Show me your muffs, beards, and tufts!

[RoyalChick]

Tassels
She may get a beard comb for Christmas!

 

[Insnesnakos]

Tassels
She may get a beard comb for Christmas!

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She got grass stuck in her beard
Do you remove it when this happens?

 

[RoyalChick]

She got grass stuck in her beard
Do you remove it when this happens?

She is an enthusiastic forager and dives into undergrowth with gusto picking up debris on her beard as she goes.
She preens it off herself so I have never actually had to comb her beard.

 

[Insnesnakos]

She is an enthusiastic forager and dives into undergrowth with gusto picking up debris on her beard as she goes.
She preens it off herself so I have never actually had to comb her beard.

She's saving you the effort of doing it

 

[My Three Chicks]

Here's some more of my bearded crosses, this time of the unshaven variety.

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This guy came from a brown leghorn mother. Loved the coloring, but too many roosters meant I had to get rid of him.

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Klaus, a bantam cochin X Easter egger. He's got tiny wattles as well as a little beard, and he looks so much like a chicken version of Santa Claus I couldn't bear to get rid of him. I justify it by rationalizing half bantams don't count towards the rooster total.

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Another bantam cochin X Easter egger, this time a pullet. Obviously as a half bantam she doesn't count towards my total chicken count. I love her black beard.

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From left to right: Li'l Dot (wyandotte X easter egger), Marian (she either came out of a leghorn or a welsummer egg, I forget), and one of my original Easter Egger girls, Elise.

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Brown leghorn X Easter egger. Again, I'm loving all my little Black Beard the pirate pullets.

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Australorp X Easter egger. all the great traits of an Australorp, with bonus puffy cheeks!


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And Rumplestiltskin, the father of them all.

Wow what a unique and beautiful flock! Naked Neckers are on my list! And I love those Eggers with the black beards...so cool!

 

[My Three Chicks]

Tassels
She may get a beard comb for Christmas!

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She looks like she knows she's gorgeous (with or without debris on the beard!)!

 

[MommyGirl]

This is Dolly

And Baby

And Luna

And Fancy

And Lily

And Rosie

 

[SamLockwood]

My barnyard mixes, most of which are crested and / or bearded.

 

[kurby22]

First show of the season and we are the only bantam Ameraucanas at the show!

 

[NagemTX]

Here's another. Mr Dusty.