My new babies - showgirls, pigeons, cochins!

greenfamilyfarms

Big Pippin'
11 Years
Feb 27, 2008
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Elizabethtown, NC
I went to the poultry show in Salisbury, NC this weekend and brought home:

A beautiful pair of black cochins from Beth of Star Cochins in GA,
A pair of copper tipplers (or tumblers?)
10 assorted showgirl silkies (white, black, blue, and blue partridge, I think)

Here's some pictures:

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Black showgirl (hen?)

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White showgirl (hen?)

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A group of them taking it easy after the 3.5 hour drive home.

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One of the pigeons - love the eye color!

I didn't get any good pictures of the cochins, so I'll post some of them later.
 

greenfamilyfarms

Big Pippin'
11 Years
Feb 27, 2008
8,650
115
303
Elizabethtown, NC
Ours are just pets - a novelty of sorts. There are other breeds of pigeons that are bred for meat (called squab) and others are used for racing. The ones I raise do tricks in the air and don't have a homing instinct.
 

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