Tag: chickens

cool-critters:

Sri Lankan junglefowl (Gallus lafayettii)

The Sri Lankan junglefowl is a member of the Galliformes bird order which is endemic to Sri Lanka, where it is the national bird. It is closely related to the red junglefowl (G. gallus), the wild junglefowl from which the chicken was domesticated. As with other junglefowl, the Sri Lankan junglefowl is strongly sexually dimorphic: the male is much larger than the female, with more vivid plumage and a highly exaggerated wattle and comb. As with other jungle fowls, Sri Lankan jungle fowls are priliminary
aTerrestrial animal. It spends most of its time foraging for food by
scratching the ground for various seeds, fallen fruit and insects.It is common in forests and scrub habitats, and is commonly spotted at sites such as Kitulgala, Yala and Sinharaja.

photo credits: Steve Garvie, Schnobby

nambroth:

HEY things are kinda garbage so let’s have some CHICKEN PHOTOS

Top to bottom, left to right:

Lorp the black Australorp strikes the BADASS GRASS FAUX CIG pose

‘Relly the Messed Up Faverolles is enchanted by a phone: MIRACLES

Willow the Easter Eggers STARES AT A THING (it’s bird poop)

‘Relly  E X P A N D S

Baron Rufflerump (A.K.A. Puddles A.K.A. Bubbles) the Cochin rooster is always a beautiful man

Mildred the Cochin exists largely

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lillivati:

tinysaurus-rex:

tinysaurus-rex:

Yummy!

I’m gonna die. Y’all out there just like “that’s wrong!” “cannibalism!” “awful!”

Eggs are not chicken. They’re not children. They’re a nutritious container that has the ability to grow a baby, but not until it’s been incubated for several days. Until then it’s just food. Eggs are full of protein and a very rewarding snack, cooked or raw. Very healthy for these babes, especially during winter when there aren’t any bugs to feed them which is what Momma Pepsi would be giving them. As you can see in the video, she’s perfectly content with this substitute!

The hens outside get really excited when we collect eggs because if there happens to be a dirty one then we just crack and give it to them right there. I’ve never met a chicken that didn’t love eating eggs!

Some frogs ans fish literally produce extra eggs to feed their young. It is a part of their reproductive strategy.

It’s not always the best plan to give chickens an egg right out of the coop, some might start breaking all the eggs to eat them, but egg certainly isn’t going to hurt your chickens. Nor is it creepy to give them an egg. 

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