Midweek Feather- and fur-kid Picy Post

[trystinn]

As always, I apologize for the dim pictures - when I took these this morning it was very cloudy out. Now, of course, the sun has come out. You just cannot win.

Here's our big Blue Cochin. We'd been calling her Opal, but now that the wattles and comb are so startlingly large and the behavior has become somewhat distinctly rooster-like we're wondering if Big Blue is actually a cockerel (young rooster):



"In comparison, here's all three colorations together:



The new Blue Swedish ducklings:



1 of the 3 Black Silkie chicks:



And we have a brooding Khaki Campbell! Not sure how long she'll brood, but we'll give her the chance. At some point we'll have to move her to a secure pen in the West Wing of Bunhalla and if she leaves the nest, we might be able to get one of the Cochins to brood:



The Light Brahmas hanging out in a crabapple tree:



Gracie, guarding her flock:



The gals eating breakfast with a great shot of Polly, the Silver Speckled Hamburg:



Please feel free to chime in with name ideas. :)"

Comments

[frauholla.livejournal.com]

Great pictures! I do have a question. I have heard that duck eggs can have a fishy taste. Do you find that to be the case?

[tryst-inn.livejournal.com]

Not quite sure what would cause that to happen. Maybe wild duck eggs or domestic ducks who feed on fish (i.e. stock ponds), possibly if the ducks were fed fish protein-based feed.

Ours never taste that way, though. Since our gals eat blackberry bushes, wild roses and huckleberry bushes - our eggs are very sweet.