Arizona Chickens

[Chicken Feat]

 She reminds us of Lucille Ball with that red top.


This site is great.

Phyllis Diller!     

We have Lucy and Phyllis!!!!
Phyllis

 

[Gallo del Cielo]

That's great!

 

[Arizonachicken]

We got 2 hens a couple of months ago from a neighbor who's dog just loved to reduce their flock from 9 to 2. I would like to know exactly what breed or cross breed they are.

Lucy is definitely a Polish but is she a true Polish or a cross? She is larger than our other Polish with a smaller headdress. I'm thinking she's a buff or maybe a RIR got into the Polish run.

Squawk is a Wyandotte but I can't seem to find photos of others that look like her. Deep blue/black collar and penciled feathers.

Any opinions?

Not sure about the first. Second looks like she has a rose comb, so she may be a Wyandotte as opposed to the Barnevelder. I would say a blue laced red Wyandotte in the black phase coloring. There's a few thing about her that don't look real Wyandotte-ish, so she could be a mix as well. Here's my BLRW. She's broody so she's all crazy right now, but you get the idea of color and comb.

 

[LadyKotaDoria]

Can't find who it was that is going to the Fair Sat. As it turns out I can go Sat. Please PM me

 

[Chicken Feat]

We got 2 hens a couple of months ago from a neighbor who's dog just loved to reduce their flock from 9 to 2. I would like to know exactly what breed or cross breed they are.

Lucy is definitely a Polish but is she a true Polish or a cross? She is larger than our other Polish with a smaller headdress. I'm thinking she's a buff or maybe a RIR got into the Polish run.

Squawk is a Wyandotte but I can't seem to find photos of others that look like her. Deep blue/black collar and penciled feathers.

Any opinions?

Not sure about the first. Second looks like she has a rose comb, so she may be a Wyandotte as opposed to the Barnevelder. I would say a blue laced red Wyandotte in the black phase coloring. There's a few thing about her that don't look real Wyandotte-ish, so she could be a mix as well. Here's my BLRW. She's broody so she's all crazy right now, but you get the idea of color and comb.

They both came from a large farm in OK and the owners here in AZ had no idea about their breeds. The closest photo I can find to Squawk is here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Barnevelder.jpg

darn near identical to her. But, I'm starting to believe they are both mixes. Lucy is one of the ugliest birds I've ever seen but we love her just the same.

 

[Arizonachicken]

Awwww, I like Lucy. Very David Bowie-esque !

 

[Twinklin]

WoW!!!! A Barnevelder! I've never heard of that breed let alone pronounce Barnevelder, and after a little research I belive you are correct! She's very glossy and lays medium light brown eggs and I've found tons of photos just like her. Thanks so much!

Ya learn something everyday.

Lucy is a different story. I think she's too big and too feathered to have silkie in her. She's not furry in any way like a silkie and she acts like and hangs with the other Polish. Whatever she is she's a nice chicken, quiet, calm, and a little dittzie like a polish. She reminds us of Lucille Ball with that red top.

This site is great.

The reason I suggested silkie cross is because her crest feathers don't look very polish to me. They look more like silkie fuzz than the polish crest feathers I'm used to seeing but I guess mixing polish with anything could alter the crest feathers appearance. I'm sure the more experienced chicken keepers will weigh in

 

[City farm]

His stock seemed good. We bought 4 gallons and 12 pints. Had to make the trip out there worth it y'know.

On a side note...I HATE living by the reservation. They started burning their trash or something nasty about a week ago and the smoke is coming right over my house. My whole family has been sick since the fire started. You can smell the plastics and garbage. I can't open my windows and have to limit time outside in this nice weather. I even wake up at night because I'm so stuffy and coughing so badly. Ok, end rant.

Yeah, we had the smoke from there about 2 weeks ago.. Someone by the
drive-ins had it going all day & night.. It came across the lake to Tempe..
Most neighbors said it smelled like burning garbage.. I tought it was a weird
smell.. Uck...

 

[pipemum]

I have polish/silkie mixes and they look like polish, but have feathery legs and 5 toes.

I have the body suit! Gold, not my preferred color, but they were out of every other color. I've been too busy to plan anything today but we juat ate and husband is cleaning up... Think I'll go change now. Deets later!

 

[pipemum]

Okay thay didn't work too well. The suits ate supposed to allow the user to see out of it-i cpuldnt see ay all. But i stumbled into my family and freaked them out! Here's a picture i blindly took, not the best but hard when one can't see.