shrimpsilkies
Songster
- Feb 1, 2020
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Finally got my birds outside after treating some foot infections and securing their pen!
They took to it immediately and starting tearing up the place. Integrating the two hatches worked pretty well although there is still some pecking going on between my older Italian sisters and the upstart Fee gang.
I named this one Pigeon, she’s got little pink feet and a couple white feathers on her wing like a city pigeon (and she’s quite the pest). Not sure if she counts as a Gray Fee or a charcoal.
My only Grau Fee is a plump little girl, I think she’s the first of the younger ones to lay.
The Italians are inseparable, they do everything together.
Roux, Pharaoh, Falb Fee. The same base pattern but so much variety!
He’s the nicest rooster, quail or chicken, that I’ve met... always feeding his girls and he doesn’t harass them at all. Even before I got rid of the two other roos he was a gentleman to them too.
This girl is still confusing me, she’s definitely not a Roux but I haven’t heard of other dilute types in the US. She’s nest builder and sits on her eggs for a while after laying.
My little leucistic is a fighter even though she’s a little wobbly. She might not be the biggest but don’t get between her and the mealworms.
I love these birds, Coturnix are so much fun! I should have got quail years ago.
They took to it immediately and starting tearing up the place. Integrating the two hatches worked pretty well although there is still some pecking going on between my older Italian sisters and the upstart Fee gang.
I named this one Pigeon, she’s got little pink feet and a couple white feathers on her wing like a city pigeon (and she’s quite the pest). Not sure if she counts as a Gray Fee or a charcoal.
My only Grau Fee is a plump little girl, I think she’s the first of the younger ones to lay.
The Italians are inseparable, they do everything together.
Roux, Pharaoh, Falb Fee. The same base pattern but so much variety!
He’s the nicest rooster, quail or chicken, that I’ve met... always feeding his girls and he doesn’t harass them at all. Even before I got rid of the two other roos he was a gentleman to them too.
This girl is still confusing me, she’s definitely not a Roux but I haven’t heard of other dilute types in the US. She’s nest builder and sits on her eggs for a while after laying.
My little leucistic is a fighter even though she’s a little wobbly. She might not be the biggest but don’t get between her and the mealworms.
I love these birds, Coturnix are so much fun! I should have got quail years ago.
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