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The most cursed image of bee that I have

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Happiness Will Come To You.

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Happiness Will Come To You.

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I’ve been waiting a whole damn year to post these…. :D

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when hens go broody it really is the most feral state of being broodies have NO clue what is going on around them the only thoughts in their brains is babies and murder

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Introducing he; Teapot.

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She deserves all the love in the world

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Sweeny guards the hallway

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What are ur absolute all time favorite chicken breeds and why?

my all time favourite breeds are crested, spangled, and laced breeds

my #1 are cream brabanters, i just love everything about how they look

another cool breed that looks very similar are pavlovskayas, as far as I know they are unrelated. I just love them and brabanters for their half crescent spangles, they look like hearts its so cute

the most widely available funky breed i like are probably polishes. that being said, i’m not a fan of their reduced vision and sometimes their crest can need to be trimmed (they can also have dome shaped skulls with holes in them but most live fine)

another breed i love are salmon faverolles, they just look like toasted marshmallows and very huggable. they’re also one of the more dimorphic breeds, the roosters are black with light hackles and saddles

I was thinking of getting a faverolles but the only downside is their eggs are on the smaller side and my family wanted good layers.

so far all the breeds i listed are ones i’ve actually had no experience with so obviously i have to talk about ones i’ve owned. wyandottes are easily the most eye catching + reliable dual purpose you can get imo, plus the rose comb has less frostbite risk although lady columbian wyandotte has the biggest wattles of all my chickens. my SL wyandotte daisy is my baby and i’d die for her.

finally, there’s easter eggers (generic brand ameraucanas). If you’re in the hobby farm scene you’ll know both EEs and ameraucanas are an all-time favourite right now. their green or blue eggs are a novelty and you’ll always get wows from people who don’t know chickens can do that, so it’s really easy to sell or give away extra eggs. they come in a huge range of colours and the feet are green or blue, no two EEs look the same. they have a good temperament, and their tiny pea comb + absence of wattle is basically the most anti-frostbite you can get, which is great if you live in a cold climate. basically if you want a unique and cold resistant backyard breed my top recommendations are EEs or ameraucanas.

I have so many breeds i can talk about but its late and this post is getting really long

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Lov 2 eat dirt

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So my grandmother got some chickens and the picture she sent to me of them looks like a Victorian Era painting

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How peaceful is this? Little finches enjoying the water last night’s rain brought

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She was squawking the entire time I was around her… turns out this lil cutie wanted to go into the “big girls” nest box instead of the speacial silkie one lower to the ground