It seems to be an antique, and is hand-blown Jadite glass. My grandparents used to have some jadite egg holders (my grandmother is currently 104... and a quarter. LOL!)
actually, sorry to bust your bubble, but it is molded, not blown. I have the same one in clear glass here. dates from sometime in the 50's I think, they came in a variety of colors, both milk glass and clear. and yup. does look sfh. my friend Russ's wife has a cobalt blue one I'd love to have, but I think dead bodies would have to be involved for that to happen. LOL
Now that you mention it, I have a young rooster that I thought I was going to have to cull because he had a wonky comb but the older he gets (approx. 9 wks. now) the more it is not so wonky and now I think he is going to be crested. I think there are some pics of him in my profile. I am new to all of this but it makes me glad I didn't cull him earlier!
In my experience most crests start showing at 2 1/2 to 3 weeks of age, although I have had a few that were noticeable very shortly after hatching. Most of my crested birds also have the S curved combs, but not all. My original crested rooster had a beautiful strait comb
When you go to the "Reply" section, under "Content" in the Tool Bar you will see a picture next to a film strip. Click on the picture and it will bring up an upload box, and you can choose photos that you have saved to add to your post. I think you have to have a certain number of posts before posting pictures as well, but I think it is 10 posts so you should be OK there. Good luck!
Had to share -
DH took me to an estate sale today just for fun... to cheer me up. The man that passed used to run a country store than had been in his family for 100+ years, so the antiques there were just amazing! I took pictures.
We sat down to watch the auction (so fun!) and they brought up an item I hadn't seen while walking around... but when I saw it just before it went up, I had to have it. No, understand - I'm not the kind of girl who ever has to have knick-knacks or little dishes. I could only see it from a distance, but really, really wanted it!
I only bid up to $10 (which is about $10 more than I would normally spend on an item that wasn't a necessity) but when I stopped bidding, DH jumped in and won it for $15.
It wasn't until it was in my hands that I realized it looks just like a crested Swedish Flower Hen!
It seems to be an antique, and is hand-blown Jadite glass. My grandparents used to have some jadite egg holders (my grandmother is currently 104... and a quarter. LOL!)
were they raised with other chickens or by themselves? that has a lot to do with it. some of my birds had to learn to forage, others figured it out pretty quickly, and even a few just never 'got it'. mine are great foragers, but then my dorkings are king of foraging and the sfh learned from the best.
