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[Chortle Chook]

I know I should really like all my girls the same but I can't help but have a favourite. She is my litle Dandelion frizzle Whenever I'm giving out treats she stands aside from the others right up close to me and makes these little baby cheap cheap noises till I give her a share, even though she is not a baby now; just my baby.

OH likes Dotty the little Poland who thinks she is a parrot.

Here they are. Do you have a favourite chook and if so what makes you like her (or him) best?

 

 

[Sue_F]

to the parrot!! but it is very naughty of you Cheaky Chook

 

No but one of my brothers likes Clover best as she was the first one who would let him pick her up and the other one likes Henrietta best as she escapes the most and causes the most mischef!!!!

[surfer_chicken]

Well, it's a tough choice between Lily, my super cuddly, friendly Amber Star:

 

And my beautiful boy I raised this year (nicknamed Fatty):

 

 

Although he's supposed to be for meat ( ), so I suppose it has to be Lily

[Alis girls]

Fraid so - Maggie May - shes got a wonky beak and her feathers are ginger but if you lift them shes all white (a ) shes got a lovely nature - enjoys a cuddle with OH and stamps her feet when she wants attention - its a lurve thing - I have loved all my girls but shes a doll and I am becoming a bore regarding her lovliness.

[Chortle Chook]

Ahh it warms the heart

But surfer_chicken you'll be in for mega indegestion if you're gonna eat a favourite

At least with my banties they are just too small to make a meal and the Silkies have black skin, bones and flesh anyway so that would make it quite

[counturchickens]

Oh loves Dora the best, as according to him she is a proper hen! She is our biggest ex batt and always looks matronly. She's not looking so good now she is moulting though!

[squiffs]

I don't have favourites

[surfer_chicken]

But surfer_chicken you'll be in for mega indegestion if you're gonna eat a favourite

At least with my banties they are just too small to make a meal and the Silkies have black skin, bones and flesh anyway so that would make it quite

 

I know, but the neighbours have been promised that the crowing would be temporary, so unless I can train him to stop...

And roasted silkie does sound a bit horrid

[Leeloo]

But surfer_chicken you'll be in for mega indegestion if you're gonna eat a favourite

At least with my banties they are just too small to make a meal and the Silkies have black skin, bones and flesh anyway so that would make it quite

 

I know, but the neighbours have been promised that the crowing would be temporary, so unless I can train him to stop...

And roasted silkie does sound a bit horrid

 

Actually, silkies are a delicacy in China. They think they are more nutritious than regular chickens and help to build the blood. I've eaten a couple that I bought at an Asian food store and they taste like ordinary chicken. I don't think I could eat my own, though, if I had any!

 

Neither of my chickens are my favorite right now as one of them is broody and this has somehow caused the other one to think that she is a rooster!

[Chicken shack]

Well, it's a tough choice between Lily, my super cuddly, friendly Amber Star:

 

And my beautiful boy I raised this year (nicknamed Fatty):

 

 

Although he's supposed to be for meat ( ), so I suppose it has to be Lily

I collected three ex batts a few weeks ago and came home with a boy. He starts to crow after 7am for about half an hour and thats about it. I have spoken to the neighbours and told them to let me know if he becomes a nusence. I wont eat him though. He is a real gentleman and takes care of my orignal five girls however he wont let me pick him up. If he get to load I will have to revaluate the situation. There is an implant they can have that turns them a bit girly but only as last resort. I love to here them crow it makes me feel alive. Am I mad or what

[surfer_chicken]

I don't think so chicken shack I smile every time I hear him crow.

[Space Chick]

My favourite is Leela my Cream Legbar... shes an incredible character.... so affectionate when she's laying... likes a cuddle.... but when she takes her winter break she turns into a "you're not touching me" diva She's starting to get on a bit in years now, OH reckons I should start preparing myself incase she goes to the big flock.... but i can't bear that thought

 

As for Silkie meat, we hatched Silkies this year, and I said to OH that we would eat any boys we couldn't rehome.... he was horrified (his favourites of our girls have always been Silkies, he still mourns Big Suze that we lost over a year ago ) he said he was not going to eat black meat. However, we were lucky and only hatched 1 boy (and 5 girls!) and he found a fabulous home Is it wrong to admit I was a little disappointed that I didn't have the chance to try it

[Redwing]

Tarzan is my favourite, he was my first barred Wyandotte and first cockerel that I bought on impulse (two other Omleteers were involved, you know who you are.. ) he is the most sweetest gentle lovely boy and a huge character, I nearly lost him the other week but he has bounced back thank goodness

 

 

 

[Chortle Chook]

I love the pix of Tarzan inspecting his (?) wee offsrping and having his drawers dried. Is he not just a little bit of a favourite because he is such a stunner? I know I shouldn't, but I like my chickens to be pretty and when one is molting and looking kinda oven ready, she is not quite such a favourite of mine. However I make it up to my moulters by feeding them extra meal worms . . . for my consience . . . and because extra protein is good for feather growth (I think).

 

squiffs I could have sworn your fav was that ickle chicken of fate . . . or perhaps your Silkies.

 

Re Silkie meat - I saw a picture of Silkie soup on the net and can't say I felt inclined to cook some up for myself.

[Plum]

Tarzan is gorgeous.

 

My favourite is Pigeon. She's the remaining omlet chicken about to go into her 4th winter, lets hope it's not a hard one. She's top chook and rotten to the others but I love her.

 

 

She's got her own car

 

Where are the other picture's people

[squiffs]

 

squiffs I could have sworn your fav was that ickle chicken of fate . . . or perhaps your Silkies.

 

 

 

 

 

[squiffs]

 

 

 

 

[jackian]

I have my 3 lovely girls , Clover , Poppy and Florry .I have not got a favourite as it changes from day to day depending how chatty they are to me

I tried to upload some photos on to the page from photo bucket ...How do you do that? I got crosses .

[Plum]

I use the IMG code

[Guest]

Tarzan is gorgeous.

 

My favourite is Pigeon. She's the remaining omlet chicken about to go into her 4th winter, lets hope it's not a hard one. She's top chook and rotten to the others but I love her.

 

 

She's got her own car

 

Where are the other picture's people

 

LOVE the number plate!!!!!!

[Sam]

Plum I love your number plate

It's suited perfect!!

 

Here is Matilda, and shes my favourite

When I first got my 4, she was just "the other ginger one" because the others each had funny things about them, but not her. Now though, shes is SO inquisative and if I sit down, she will jump straight up onto my lap regardless of whether I have food or not! Dad was having his dinner outside a while ago (when it was sunny) she marched straight up to the table, hopped up, took a waffle and chook rugby began It was brilliant!

 

(Barely any photos of her, so this is off my phone hence the quality!)

[Mollie333]

I love all of my girls, but especially my Ex-Batt, Lilly. She comes in the kitchen and drinks from the cat's bowl! She loves cuddles and has just grown her feathers back!

[Purplemaniacs]

Henny Penny was my favourite, a gingernut one of my two original Omlet two, she was so friendly and taught us so much about chicken keeping.

 

Now Latte an Amber Star is lovely and freindly but as top chook she is a bully to the others in the WIR but of my two remaining ex batts I have a soft spot for Agatha with the deformed eye, she does not lay but sits in the nest every day because thats what chooks do

 

Chrissie

[MedusA]

Tarzan is my favourite, he was my first barred Wyandotte and first cockerel that I bought on impulse (two other Omleteers were involved, you know who you are.. ) he is the most sweetest gentle lovely boy and a huge character, I nearly lost him the other week but he has bounced back thank goodness

 

Glad to hear he's fully recovered! He's a very lovely boy.

 

My favourite is my Cuckoo Silkie, Muggle. She's so round and waddles rather than walks. I have to use an old louvre door as a ladder for her as she couldn't get down the Cube ladder any more. She had sour crop last year and I really though we were going to lose her. She eventually bounced back but ended up with a pendulous crop which has to be massaged every now and then (used to be every day). She's so cute though.

 

 

[Chortle Chook]

Plum, your number plate is the best ever !! and I just love the picture of Matilda inspecting it. She ought to be on a calendar.

MedusA, Muggle really looks like a cuckoo, not a chicken at all. If I were you I'd be wondering if something else got into my hens' nest and left an illicit egg