose another. They are certainly the most friendly of the younger pullets and cockerels.