They look like Lavender Orpingtons to me, plus it sounds like they have the Orpington personality.
If it's any help, here's one of my Lavender Orpingtons:
Something to keep in mind: Orpingtons grow slower than Australorps. Your Australorps might start laying at five months old (or four if...
Excellent pointers, and ideas for making your own chicken costumes! Nice pictures that add to the creative ideas.
I like the last pointer on comfort and care as well. I've done quite a few photo shoots with my chickens, some of which I dressed up my chickens, and it's always important to know...
Extravagant Tail: Day 4
I went with something simple today. I did a white Phoenix chicken. I love the Phoenix chickens and hope to someday get some. This particular one is of my cartoon character, Chipzen, who I've had for over ten years now. This is done in my (updated) style I've had since...
Yay! Another molter! :wee
I like her name, by the way. I have a Noir Marans named Orca. They have very similar names, just a sound was switched around.
@CCsGarden, I think during the Fair Contests someone (I think it was was you) did a poll trying to bring a Food Contest back to the Fair series. It might be helpful to tag everyone who was interested off that poll and bring them over here.
Ok, so she just might need some time. Give her some "dummy" eggs and leave them in her favorite nesting box and hopefully that'll encourage her to sit. Just give her time and don't sit anything under her until she's been proven serious for a good few days or week.
Aw, poor girl. I had a hen that grew back the wrong feathers after one of her molts. Unfortunately, she had bad genetics and I ended up losing her. Your hen seems fine from what I could see, just a little tailless.
Pollinator: Day 3
This is a little late, but I did get this done today. (Actually just finished it.) I did a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. Though I'm not particularly a fan of the 'common', I do love seeing these little guys visit my flower garden during the Summer.
Hey, mine were usually cartoonish too! For a lot of years I did comics (in notebooks, not the little boxes, though my later ones have graduated to that), so I have plenty, non-referenced, characters that I'll draw anywhere, particularly my chicken characters. Now, my newer chicken characters I...
Which would be the Christmas Treats? (The Holiday one could be for either or, so you might want to be specific. ;) )
I voted Other. I most likely won't enter either, but I do love seeing them.
Ok, if she's not going in there by choice, then she's not serious. Has she ever been broody before? I've found with my brooders they tend to start 'talking broody' before they actually sit. Has she done that yet?