Ribh's D'Coopage

[Grammy60]

CHOOK OF THE WEEK:
Oshina.
Oshina is one of the newest girls to my tribes & absolutely stunning. Not surprisingly she was bought for her feathering before I even knew what she was. What she is is a Porcelain Belgian D'Uccle.
The D'Uccles were 1st bred sometime between 1890 & 1900 by a chap called Michael van Gelder & the 1st variety was the popular & well known Mille Fleur. The Porcelain is like the negative print of the Mille Fleur, with the same feather markings but while the Mille Fleur colouring is dark the porcelain is pastel.
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These beautiful girls are not kept for their egg laying ability. They only average about 100 eggs a year & they are tiny & cream coloured.
Like so many breeds it suffered during both World Wars but has always been very popular in England since their introduction there in 1911 when they were shown @ the Crystal Palace.
I know there are a lot of Silkie fanciers out there, a breed I have never kept & have no desire to keep, but lots of Islanders have & do keep them. I think they would do better to keep Belgians. These wonderful little birds are pretty smart but they are also people friendly & cope well in a mixed flock amongst non~dominant standards. I won't keep really dominant breeds like RIRs or NHs so I can't say how they would do with those. Someone else might know ~ @CrazyChookChookLady ?
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Oshina came with 2 Japs, & a GLW frizzle but despite her tiny size is well able to stand up for herself. There is nothing shy & retiring about these birds.​

Another beautiful girl I look forward learning more about her

 

[LozzyR]

Me too but my feet are still cold.

I have cheap purple uggies (sheepskin boots) under my desk at work. Our office is always cold and in winter it’s almost unbearable. The managers tolerate my uggs on the condition I don’t wander around the office in them. Of course, when they’re all working from home…

 

[LozzyR]

I guess I could try that with Blossom

Good luck with that!

 

[drstratton]

Olivia gads about with a strange little running hop waddle.
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She's the cutest!

 

[LozzyR]

@Grammy60
a little bird View attachment 2771726whispered it's your birthday, today.

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Happy birthday Grammy!

 

[drstratton]

CHOOK OF THE WEEK:
Oshina.
Oshina is one of the newest girls to my tribes & absolutely stunning. Not surprisingly she was bought for her feathering before I even knew what she was. What she is is a Porcelain Belgian D'Uccle.
The D'Uccles were 1st bred sometime between 1890 & 1900 by a chap called Michael van Gelder & the 1st variety was the popular & well known Mille Fleur. The Porcelain is like the negative print of the Mille Fleur, with the same feather markings but while the Mille Fleur colouring is dark the porcelain is pastel.
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These beautiful girls are not kept for their egg laying ability. They only average about 100 eggs a year & they are tiny & cream coloured.
Like so many breeds it suffered during both World Wars but has always been very popular in England since their introduction there in 1911 when they were shown @ the Crystal Palace.
I know there are a lot of Silkie fanciers out there, a breed I have never kept & have no desire to keep, but lots of Islanders have & do keep them. I think they would do better to keep Belgians. These wonderful little birds are pretty smart but they are also people friendly & cope well in a mixed flock amongst non~dominant standards. I won't keep really dominant breeds like RIRs or NHs so I can't say how they would do with those. Someone else might know ~ @CrazyChookChookLady ?
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Oshina came with 2 Japs, & a GLW frizzle but despite her tiny size is well able to stand up for herself. There is nothing shy & retiring about these birds.​

She's beautiful! We had a couple of Mille Fleur roosters. I love their colors!

 

[LozzyR]

Happy Caturday from Lacy in the UFO bed.
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I love me a Cornish Rex!

 

[LozzyR]

Happy Caturday

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You have a Bagpuss!

 

[LozzyR]

A while back I think it was @Aussie-Chookmum and @LozzyR were sharing pictures of 'bin chickens' and I thought you would all be interested in this.
It is a real study but without a subscription I can only get the abstract and the CNN write-up is quite good.
The included video of the dancing cockatoo is worth watching.
Now I just have to hope the link works!

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/22/australia/cockatoos-trash-can-study-intl-hnk-scli-scn/index.html

Fascinating! I haven’t seen that before.

 

[LozzyR]

They never minded!!

Says you!