Barred (technically cuckoo)
Here's our daughter's favorite Dominique hen, named "Bubbles." She was a wonderful and extremely intelligent bird. Our daughter trained her to do many tricks. Bubbles would accompany me to schools whenever I was asked to do a presentation. She never seemed to...
BLUE
This is my favorite blue Orpington hen, Jewel. We thought she was a male because of her large size and red wattles as a chick. It turns out, she's just big loveable old hen. She has gone broody a few times, and yes, she can cover a lot of eggs/chicks.
When Jewel was young and we...
RED
Our son's hen, Chizzy (March 2013 - Nov 2022)
She was a fearless bird, at the top of pecking order, and very loved by our son, He got her at age 4 but couldn't pronounce "Speckled Sussex." It came out sounding like "Special Sau-ce" = her nickname.