Phoebe and Chleo - More Grown Up Banty Alert!

[4hooves&featheredfriends]

I am trying to ward off the temptation of getting more chickens but it is getting extremely difficult. My little mille fleur d'uccle is so incredibly cuddly she comes to the edge of the fence, hopping up and down. It is like she is saying,"Pick me, pick me!" She loves to perch on my shoulder and nestle her head in the collar of my jacket.

Here she is, Chleo;

and then there is Miss Phoebe, my little cochin;

Aahhhh, a two headed-chicken -

Are those bantams in the kitchen? Shhhh...don't tell.

 

[gritsar]

Pretty birds!
Are you sure Miss Phoebe is a cochin? She looks an awful lot like my dark brahma hens. I see in pic #4 that her foot feathering doesn't go all the way around, which makes me suspect brahma even more.

 

[4hooves&featheredfriends]

Are there pencil laced brahmas? No I can't be sure, I picked them out of a tub at the tack store. I thought the lack of feathers on the inside was a breeding shortcoming.

 

[rileysgranny]

Awwww. Your girls are beautiful!

 

[gritsar]

4hooves&featheredfriends :

Are there pencil laced brahmas? No I can't be sure, I picked them out of a tub at the tack store. I thought the lack of feathers on the inside was a breeding shortcoming.

No, that's a dark brahma pullet. The dark brahma females have the lacing. In the buffs and lights, the females don't.
The cochins have the heavy foot feathering all the way around. In the brahma, it's only on the outside of the leg and foot.
I'll see if I can hunt up a pic of one of my dark hens for you.​

 

[jerseygirl1]

They are pretty,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

[gritsar]

Okay, here is a pic of one of my dark brahma hens:

ETA: My brahmas are all LF, but the coloring is the same in both the LF and the bantams.

 

[juliect]

4hooves&featheredfriends :

I am trying to ward off the temptation of getting more chickens but it is getting extremely difficult. My little mille fleur d'uccle is so incredibly cuddly she comes to the edge of the fence, hopping up and down. It is like she is saying,"Pick me, pick me!" She loves to perch on my shoulder and nestle her head in the collar of my jacket.

Here she is, Chleo;

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z279/3HorseGal/PA100039.jpg

and then there is Miss Phoebe, my little cochin;

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z279/3HorseGal/PA100040.jpg

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z279/3HorseGal/PA100034.jpg

Aahhhh, a two headed-chicken -

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z279/3HorseGal/PA100036.jpg

Are those bantams in the kitchen? Shhhh...don't tell.

Gorgeous!!

You only have TWO chickens?? Yes...you need more. Go now. Run, don't walk.

 

[4hooves&featheredfriends]

Thanks for your replies. 2 Chickens - no, 17 laying hens, 6 bantams and 4 blue Indian Runner Ducks. I am glad you educated me on my little Pheobe. Thanks Gritsar for your help.