#large fowl

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Being so handsome is tiring

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Featuring: Daddy

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Look at these dweebs 💕

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L-R: Gem/Ini, Bubbles, Polly, Daddy

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Quick update!

Everyone is doing well. Molly's comb/wattles are turning red and they are noticable larger than her siblings so I'm hoping to have her first egg sometime soon. Nothing too interested other that that, everyone is just enjoying life!

[best-of-beaks]

Quick update!

Everyone is doing well. Molly's comb/wattles are turning red and they are noticable larger than her siblings so I'm hoping to have her first egg sometime soon. Nothing too interested other that that, everyone is just enjoying life!

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a pretty boy 📸: @best-of-beaks L-R: Dusty

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The Queen is really a King! So glad we figured it out after many, many Google searches on how to sex silkies 🤦 📸: @best-of-beaks L-R: Becky

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If this bush was predator-proof, I'm fairly certain they wouldn't mind if I didn't build them a coop! 📸: @best-of-beaks L-R: Blackie, Becky, Dale, Molly, Schmeckles, Dolly, Dusty

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Wild type vs Domestic mutations-Chickens (large fowl)

Red junglefowl are the wild ancestors of all domestic poultry. The male has long, golden-orange to deep-red crown and neck feathers, and a dark metallic-green tail with a white tuft at the base. The underparts are a dull black while the upperparts are a combination of glossy blue-green, rich dark red, maroon-red, fiery orange, rufous and blackish brown. The colorful cock also has vivid scarlet-red facial skin, throat, two lappets and heavily dented fleshy crest (comb), and red or white ear patches on the sides of the head. The rather drab female is a dull brown-gold color with a partly naked, pale red face and throat. After the summer moult, from June to September, the male develops an 'eclipse plumage', in which the golden neck feathers are replaced with dull black feathers, the long tail feathers are lost, and the comb reduces in size and becomes duller in color. Weights range from 1 to 3 pounds.

Domestic chickens have a huge variety of colors and feather types as well as body types. The eclipse plumage phase is absent in domestic roosters. Domestic chicken weights range from 1/2 pound Seramas to 13 pound Jersey Giants.