Best Hen Contest

[LCsAChickenLover]

Velma, Black Australorp

 

[sdm111]

 

[HappyClucker7]

This is Rocky, a 5 1/2 year old Black Australorp. She is the leader of the flock, and always makes sure the other chickens know she's in charge. If they respect her position though, she is really nice to them.
She loves bugs and worms, and she likes it if I bring a shovel and dig up some earth for her. She wants me to do all the work.
Rocky always went broody every year, so last year we gave her some chicks to raise. She was an amazing mom, and continued to take care of her babies until they were 6 months old. She didn't go broody this year, so I guess once was enough for her, lol.

 

[Blue Raptor]

Here is Banty! She is a barred old English game hen! She is a hawk attack survivor! She is blind in her right eye now! We thought she was gone but she pulled through! The only way we could get her to eat was by feeding her her favorite food, Doritos! It took her months to get back to her normal self but she’s all better now! Except she does suffer from some trauma. She gets terrified of any threat of any kind and she used to be one of the bravest ones! But no matter what we love her!View attachment 2785529

I hope she doesn't still eat Doritos...

 

[Blue Raptor]

Here is Banty! She is a barred old English game hen! She is a hawk attack survivor! She is blind in her right eye now! We thought she was gone but she pulled through! The only way we could get her to eat was by feeding her her favorite food, Doritos! It took her months to get back to her normal self but she’s all better now! Except she does suffer from some trauma. She gets terrified of any threat of any kind and she used to be one of the bravest ones! But no matter what we love her!View attachment 2785529

I hope she doesn't still eat Doritos...

 

[Blue Raptor]

how did i post that twice?

 

[JustBabyMargo]

how did i post that twice?

I’m not sure! But we just fed those to her as a special treat to make sure she was responsive!

 

[Katanahamon]

Example:

Jetta / Black Australorp

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Looks like my 17 wk old..she’s a sweetheart, prettiest, expressive eyes..!

 

[Katanahamon]

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This is Vanilla. She’s a Super Blue Egger (EE/Leghorn cross). She was a survivor of a pretty traumatic injury as a chick, and has always been a fighter.
She’s outsmarted a hawk and recovered from a bad egg binding in just the last month.

She’s 1 year old.

She lays beautiful pale blue eggs regularly. They’re very large and round and often have a swirl in the shell.
She’s sweet to us and kind to her flock. Her golden-orange eyes are so cute.View attachment 2786394View attachment 2786395

Wow..looks a little like my Whiting True Blue, 17 wks old..same brown red accent feathers, my gal has no muff or beard, although a couple other WTB’s do have them..edit..be interesting to see if mine gains more of the reddish feathers..so far she has, she didn’t have any for a long time, she’ll be 18 weeks old this Thursday with the rest of the flock..

 

[Capto Veritas]

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