Ribh's D'Coopage

[LozzyR]

Mrs BY Bob wants to come see them in person.

Once all this corona-craziness is over, if there’s ever an international microbiology conference in Sydney, let me know and we can catch up!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

This morning's sunrise:
from my bedroom window...

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As the girls saw it.
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Beautiful views Ribh. But I think the chooks have a better one than you at the moment!

 

[Ribh]

WROLD:
My scaredy chicken.
She is always last out of the coop & @ the bottom of the pecking order.
She is such a Nervous Nellie she flew out of the coop & straight across the run & over the far fence ~ a good 20'!
Bedlam!
She had no idea how to get back in the coop & the sight of me trying to round her up did not reassure her!
When I finally nabbed her she chittered crossly @ me all the way to the departure point.

I think she's close to laying as her face is a beautiful red but I find it hard to tell with these rose combs. Her sister is much paler still.​

 

[Shadrach]

I'm always fascinated by pictures of your girls. The boys are stunning but the genetic mix in the girls is fascinating. To my eye she looks almost game birdish with that stance & shape.[colouring all wrong of course]

They'll tell you they look like that because I starve them.
I think that given enough time this lot and many other breeds if left to their own breeding preferences, would look more and more like game fowl as time moved on. The genes are in there somewhere for every chicken. This lot got a head start due to the OEG in the bantams.

 

[Shadrach]

I actually have a gesture to tell them I don't have anything so they understand it's all gone.

I had one of those, but they stand in front of me now blocking my path demanding that I turn out my pockets.

 

[Shadrach]

Thanks, Bob. We'll shortly be in a position to put up guests.

I must have misread that the first time round. I thought there was a with in between up and guests.

 

[Shadrach]

WROLD:
My scaredy chicken.
She is always last out of the coop & @ the bottom of the pecking order.
She is such a Nervous Nellie she flew out of the coop & straight across the run & over the far fence ~ a good 20'!
Bedlam!
She had no idea how to get back in the coop & the sight of me trying to round her up did not reassure her!
When I finally nabbed her she chittered crossly @ me all the way to the departure point.

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I think she's close to laying as her face is a beautiful red but I find it hard to tell with these rose combs. Her sister is much paler still.​

She's lovely.

 

[Ribh]

They'll tell you they look like that because I starve them.
I think that given enough time this lot and many other breeds if left to their own breeding preferences, would look more and more like game fowl as time moved on. The genes are in there somewhere for every chicken. This lot got a head start due to the OEG in the bantams.

The Campines have that streamlined look & upright tail. I don't think it would take much for them to revert to being totally feral.

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

WROLD:
My scaredy chicken.
She is always last out of the coop & @ the bottom of the pecking order.
She is such a Nervous Nellie she flew out of the coop & straight across the run & over the far fence ~ a good 20'!
Bedlam!
She had no idea how to get back in the coop & the sight of me trying to round her up did not reassure her!
When I finally nabbed her she chittered crossly @ me all the way to the departure point.

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I think she's close to laying as her face is a beautiful red but I find it hard to tell with these rose combs. Her sister is much paler still.​

Such a beautiful bird.

When I saw them scratching around the run in your video my first thought was "bald eagle?"