Recent content by FreebirdAviary

Awesomeness.

Wow! Thats alot of love.

I usually downplay how much I spend on keeping the chickens comfortable. It's so easy to love them like children.

Oooh. I love the sound of baby peeps when I sleep. How many chix do you have in the house?

Freebird Aviary is located in Summerfield, Marion County. We breed: Isabel Ameraucanas & BBS Marans

I first learned noticed individual chicken personalities as a youth, working for a chicken farmer. We've had chickens for many years. Always a chicken paradise; comfortable coops, plenty of free space, multiple feeders/waterers. It's peaceful sitting with chickens who want not and have plenty. I...

These two fellas are brothers, (BCM is not related) again, there are some more suited for breading.

These two Blue/Wheatens are sisters. Variarions in the color can be seen. -DMac

Chickin' Sittin'

Hi, Mellisa, Simple answer, the Self Blue is visually quite different from BBS. Lavs have an almost crystaline feather, very pale compared with blue. Also the edging of each blue feather is usually a shade darker than center. A lav feather is darkest down the center and evenly pale to the edge...