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[Pyxis]

My jubilee Orpington pullet really likes to dust bathe. lol This little lady was also enjoying the sun. And then there was a group nap...with more dust bathing. One of my two black pullets. I ended up with 5 pullets and 8 or 9 cockerels. :/ This pullet switched dirt holes and continued bathing. And my favorite, the little splash pullet.

I absolutely love watching them dust bathe and sunbathe. However, it can be really scary the first time you see it - sunbathing chickens look dead from a distance if you don't know what you're looking at!

 

[Sanna]

I absolutely love watching them dust bathe and sunbathe. However, it can be really scary the first time you see it - sunbathing chickens look dead from a distance if you don't know what you're looking at!

Tell me about it!! lol When I had my first chickens, probably 5 years ago...I came home from work and found all my 6 Silkies in a pile, in the flower garden. Some where upside down, some sideways, some had their wings and legs sticking out. Freaked me out!!

I literally had to stop and stare at them, to try to figure out what had happened, who was dead and who wasn't. Then I walked closer to them, they heard me coming and they all picked their heads up just so they could stare at me like I was some sort of a crazy person. I'll never forget it, felt like an idiot. It scared the crap out of me.

Now I think it's funny watching them kick the dirt around and all that good stuff. The best ones are the little chicks learning to dust bathe, they look so pitiful. lol

 

[Pyxis]

Pretty Boy was feeling photogenic today.

 

[3goodeggs]

Beautiful!

what is that breed?

 

[Pyxis]

Beautiful! 
 what is that breed?

He's an ayam cemani NN cross So a mutt, but a very pretty one!

 

[drumstick diva]

Wow, I never would have imagined that cross would produce him. All the color and not a bare neck. What were his siblings like?

 

[Pyxis]

Wow,  I never would have imagined that cross would produce him.   All the color and not a bare neck.  What were his siblings like?

Very varied. Here's Mom and Dad:

And his two brothers:

He also has a sister, but I don't seem to have a picture of her. She's pure white and has muffs.

 

[3goodeggs]

Wow! He got the pretty genes.
I would never have imagined the parents were so different.

 

[drumstick diva]

Have you ever tried a cross to a silkie or show girl, who should have black skin, etc.?

 

[Pyxis]

Have you ever tried a cross to a silkie or show girl,  who should have black skin, etc.?

I haven't! I actually also keep silkies, but I keep that flock and the cemani flock separate. I now have an ayam cemani rooster - that NN rooster was only in with the cemani hens while I didn't have a rooster for them. Now all the eggs from them are purebred