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    Looking for reference photos of a behavior

    haha! I tried to give him a goofy sneer that dogs get when they start to scratch too. they were about 6 feet at the hip, so small by T-rex standards. They were also discovered in alaska in what would have been a "polar woodland" so I'm definitely going to give it some feather fluff. I've been...
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    Looking for reference photos of a behavior

    Thanks! that is actually VERY helpful for my leg sketches. In case anyone was interested it what this was going to become We are learning to make a maquette to draw from, he isn't quite finished and I'm going to heat him up to fiddle with the post a little bit more and add the chicken leg...
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    Looking for reference photos of a behavior

    I'm illustrating Nanuqsaurus which is a type of tyrannosaur, and chickens are usually a great reference for the legs. I find the articulation of the toes on parrots and other perching birds to be difficult to translate to what I need. It was a bit of a long shot but I figured if I were to find...
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    Looking for reference photos of a behavior

    Thats a great idea! I've found a couple - however when you search for 'chicken scratching' it brings up a lot of foraging chickens. I'll keep digging through though.
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    Looking for reference photos of a behavior

    Hello! I am a scientific illustration student, and I am doing a project where I am depicting an extinct animal. I was wondering if anyone has some photos of their chickens using their leg to scratch their heads or necks? Its been surprisingly difficult to find! I will not be using the photos...
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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Thank you both! You have eased a lot of my fears and the fruit is a great idea. Should I crate them separately? Also how confined should the crate be? Nest box size? I'm assuming you don't want them to have enough room to hurt themselves
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    The IMPORTED ENGLISH Orpington Thread

    Sort of an odd question, but I have 5 full grown orpington ladies and I will be moving about 4 hours away to a new house, and I have no clue how to safely travel with them to cause them lease amount of stress. Have any of you guys moved with your birds and if so how can I help make it as...
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    coop intro - earliest age

    Please bare in mind I am very very new. But this was my experience In a situation based out of desperation I introduced a 3 week old to two 9 week old girls and two 5 week old girls. First I placed a small pen for the littlest chick in the run and when trying to pick her up later my two 5 week...
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    Help me live in reality: What to do with older hens?

    I live in Davis and have a flexible work schedule - is your situation as such that if someone local could come by and do the heavy lifting that you would be able to keep your girls? If so I would be more than happy to volunteer!
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    Please, everyone post pictures of your shabby and chic coops here

    Thank you! I actually really like the step - it keeps bedding and chickens well contained. I do need to move that mason jar light because I keep hitting my head on it. AND how to make sure I don't lock myself in the coop ... again XD The metal fencing is actually sandwiched between the...
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    Please, everyone post pictures of your shabby and chic coops here

    I mistakenly bought a coop from the store thinking it would happily house my 5 orpingtons (hah. no) So since that already ate into my budget quite a bit I basically re purposed the coop/run into just a coop by gutting the interior and adding more ventilation and more roosts (so far so good). Its...
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    What's Your Chickens names and Why are they named that?

    I have all orpingtons and it took us forever to figure out names. We really wanted to have a theme and originally were going to name them after Jaegers from pacific rim because we were jokingly calling the chicken coop the Shattercoop because its basically a chicken bombshelter. But my younger...
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    California - Northern

    Hello everyone!, I am so excited to see so many chicken people in my neck of the woods and I can't wait to become part of the community! I've been living in Davis for 4 years and just decided to go native: learning to ride a bike, joined the co-op and added some beautiful orpington ladies to the...
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