#legbar

[homeofhousechickens]

wanted to share my favorite bird (her name is Star 💫)

Beautiful Legbar! Did you know Punnet created them? He loved chickens! Also did you know his family were strawberry growers that's why his last name is Punnet because a punnet is a basket for strawberries 🍓

[petula-xx]

This is the first egg laid today from one of my mum's young Legbar hens. Isn't it the most beautiful colour?

Yes, eggs aren't just white or brown folks!

[whinniebee]

Chickie pics from today....finally finished their run and built a roost 😪😪

[grampasoup]

Chicken Science Swednesday: Chicken as a liquid

Many people are unaware that some chickens, when exposed to direct sunlight, become puddles:

There is no reason to be alarmed, as this process is 100% reversible. Indeed, most chickens will return to their solid form within a few minutes of melting, without any external assistance.

Don't worry if you were unaware of this. Even chickens who are not currently puddles are often confused by these encounters:

[eatyourdamnpears]

one of my younger chickens is limping and I don’t know why :( it doesn’t appear like she has bumblefoot, although she does have a dot on one of her feet, but up close it looks like dirt (photo under the cut). I don’t know what to do to help her? if anyone has any advice, I’d deeply appreciate it

[ainawgsd]

Bibu has been unwell for a couple of weeks now. This morning I stuck a needle into her abdomen and aspirated some slightly cloudy yellowish fluid. Which means she has ascites.

There are several causes for ascites, but none of them have a good prognosis. Especially in such a young bird. Most common causes are liver failure, heart failure, cancer, and reproductive issues like internal laying, egg yolk peritonitis, and salpingitis. Given that this started at or around onset of laying I strongly suspect internal laying. We will be euthanizing her.

[fjordfolk]

New friends!

[indigo-a-creeping]

Chicken patties.

(Behemoth and Atma)

[tetedurfarm]

leonard the sussex cross and his hoard of women

[jensownzoo]

My poor girl has tucked herself under the coop as she's feeling a bit vulnerable.

The Molt has begun.

[homeofhousechickens]

Genetics is cool because then you learn it's all about chickens and flowers all the way down

[coneygoil]

Chicory wants to speak to the manager

[whinniebee]

Longtime no chickie posting

[grampasoup]

Happy Third Birthday to these two grumpy old ladies.

Camilla(Unwilling Top Hen) and Beaker(Definitely not Bottom Hen), the surviving two from our original four. Piggy and Sweetums, we still miss you.

[eatyourdamnpears]

got the chickies today 🥺

[ainawgsd]

Finally got to play with the chicks when I cleaned the brooder this morning! And I took pictures! This is our cookies and cream, not the best picture, but you can see her extra toe and feathered leg.

The saphire jewel, she still has her egg tooth!

The wyandotte, she's our biggest chick. We're hoping for a blue, but right now it's hard to tell if she's going to be blue laced or black. Dark blue can be difficult to tell from black even on adult birds.

The cream legbar, she's our smallest chick.

The Rhode Island Red, 11yo is thinking about naming her Paprika.

And our olive egger. She's probably going to grow up to look like a legbar, but a little to the left. Right now the kids can't really tell her apart from the legbar and the wyandotte.