What are these mysterious birds that have taken up residence at our house??

[BlueCamas]

They look like Game mixes to me.

 

[varanisblack]

OK here are the best head shots I could get they have no fear of us or the dogs but when it comes to letting you pick them up it is over LOL.
with a little feed and enticement I got 3 to hang close but they are still allways on the move, the fourth is a bit more cautious so it took a bit of work to get a head shot of her/him.

#1 dark coloration with white spots, darker olive yellow feet, spikie multi row comb



#2 lighter coloration no white spots, bright yellow feet, wide spikey multi row comb



#3 lighter coloration verry few white spots slightly darker yellow feet than #2 almost no comb no bumps



#4 darker coloration with white spots, dark yellow to olive coloration on the feet almost no comb with a tiny single row of bumps



none seem to be the standard comb "#4 seems to have a single row of bumps down the center but the actual comb base is much larger"
I hope this helps as similar as they look together they all have differing traits so I would assume this would come from being game crosses of some sort?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Thy are NOT modern game; they really do not look anything like that breed. American game MIX.

 

[varanisblack]

well it seems these guys are here to stay and fron going by interactions alone it seems the two with white molleling are pullets and the two with the even patterning are cockerelles. the two wi think are males are squabling periodicly and displaying like our other roos in the pens

 

[varanisblack]

Well we lost one to a hawk and one wandered off, we got a small roo given to us and he takes care of the remaining two hens.
Over the past week we thought we lost a third but saw here come out to eat the other morning and followed her into the woods. We then discovered she was setting on16 eggs hidden in the palmettos just past the hog pen so we hope to see some little ones running the yard soon

 

[dretd]

Well we lost one to a hawk and one wandered off, we got a small roo given to us and he takes care of the remaining two hens.
Over the past week we thought we lost a third but saw here come out to eat the other morning and followed her into the woods. We then discovered she was setting on16 eggs hidden in the palmettos just past the hog pen so we hope to see some little ones running the yard soon

Thanks for the update. Post photos of the babies when they hatch!

 

[varanisblack]

Will do with luck we can round them up some where safe from preditors.

 

[sevenbabychicks]

Cool story! What happened to that white guinea? Sad that he's lost all his buddies and is on his own

 

[varanisblack]

we have seen the white guinea twice and our four are big enough to be out on their own and are still here and happy not sure if he will show up again but the pied of ours is starting to nest so we may have more of them here some time in the future soon..

 

[varanisblack]

Well we lost one to a hawk and one wandered off, we got a small roo given to us and he takes care of the remaining two hens.
Over the past week we thought we lost a third but saw here come out to eat the other morning and followed her into the woods. We then discovered she was setting on16 eggs hidden in the palmettos just past the hog pen so we hope to see some little ones running the yard soon

Bad news, we went back to check on her and 12 of the eggs were destroyed and we beleive only a week to go to hatch, We moved her into a cage with the 4 remaining eggs to keep them safe,
On top of that the other hen disappeared and we tracked her to find her on 15 eggs. Not 10 feet from the house and almost invisible, We may let her set on here there for a while since we do not have any extra pens or cages to put her and her eggs in.

here are a few pics of them and the proud papa yard rooster Roosevelt!

#1 the momma who has 4 eggs almost ready to hatch!




#2 Momma hidden rite next to the house on 15 eggs!



#3 the papa roo "he was a gift for my son in law and is also a yard bird"