Granny's gone and done it again

[Granny Hatchet]

I did a sticker project of inappropriately named birds. There are plenty of them! Tits, shags (cormorants), swallows, etc. I have a picture here somewhere...

what is shags ?

 

[Granny Hatchet]

You enabler!

what kind of incubator? Good job!

I dont know but guessing I probably have around 20 of them.

 

[Watermelon123]

Okay, let's see if I can remember theses. Blue-footed booby, Turdus Maximus, Welcome Swallow, Common Shag, Great Tit, Tit-tyrant, White bellied go-away bird, Kaka bird, and Wood Cock. I forget the last one....

 

[Watermelon123]

what is shags ?

The European shag or common shag is a species of cormorant.

 

[MrsMistyReal]

 

[Granny Hatchet]

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Okay, let's see if I can remember theses. Blue-footed booby, Turdus Maximus, Welcome Swallow, Common Shag, Great Tit, Tit-tyrant, White bellied go-away bird, Kaka bird, and Wood Cock. I forget the last one....

haha Thats pretty cool.

 

[AlleysChicks]

I dont know but guessing I probably have around 20 of them.

have you put them on Craigslist? Or fb groups? It’s springtime and fair will be coming up.

 

[Granny Hatchet]

The European shag or common shag is a species of cormorant.

How is the word shag an inappropriate word ?

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Brooder babies. They all have darker feathers but two are maybe double barred? One has greenish legs. 6wks.
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Coop baby. Nice pink comb, but pullet feathering? 8wks.
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Camping, these are so confusing. My first impression is all 4 pullets... do the brooder babies all have similar combs?
A: maybe male barring? barest hint of wattles
The black bars are about the same width as the white. I think in male barring, the white is twice as wide as black, so for me, still think this is a pullet.

B. female barring, tiny pale wattle, short fat leg.
If one is different than the other 2, this one is it because of the slower feathering (still fuzzy on head, upper wing, and tail)

C. female barring, zero wattle, looks like a girl

so A, B, C- My guess is all 3 pullets. The only thing I don't know is how the feathers mature... does male barring show up as soon as they get barring? or will they go through one of those mini-molts and suddenly the male barring shows as the hormones kick in?
Also, I can't see their combs... so when I say these are guesses, yeah...

D. pullet

Look here for comparison. OP's first post, 2 birds at 13 wks, look like cockerels to me.
post #5 shows an obvious male in a group 16 wks old. Wish we could see a pic of the same group at 6 wks like yours.
Jun 28, 2012 #5

 

[Granny Hatchet]

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I LOVE THIS !!!