I guess the one thing I CAN be sure of then, besides the breed of Curly Sue and Henrietta, is the breed of Juliet and Alouette. Thanks again, everyone!
Goldie was about a year old when we got her in September. After that picture was taken (sometime in October), the feathers on her neck DID grown back. I don't know the hatchery from which they came.
I do check their vents for signs of mites on a fairly regular basis. When I did see some on...
Wow! That takes care of ALL of them--doesn't it?
If you mean around Goldie's neck, I got her that way back in September (which is when that photo was taken). She came with seven others, four of which also had missing feathers. I atttributed it to moulting, but whatever it was, they got...
goldfinches:
Josephina and Georgia could be the same, as you say, and since Georgia is about a year older than Josephina, the effect of moulting could be a possibility. The other difference is that Josephina almost looks golden-copper in the sun, while Georgia is that peach color all over...
jnntefend:
Thanks so much. Whether or not you think you're good at it, I figure that, given the numbers of people who are on this forum, once everyone has had a say, I should know what all of them are.
The first two, Curly Sue and Henrietta, I know to be Rhode Island Reds because they were among a batch of RIR that a friend and I purchased last spring.
This one is Lily White.
This one is Ebony. In the sunlight, her feathers have highlights of green, blue, and even some violet.
This...