Alaskan's Journal

[RollingAcres]

 

[Alaskan]

I am all for being a chick magnet, as long as it doesn't rub off on my boys!



I love the fact that they don't yet date.

Mom so far is being good. I was a little worried last night because it rained... but it looks like she kept them warm and safe, so yeah.

 

[Alaskan]

Well... I got a second broody (we knew about this one) and she has hatched out 3 chicks... looks like the other 5 eggs are a few says behind...oops... so I put them in the incubator.

Pure bantam wheaten Ameraucana

 

[Baymule]

Hens and chicks are so cute.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Ya do have some nice chickens!!....and something tells me there are more to come.....

 

[Alaskan]

Thanks!

The wheaten color sure is hard to breed well.... but I sure like it.

 

[Alaskan]

Went out driving today....sure was pretty!

The fireweed is almost done blooming.

And a flock of dumb chickens were sitting in the road. (I think they technically are ptarmigan, but everyone here just calls them dumb chickens)

 

[AmberLops]

Went out driving today....sure was pretty!

The fireweed is almost done blooming.

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And a flock of dumb chickens were sitting in the road. (I think they technically are ptarmigan, but everyone here just calls them dumb chickens)

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That's a beautiful picture! Looks like a postcard!
And are those chickens 'wild'? Probably a dumb question but growing up in Hawaii i'm used to the wild chickens roaming all over the place

 

[Mike CHS]

Ptarmigan are good eating. We used to hunt for them often when I was stationed on Kodiak Island.

 

[Alaskan]

Ptarmigan are native... they are just impressively dumb.... like the dodo bird... but there ARE lots of predators here...always amazes me that they continue to exist.

I think they mostly make it through camouflage.... but we can see them easily, where maybe the raptors and wolves can't.