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Off Topic: Look what I hatched! No, not snakes!

Nice chickies! I love roosters crowing. I had this chicken, a banty hen that my daughter "stole" from the pig farmer across the street. Her name was Jewel Bird. We wanted her to lay fertile eggs, so we borrowed his rooster, who was NOT tame like Jewel. I hoped he would hang out in the barn, but the second we let him out, he took off for the woods and was gone. I could hear him crowing that evening, though, and I got the Strike Team together and formed a plan. We spotted him roosting in a tree- low enough to the ground to reach. We waited for dark to fall, then snuck up on him very quietly. When I was sure he was within reach, I grabbed him out of the tree. He immediately started SCREAMING as if he thought it was his last moments on earth, and would not stop! I carried him to the porch steps, cuddling him, telling him it was ok, I wasn't going to hurt him, and he finally stopped. After that, he lived in a large dog crate, and Jewel Bird went for several conjugal visits, and then Mr. Rooster was retuned to the pig farm.
 
Wow I didnt realize until now, but when I was younger we had Seramas or how ever you spell it. We always thought they were runts ... I guess not. We had two, and the rest were these chickens that looked like .. grey and black poodles.
 
Taxidermy, They were probably japanese crossed that you had, which are more common. Seramas are very very new to the USA, and hard to find, it's unlikely you got some without knowing! As for the poodle looking ones, they were probably silkies, which have hair-like feathers that fluff out. They look like some uptight prissy little dog instead of a chicken! Lol. Here's a pic:
DaiylandClassic_Silkie.jpg
 
When I was a kid, we had like 13 chickens in a backyard coop.. I think they were rhode island reds (I don't even know if that's a real 'breed' or that's just what we called them).. The rooster (Checkers, lol) had a long blueish black oil slick shiny tail, and he was nasty, lol. I used to make my little terrier go with me when I would collect eggs cause he'd chase her around while I snuck into the nests.. Poor old dog. :rofl:
Nice birds though!
 
Kanchii said:
Taxidermy, They were probably japanese crossed that you had, which are more common. Seramas are very very new to the USA, and hard to find, it's unlikely you got some without knowing! As for the poodle looking ones, they were probably silkies, which have hair-like feathers that fluff out. They look like some uptight prissy little dog instead of a chicken! Lol. Here's a pic:
DaiylandClassic_Silkie.jpg
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Those are exactly what we had. A couple white, a couple dark grey. I didn't really see them as a chicken when I was younger.

Hm. If they weren't Seramas, I don't know what they could have been. Both were roosters and about extremely small ... I may have some pictures I can scan. I mean, incredibly small. So, perhaps they were runts. Our first we got as a chick, we saved the second one because my neighbor was trying to bludgeon him with a bat ... cruel. So we took him in as well.
 
Taxidermy said:
Those are exactly what we had. A couple white, a couple dark grey. I didn't really see them as a chicken when I was younger.

Hm. If they weren't Seramas, I don't know what they could have been. Both were roosters and about extremely small ... I may have some pictures I can scan. I mean, incredibly small. So, perhaps they were runts. Our first we got as a chick, we saved the second one because my neighbor was trying to bludgeon him with a bat ... cruel. So we took him in as well.
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That's why I'm thinking they are japanese, which are also insanely small, just not to the extent of seramas, plus the seramas are rare, practically impossible to get your hands on in the US before about 4 years ago. But it's possible I suppose!
 
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