The Queens Island: Enter If You Dare

[EverythingDucks]

Shh, don't ruin it for me.

Aren't you supposed to be dead?

I died once but I was brought back to life.

 

[Amer]

@The Moonshiner I think I need these.

You do. I could set you up with some maybe next year if I hatch enough. XD

 

[electrycmonk]

No. That was a haiku. The other was resembling a couplet.

Nope. Sorry.
The haiku has a very simple pattern
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables

Nothing more. Nothing less.

 

[Sapphire Sebright]

Bloody. Of course.
I already have a blue quail named Praline. Rhyiming. Interesting.
Sanguine. A bit long of a name for a little bird, don’t you think?
I wonder if there’s a way to abbreviate it.

In case anybody’s curious, the other breeder I’m keeping is Eowyn. And her mother, Diamond. She isn’t as much of a stunner herself but she’s basically married to Hotshot. They make the most gorgeous children.

I don’t name my bantam Buckeyes. They’re harder to tell apart. The d’Anvers are all special.

"Sang?"
Also, you think that that's a long name? Boy, my flock would kill you.
"Frau Pfefferkuchenhaus."
Kiki still can't get it right.

 

[Painted Calls]

You do. I could set you up with some maybe next year if I hatch enough. XD

They're not round, nor do they have fabulous bedroom slippers... but they have AMAZING beards.

Are they cuddly though? I've never had any d'Anvers.

 

[Amer]

Nope. Sorry.
The haiku has a very simple pattern
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables

Nothing more. Nothing less.

I knew that but
Beans in chili are quite good
wait a second...
How did that get there?
I think that was supposed to be the middle verse but I left it there.

it should be

“Bean chili is good”

 

[Painted Calls]

My chickens must tolerate me snuggling the chit out of them.

 

[R2elk]

My chickens must tolerate me snuggling the chit out of them.

You wouldn't like any of my poultry. None of them are pets and none of them get petted.

 

[Amer]

They're not round, nor do they have fabulous bedroom slippers... but they have AMAZING beards.

Are they cuddly though? I've never had any d'Anvers.

Cuddly?
Oh yes.
Very.
And more. They have spunk. There is no chicken more persistent nor pugnacious. They are tough.
Their version of flirting is fighting. The hens are raging feminists. But not in a harmful-to-others way.
They hatch like popcorn.
They can fly like birds.
I have two that stick in the rafters pretty much year round.
Only problem is pretty much everything thinks they are food. I have to keep my poor valuable d’Anvers in cages.

 

[Amer]

My chickens must tolerate me snuggling the chit out of them.

I like that my d’Anvers are light enough that they balance easily on your hand. You can’t drop them as easily. If you do drop them, they give you three seconds of just sitting on the ground assessing their potential adversaries/threats/roosts/places to just stand being happy and full of energy.
An Ancona hits the ground running. You don’t get an Ancona back if you drop it.
Bantam Buckeyes are heavier. You feel bad if you drop one. You have a chance of catching it, or not.