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Lesson 474 – Diversity in the Flock

Posted on the 19 January 2012 by Wendythomas @wendyenthomas

When we got our first baby chicks, they were all brown. Didn’t surprise me, as far as I knew all chickens were either brown or white (like the ones at the petting zoos I had been taken to as a child.) It wasn’t until I brought home Isabelle (our Silver Sebright) that I even knew other kinds of chickens existed.

Today I wanted to show you some of the photos I took at the Northeastern Poultry Congress just to give you an idea of the diversity there is in the chicken world.

Lesson 474 – Diversity in the flock

Female Black Polish

The female Black Polish (as opposed to the photos of the male yesterday) wear Dandilion puffs on their heads.

Lesson 474 – Diversity in the flock

Unfortunately I don’t have the names of the breeds for all these birds but I loved the pattern on this one, enough to take a closer look.

Lesson 474 – Diversity in the flock

And then we have this stunning breed. (There’s a mama hen somewhere who loves this little guy.)

Lesson 474 – Diversity in the flock

Some of the birds were big on tail bling.

Lesson 474 – Diversity in the flock

Here’e the rest of him.

Lesson 474 – Diversity in the flock

Some chickens were just BIG.

Lesson 474 – Diversity in the flock

It's tough to see the size but this guy was HUGE!

And some preferred to be, well, a tad more elegant.

Lesson 474 – Diversity in the flockAnd although this one is a goose, she looked like a Cinderella with her beautiful feathered ball gown.

Lesson 474 – Diversity in the flock

Even though this guy is a turkey. I just had to include him. That thing on his neck  just fascinates me.

Lesson 474 – Diversity in the flock

And then as it was a poultry show, I saw a few of these, because, as we all know,  when you’ve got to go, you’ve got to go.

Lesson 474 – Diversity in the flock

Lesson 474 – Diversity in the flock


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