Earthen Acres Homestead: First mixed laying flock

[BY Bob]

Thank you! That's one in your avatar right?

It is and so is the pullet behind her. That`s my Elphie and the pullet is baby Daisy.

 

[Tre3hugger]

It is and so is the pullet behind her. That`s my Elphie and the pullet is baby Daisy.

Love that "comb"-over

 

[BY Bob]

This is Daisy all grown up. She had an even bigger comb over.

 

[Tre3hugger]

What a mug. Gorgeous!

 

[BY Bob]

What a mug. Gorgeous!

Thank you.

 

[drumstick diva]

She should be on a magazine cover -

 

[Cryss]

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Tonight the spotlight is on Pearl! Pearl is a White Leghorn who lays 6 large beautiful white eggs a week. She is little skeptical of humans, but can be enticed with treats. She is a proficient digger, and the main architect, excavator, and laborer of a lot of dustbaths. She is also very cackly in a sweet way. She always has something to say. Some of my favorite things about pearl are her fluorescent shiny cheek feathers, her impressive rudder of a tail, and her disproportionately large comb and wattles. So here she is...View attachment 2073945
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Please share pics and experiences of this beautiful breed!

She’s a pretty Leghorn.
Ihave one White Leghorn named Matilda. She does not have a sweet cackle. The only sound I have ever heard from her is a dinosaur yell! She’s always ordering me around, not that I listen! She complains constantly! She rarely lets me pet her. She’s like that good friend you have that you argue with about everything because you both know you can without being judged. A good friend. Besides, she is a great singer that will join me in a duet.

 

[Pretty Birds]

She does not have a sweet cackle. The only sound I have ever heard from her is a dinosaur yell! She’s always ordering me around, not that I listen! She complains constantly!

I have a Buckeye like that named Big Mouth. It seems like she is always complaining about something.

 

[BY Bob]

She’s a pretty Leghorn.
Ihave one White Leghorn named Matilda. She does not have a sweet cackle. The only sound I have ever heard from her is a dinosaur yell! She’s always ordering me around, not that I listen! She complains constantly! She rarely lets me pet her. She’s like that good friend you have that you argue with about everything because you both know you can without being judged. A good friend. Besides, she is a great singer that will join me in a duet. View attachment 2074905

All of my hens boss me around, but I let them.

 

[Tre3hugger]

Here's some pictures of the little dinosaurs at breakfast this morning.

Chowing down on some butternut squash

Side note: I just switched to that new metal hanging waterer. I was using a plastic one that sat on the ground before. I love it! Keeps the water so clean and fresh and holds enough water for a couple days so it makes my chores a little quicker. Ill use the plastic ones for meat birds in a cpl months.