His tail hasn't totally regrown from loosing it last fall when some feathers were twice as long as you see here.
I know he is mixed breed, the flock he came from includes EE and some Jap. bloodlines, just all free ranging also some OEG types.
Person I got these from had bought mixed purebreed package of dayolds, so what are they?
Popeye (they named him b/c one eye got hurt fighting w/ the 4 other cocks in their mixed bunch).
The dark tailfeathers are very green, sorry the color looks washed out here.
Monkey (their name)...
Bought Tinyhen and her clutch of dayolds locally b/c I wanted a broody hen.
The seller had all his birds running loose, said he thought she is "half that french one", ...sure...;>
One of her clutch was a giant, and to her slidelong dismayed looks was bigger then her by week 4!
I got 2...
Hello BYC ppl!
I’ve kept Chickens, Guineas, Ducks, & Turkeys off & on for a total of about 8 yrs.
Currently I’m in TN, eastern/middle, while that sounds warm at 2,400ft elevation in the past 5 winter’s we’ve had more than once actuals of -20F w/ wind chill to -50! We had as much as 12 inch...