L is for Lakenvelder
Lakenvelders are beautiful chickens. When I was young, I got a 'trio',
which turned out to be a 'menage a trois?'
The most masculine rooster I named Gabriel. Funny, I do not recall what I named
the other two. If I think long enough it will come to me...or keep me awake.
Maybe I should have named them Peter, Paul and Mary? They were beautiful birds.
Mine were the 'silver' variety which are a startling contrast with black on white.
There is also a golden variety.
these images are courtesy of the feather site and other poultry sites on the web
I wish I had pictures of my Lakenvelders. They were gorgeous.
I used to have different fowl varieties in the 70s. The most beautiful were the golden-speckled winedots. All the birds roamed free during the day but we locked their door at night to keep them safe from foxes. Blog on!
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Haha! We had some silver laced winedots and one golden laced. One was named Chewy, short for Chewabaca, the wookie. Sad how many animals like to kill chickens. We kept ours locked at night but the racoons got up on the roof and pried off the wire under the eaves and the littler coons got in and killed several. A couple minks also killed quite a few. Then there were the neighbors dogs. A bobcat got a few as well, but I have never seen a fox around here in Oregon. Coyotes, a bear once, but no foxes. It's best to have a dog and have a coop within earshot of the house (which we did not have the last time we lived in the country). We had many different varieties. I have one hen right now, she is a Cubalaya.
ReplyDeleteYour birds are lovely.
ReplyDeleteI once worked for a rural electric company. I had to shoot photos of a line crew. When I asked directions, the foreman said, "You'll drive past a mobile home with a tree growing through it. When you come to the Banty chickens, turn left.
I was dubious. I needn't have been.
Forty minutes later, I found the mobile home. Tree in the middle. And moments later, there was a flock of Banty chickens in the road. I turned left.
First and only time birds have become a road beacon, but there you have it.
Nice post!
hahaha! As a child, we lived in a house in the woods perhaps 50 yards up from the road through the forest. My uncle came to visit and told me one of my chickens had gotten hit on the road. I had a hard time believing it could be a chicken since they didn't venture all the way down to the road which was on the other side of the house/lawn from the chicken house, but sure enough, one of them had gotten down on the road and gotten killed. But I never ever saw any in the road down there. Was the mobile home occupied? thanks for stopping by my blog
DeleteI love chickens. Thanks for sharing such pretty birds with us.
ReplyDeleteThere is a big metalwork chicken on the side of the road in front of a restaurant in Bay City, Texas. One day I'll try to remember to post its picture on my blog.
I hope that you're enjoying the A to Z challenge. I am! Thanks for visiting my P.S. Annie! blog. Have a great day!
Yes, please get a pic. Thanks for stopping by my blog
DeleteMy grandma keeps chickens, and she's in the city ... well sort of.
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We now live in 'town' (sigh). The rules are you can have chickens as long as they are not a 'nuisance', which means pretty much no roosters. We now have one hen...which my girlfriend found lost and sick under a car in the parking lot of an apartment complex. Saw a leghorn taking a stroll on the sidewalk the other day! Thanks for stopping by my blog.
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