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Current mood:  geeky Category: Life
And on that farm she had some chickens... okay, I won't go on and get the song stuck in your head, but I do have chickens and have decided to show 'em off because some of 'em are fairly weird. (Hey, did you really expect me to have something normal?)
This is one of my favorite chickens. Mother of Many is a grey Silkie hen and, as you might've guessed from her name, she's a good mama hen!
Yes, she's supposed to look like that! They have soft, fuzzy feathers just like chick down, fuzzy legs and feet, and never get regular feathers. Silkies are the coolest chickens... god, I can't believe I just typed that... but they are. They're soft as a baby kitten, and don't mind if you pick 'em up and pet on them. And did I mention they're really funny looking?
Now another one of my funny-looking chickens, though through no fault of his own.
Notice anything missing? How about from this angle:
Yup... he has no beak. Meet No-Face, who survived a fox attack about a year ago. I've read that beaks are made of the same stuff as fingernails, only apparently beaks don't grow back. He seems to do just fine without it, though. Sometimes he sticks his tongue out--chickens have amazingly long tongues!--but he wouldn't do it while I had the camera out. Typical.
Another survivor of hardship is Twisted Sister:
She's a Welsummer hen who got stepped on by her mama just after she hatched. We took her out of the nest and nursed her along, even though we really didn't think she'd make it. Shows what we know! She's all twisted up and looks like the Hunchback of Notre Dame, but like No-Face, she does just fine.
And finally, my really funny-looking chick that came out of the last hatch. I have no idea who his dad was, but his mom must've been a Silkie, because they're the only ones I have with feathered legs and feet:
Only he doesn't have Silkie feathers on his feet, but regualr ones! This is Spot, which is short for Out Out Damned Spot. (Because we had to help him out of his shell and thought the frickin chick would never hatch!) And he's got a top-knot too... Weird little guy, ain't he?
And I'm about to get some more bizarre chickens--rumpless tufted Araucanas. Here's a few pictures from a website:
They have no tails...
... but, like a balding old man, make up for it by growing feathers out their ears. Oh, and they lay bright blue eggs:
So there's another look into the fascinating, glamorous life of a romance author! It's really hard to gather eggs whilst wearing my 4" heels, fur stole, and lounging negligee, but on the bright side, I can make my own feather boas...
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