I have a 'special' cat. Weasel is 31# of solid muscle and fur, and he thinks he's a dog. I call the dogs in and he trots in with the other 2. He is quite singular.
Sorry about the Laks. I used to have Golden Laks, but I sold them. They are very pretty!
Thanks Mahonri! That's Amber and she is a "project" bird. She has kind of an interesting lineage - her sire is a Salmon Faverolles rooster that tends to produce a lot of red chicks. I am using one of his sons to work on a Mahogany Faverolles line. The hen that she is out of is 1/2 Faverolles and 1/2 feral chicken. I have a friend that breeds Favs in Florida and there is a flock of feral chickens that hang around where he lives. They lay very pretty blue eggs and look a little like OEG chickens. Anyway, just for kicks, he crossed the hens with some of his roosters and sent me some of the eggs. Here is the hen I hatched from those eggs - mom of Amber:
I also have a nice cockerel (Tobasco, full sibling to Amber) that is red with blue underfluff.
Anyway, I hope to create Faverolles pullets that consistently have Amber's coloring and cockerels that consistently have Tobasco's coloring . . . in a few years . . . maybe. Whether I'm successful or not, it will be fun to try!
I love that look too! I made a bunch crossing my pure Welummer girls with Ameraucana and EE roosters:
