Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

[BY Bob]

that's funny! What are they saying when the hens are cackling? I've always wondered.

@NCLady52 When you get a moment we would all like to see some photos of your cackling hens and their rooster(s).

 

[BY Bob]

To start your Saturday off right.....

Spoiler: Coffee with Jabberwocky

 

[LozzyR]

Here is the Australian version of an Aracauna @RoyalChick

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Alice again in profile with bonus Tsuki butt
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Deana is a Rhode Island Red like your Maggie. She is nearly 5 years old.
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Is there a noticeable difference between ISA Browns and RIRs?

 

[BY Bob]

Is there a noticeable difference between ISA Browns and RIRs?

Yes.

ISA Browns are lighter in color and actually close to red in color

RIRs are actually a deeper color, almost dark brown in color.

So the Browns are reddish and the Reds are brown. Hence the confusion

 

[RoyalChick]

I think that Alice, with feathers, is one of the most beautiful hens any of us has.

Even more reason for me not to think of Alice as anything other than uniquely Alice!

 

[HappyClucker7]

Is there a noticeable difference between ISA Browns and RIRs?

ISA browns also have white tails, which RIRs don't have.

 

[RoyalChick]

ISA browns also have white tails, which RIRs don't have.

Maggie has a black tail (well she did before it fell out in her molt).

 

[BY Bob]

Maggie has a black tail (well she did before it fell out in her molt).

RIRs can have deep brown to black tails as well

 

[ValerieJ]

To start your Saturday off right.....

Spoiler: Coffee with Jabberwocky

I know I've been lost in space for a while, but do you now have a rooster? He's sure a pretty boy!

 

[Shadrach]

I can't play - my knowledge of chicken breeds is limited to:
- Leghorns (because of you)
- Legbars (because of all of you)
- Campines (because of @Ribh)
- Naked necks (because of @WhoDatChick and Trump, obviously)
- Rhode Island Reds (because of the vet who explained that Maggie was bred in order to die young )
- Bitsas (because of @MaryJanet and @Shadrach)

I think that is all I could have a shot at recognizing with the exception of the Bitsas which would just have to be my default guess for all other chickens. I will keep trying to learn!

Got to love bitsas. Won't ever get the breed wrong.